Future of the Internet

Restaurant Uses Old School Social Media to Complain About Verizon

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:54:56 -0500

Full article: The Consumerist
Chris Morran
It's now commonplace for angry consumers to use Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, or WUPHF to complain that they are being ignored by their phone/cable/satellite provider. But one restaurant in Manhattan decided to voice its opinion of Verizon in a way that doesn't require an Internet connection.

Who Advertises on News Sites and How Much Those Ads Are Targeted

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:48:25 -0500

Full article: Pew Research Center
Katerina Eva Matsa, Kenny Olmstead, Amy Mitchell and Tom Rosenstiel
Between 2011 and 2015, revenue from digital advertising in the United States is expected to grow by 40 percent and to overtake all other platforms by 2016. Yet how much of that growth will go to underwrite news remains in doubt and throws into question the financial future of journalism as audiences continue to migrate online.

Factory Conditions Elicit Little Outcry

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:38:23 -0500

Full article: Network World
Kerry Davis, Agam Shah and Grant Gross
Amid renewed reports of poor working conditions in China at factories making products for Apple and other companies, it's unclear whether users will demand change.

Netflix Settles Class-Action Video Privacy Lawsuit for $9 Million

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:36:50 -0500

Full article: Multichannel News
Todd Spangler
Netflix paid $9 million to settle a class-action lawsuit that accused the video-subscription company of violating the federal Video Privacy Protection Act, it disclosed in a regulatory filing.

What to Make of AT&T's Vanishing Spectrum Crisis

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:34:37 -0500

Full article: GigaOM
Tim Farrar
Is AT&T failing to keep its story straight about the need for more spectrum, or is it just that the popping of the spectrum bubble has taken them by surprise as well? Recently the nation’s second largest operator has seemed to back off from some of its more aggressive claims about how fast data traffic was growing.

Erasing the Boundaries

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:33:52 -0500

Full article: New York Times
David Streitfeld
The biggest tech companies are no longer content simply to enhance part of your day. They want to erase the boundaries, do what the other big tech companies are doing and own every waking moment. The new strategy is to build a device, sell it to consumers and then sell them the content to play on it. And maybe some ads, too.

Startups Seek to Help Users Put a Price on Their Personal Data

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:31:16 -0500

Full article: New York Times
Joshua Brustein
People have been willing to give away their data while the companies make money. But there is some momentum for the idea that personal data could function as a kind of online currency, to be cashed in directly or exchanged for other items of value. A number of startups allow people to take control — and perhaps profit from — the digital trails that they leave on the Internet.

Europeans Protest Controversial Internet Pact

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:29:23 -0500

Full article: Agence France-Presse
More than 3,000 Bulgarians rallied in Sofia, kicking off a series of European protests against a controversial anti-online piracy pact that critics say could curtail Internet freedom. Rallies were also beginning to get under way elsewhere across Europe against the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, which was negotiated between the 27-nation European Union and 10 other countries.

Is Google Planning to Offer IP Video to Kansas City?

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:27:35 -0500

Full article: Ars Technica
Matthew Lasar
Does Google want to provide some kind of IP video service for the people of Kansas City, Kan., and Kansas City, Mo.? We've heard the rumors. Here's another hint that they may be true after all: The FCC has received and reviewed an application from Google Fiber for a fixed satellite, receive-only earth station to be located in Council Bluffs, Iowa — about 200 miles northwest of the two Kansas cities.

AT&T to Double Upgrade Fee to $36, Says It's Covering Costs

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:16:35 -0500

Full article: Hot Hardware
Paul Lilly
Effective Feb. 12, AT&T will double its upgrade from $18 to $36, a move the company says is necessary to cover overall costs associated with selecting and activating new equipment.