Federal regulators are considering whether the government should take greater control of the Internet and ask consumers to pay higher phone charges in order to provide all Americans with cheaper access to broadband Internet service.
Google co-founder Sergey Brin said Thursday that he believes it’s a “shame” that Yahoo had decreased its focus on Internet search, through its recently announced partnership with Microsoft.
The new iPod nano is a tour de force, the Swiss Army Knife of mobile entertainment. I’m sure there’s some obscure gadget from Japan that packs more features per cubic millimeter, but I’ve never heard of it, and chances are neither have you.
Venture-capital firm Khosla Ventures announced Tuesday that it had raised more than $1 billion in two new funds–the first time the firm has raised funds from outside investors instead of just investing the money of its founder, Vinod Khosla, a longtime venture capitalist and a founder of Sun Microsystems. Khosla Ventures is putting two thirds of the money towards clean technology investments. But what about tech?
The battle for control of the DVD rental market is heating up, and taking a toll on all of the key players–retail store leader Blockbuster, DVD-by-mail player Netflix and $1-a-day kiosk operator Redbox, a unit of Coinstar.
Apple now finds itself where everyone else in the mobile handset business wanted to be 15 years ago. Large companies full of clever people devoted years of planning and expenditure to fail to get here. How did a company with no track record in a notoriously difficult business find itself walking away with the laurels? What can explain this paradox?
This weekend I wrote about the Berrics, a skateboarding Web site that was the sport’s most popular in January, thanks to an unusual competition free of ramps or handrails like you’d see on TV competitions.
It revolves around a game called SKATE, which is a skateboarding version of the shot-for-shot basketball game HORSE. Skaters have been playing SKATE for at least two decades, and skaters of any skill level can play it, which helps explain the popularity of the contest.
We’ve never quite understood Nicholas Negroponte’s position when it comes to the $100 Laptop/OLPC/XO (whatever it’s called these days). While the idea behind creating a super cheap, super durable useful computer for children in developing nations is good, Negroponte has always approached the idea as one where only he should be allowed to see that vision through.
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