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- FCC to review regulatory and legal impacts to cloud services and identity management
- FCC Overstepping its authority againWhy do we as a society, blindly ignore when the government overreaches its authority?The FCC only has authority to regulate the airwaves.The Internet and related technologies have nothing to do with the FCC, and they have no authority in this area.We need to wake up, people....
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Business Week: 1.4 million Google Voice users, global push in the works
- In documents filed with the Federal Communications Commission, Google said it had more than 1.4 million Google Voice users - with some 570,000 using the service seven days a week - and hinted that it has plans to expand the service, or possibly elements of it, beyond the U.S. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-30
- AOL names its Board of Directors
- AOL, which is expected to be spun off from Time Warner as an independent company later this year, has named the members of its Board of Directors, who will join CEO and Chairman Tim Armstrong at the table. They are: Richard Dalzell, former Chief Information Officer of...
- Blog posts 2009-10-26
- FCC unanimously approves next steps toward Net Neutrality
- The Federal Communications Commission voted unanimously today to move forward on a process - expected to take 120 days - that could lead to Net Neutrality regulations. The vote came after the two dissenters on the commission - Republicans Robert McDowell and Meredith Attwell Baker - went on the record...
- Blog posts 2009-10-22
- IAB to FTC: Rescind blogger rules
- The Interactive Advertising Bureau's President and CEO has called on the Federal Trade Commission to rescind its new "blogger rules" because they create an unfair distinction between traditional media and online media. More specifically, they revoke from online media a First Amendment protection that's afforded traditional media for generations. ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-15
- Lawmakers to FCC: Time for a closer look at Google Voice
- There's been yet another twist in the ongoing drama surrounding Google, AT&T and the FCC. Washington lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have asked the FCC to launch a formal investigation of Google Voice, specifically Google's blocking of calls to certain rural exchanges, according to a...
- Blog posts 2009-10-09
- CTIA: Genachowski taps wireless industry to help foster growth, innovation
- As the mobile industry continues to go through its changes, the eyes are increasingly focused on Washington, specifically the Federal Communications Commission. To kick off the conference, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski stepped on to the stage before the attendees of the CTIA Wireless I.T. and Entertainment conference...
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- The FTC's guidelines raise ruckus, but are (mostly) unenforceable
- The Federal Trade Commission published controversial guidelines for bloggers and Facebook and Twitter users, but they are largely unenforceable. The FTC's rules are an encroachment on free speech, absurd in parts and far reaching. On the surface, the FTC's laws boil down to disclosure: ...
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- Google's response to AT&T's charges on Google Voice
- How about fixing the first articleso we know what you are talking about.Torn...I can certainly appreciate the arguments being trotted out by Google. They seem, however, to want to have the best of both worlds...acting as a de-facto "common carrier" while not actually being one. Given this, I...
- Discussion threads 2009-09-28
- FCC's Net neutrality push: Is wireless access different?
- The Federal Communications Commission forged ahead with its Net neutrality proposals and invited industry players to comment on six principles. It didn't have to wait long. The big question: Would Net neutrality regulations hamper the wireless industry? by Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-22
- FCC lays out Net neutrality framework: Transparency of network management eyed
- Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski on Monday outlined a Net Neutrality framework to prevent Internet providers from discriminating against content and applications while requiring them to be transparent about their network management practices. by Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-21
- AT&T's "problem" customers get the blame
- Fortune Magazine swallows the AT&T pitch hook, line and sinker in a story titled "Bandwidth hogs â€" iPhones and other smartphones." Writer Jon Fortt dishes up a steaming dish of bull shoveled straight out of AT&T PR: Now the wireless providers hawking those Internet-enabled mobile devices...
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- The Google Voice app scandal: is Apple losing control over the iPhone?
- I was out of the loop last week when Apple, AT&T and Google all answered Washington's questions surrounding the apparent rejection of the Google Voice app for the iPhone. Over the weekend, I had a chance to do some reading on what had gone down and, more importantly, the official...
- Blog posts 2009-08-24
- Apple: 'Continues to study' Google Voice apps; AT&T: We played no part
- Apple, AT&T and Google have responded to an Federal Communications Commission inquiry into the Google Voice app flap. Apple says Google Voice apps interfere with iPhone functionality. AT&T says it had no role in the App Store approval process. If you recall, Google Voice related applications were booted from Apple's...
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- FCC to vote on wireless industry competition inquiry; Watch out Verizon and AT&T
- The Federal Communication Commission will vote Aug. 27 on a broad inquiry into wireless industry competition. The FCC move is likely to put AT&T and Verizon under the regulatory microscope. In a notice Techmeme, the FCC said it will hold an open meeting next week to "consider...
- Blog posts 2009-08-21
- Telecoms don't want broadband bucks with strings attached
- How would you like $4.7 million to build out broadband to rural America? If you're Verizon or AT&T, the answer is clearly, "no, thanks." The Washington Post reports that none of the three major telecoms is interested in taking those funds. The reason is simple enough: they...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- U.S. national broadband strategy: Funding is the elephant in the room
- The Federal Communications Commission held a series of discussions about broadband polices, wiring rural locales and fostering innovation, but the elephant in the room was funding. The rough goal of the Feds' national broadband dreams is to wire everything in a high-speed access utopia. Radio waves, fixed...
- Blog posts 2009-08-14
- Zune HD FCC tear-down
- Photos from the Federal Communications Commission show the internal components of the Microsoft Zune HD MP3 player. by CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2009-08-10
- It's official: Google and Apple are competitors (especially in mobile)
- The resignation of Google CEO Eric Schmidt from Apple's board of directors merely confirms what has been clear for some time---the two companies will increasingly compete in the mobile market. It's Android vs. the iPhone and the games are just about to begin. In...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
- Google's Schmidt resigns from Apple's board; Jobs: It would be recusal city
- Apple said Monday that Google CEO Eric Schmidt will resign from the board of directors since the two companies increasingly compete. In a statement, Apple CEO Steve Jobs said emphasis mine: “Eric has been an excellent Board member for Apple, investing his valuable time, talent, passion...
- Blog posts 2009-08-03
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