Instability is the greatest threat to economic development “Once you let the genie out of the bottle, you never get it back in.,” and this is the conundrum President Hosni Mubarak is facing at the moment as unrest claims Egyptian landscape. The ongoing uprising has both immediate political and economic implications for Egypt and its […]
Net Neutrality: Four Road Signs, Miles of Ambiguity, and Two Information Highways
by Matthew L. Schafer The FCC’s Net Neutrality Isn’t Neutral After reading the 80 page Net Neutrality Order from the FCC, one word comes to mind: Reasonable. Not because the plan is reasonable, but because the word is used 179 times. The foundation of the plan, it is safe to say, is reasonableness. According to […]
A Lump of Coal: New Net Neutrality Rules Attacked from the Right and the Left
by Matthew L. Schafer Note: This report originally appeared at the media website LWR. On Tuesday, a 3-2 vote at Federal Communications Commission passed a “Net Neutrality Order” providing “basic rules of the road to preserve the open Internet as a platform for innovation, investment, competition and free expression.” Simply, net neutrality is the principle […]
The Road Backwards – Ditching Email for Social Messaging
The Road Backwards – Ditching Email for Social Messaging Michael Katz,Mailspect For over twenty years email has driven more technical revolutions than virtually any software technology. Email was an early driver in the development of the Internet and business computer infrastructure and continues to this day to drive innovation in areas such as mobile […]
Google, Verizon Reportedly Agree on First Ever Pay-to-Play Deal Online
by Matthew L. Schafer Note: This report originally appeared in the media blog Lippmann Would Roll. On Thursday Bloomberg and The New York Times broke a much anticipated and rumored agreement between Internet service provider Verizon and the Internet’s largest search engine Google that will allow Google to pay for greater access to Verizon Wireless […]
Video: Elena Kagan Nomination to Supreme Court Announced by Obama
Today President Obama announced Elena Kagan as his nominee to replace the retiring Supreme Court Justice Stevens. The following video and text shows his press announcement from the White House. In noting that Solicitor General Elena Kagan would have legendary shoes to fill at the Supreme Court when confirmed, the President described the career of […]
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