NEWS.GNOM.ESThe Internet becomes a bigger part of our lives everyday, making life more convenient but also taking away the human element of living in the moment and making relationships more superficial, survey respondents told the…
RegisterWho makes the most secure smartphones? Apple? Samsung? BlackBerry? Boeing is betting the US government’s answer is “none of the above.” A filing with the US Federal Communications Commission first spotted by storage community site…
FCC Commissioners On Board 2014 NAB ShowWorld ScreenWASHINGTON, D.C.: Mignon Clyburn, Michael O’Rielly and Ajit Pai, commissioners for the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), have been lined up to appear at this year’s NAB Show in…
FCC Commissioners to Address 2014 NAB ShowTV TechnologyWASHINGTON— Federal Communications Commissioners Mignon Clyburn, Michael O’Rielly and Ajit Pai will be featured in the NAB Show session “Inside the Beltway Style” April 8 at 2:30 p.m….
eWeekFollowing a net neutrality court defeat, the FCC took new steps Feb. 19 to “ensure the Internet remains a platform for innovation.” With net neutrality threatened by a January court ruling, the Federal Communications Commission…
PCWorldThe administration of U.S. President Barack Obama said in response to a petition that it continues to back an open Internet, but declined to direct the U.S. Federal Communications Commission on how to go about…
Guardian Liberty VoiceLast month, the United States Court of Appeals abolished “Net Neutrality,” a set of rules for Internet service providers to follow, principally that all data is equal, in order to keep the Internet…
TV TechnologyWASHINGTON—Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler will provide the “FCC Keynote” at the 2014 NAB Show in Las Vegas. The address, which will be held April 8, 9-10 a.m., is expected to provide insight…
All Access Music GroupNAB Pres./CEO GORDON SMITH said, “Broadcasting has a lot at stake when it comes to actions taken by the FCC. We look forward to hearing from Chairman WHEELER about his views on…
CNETDemocrats in the House and Senate have introduced legislation that will give the FCC authority to impose its Net neutrality rules until it can come up with a more permanent legal fix. Marguerite Reardon. by…
San Francisco ChronicleThe Federal Communications Commission is sitting on a mess. Last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for Washington, D.C., decided in Verizon Communications vs. the FCC that the commission didn’t have the authority…
BusinessweekThe Federal Communications Commission is sitting on a mess. This week the U.S. Court of Appeals for D.C. decided in Verizon v. the FCC (PDF) that the commission didn’t have the authority to impose its…
eWeekMuch has been written, blogged and said about the federal appeals court’s Jan. 14 decision that struck down the Federal Communications Commission’s “network neutrality” policy, which was aimed at ensuring that Internet service providers (ISPs)…
International Business TimesFCC Chairman Tom Wheeler released a statement on Tuesday regarding what many are referring to as the death of net neutrality. However, instead of clarifying the position and strengthening the conviction of the…
The Lawton ConstitutionNEW YORK (AP) Will broadband providers start charging Internet services such as Netflix to deliver the massive amounts of data that streaming video and other content require? A court ruling this week gives…
USA TODAYSAN FRANCISCO – Netflix may be exposed to higher costs in the wake of a major court decision that voided rules governing Internet access known as net neutrality. On Tuesday, the U.S. Court of…
PBSThe FCC’s net neutrality rules were adopted to guarantee equal access to all sites on the Internet. But an appeals court ruling releases broadband providers from those guidelines, allowing them to prioritize certain traffic. Hari…
Christian Science MonitorA federal court on Tuesday struck down “net neutrality” – a concept cherished by free-speech and consumer advocates – because of the way federal regulators redefined broadband Internet service more than a decade…
Los Angeles TimesAdvocates of a free and open Internet could see this coming, but today’s ruling from a Washington appeals court striking down the FCC’s rules protecting the open net was worse than the most…
ABC NewsIn a setback for the Obama administration’s goal of Internet openness, a federal appeals court Tuesday set aside Federal Communications Commission rules designed to ensure that transmission of all Internet content be treated equally.Appeals…
ZDNetSummary: A US court has ruled against the FCC’s Open Internet regulations, putting the future of net neutrality completely up in the air. Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols. By Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols for Networking | January 14,…
ReutersWASHINGTON (Reuters) – A U.S. appeals court has struck down the government’s latest effort to require internet providers to treat all web traffic equally, meaning mobile carriers and other broadband providers may reach agreements for…
CNBC.comAT&T, which announced its plans on Monday, has tried to characterize the move as simply another billing option and argued it shouldn’t raise net neutrality concerns because sponsored data will be treated with the same…
Headlines & Global NewsGet rid of all the wires and cables to charge Samsung Galaxy Note 3. The tech giant has launched the Wireless Charging S-View flip cover for $70. Samsung is bringing the ease…
“No Black-Owned TV Stations In America Anymore In 2013.” That title is true, and comes from the Freepress.org work called “A Sorry Moment in the History of American Media.” It goes like this: There are…
Washington PostThe Federal Communications Commission moved Wednesday to curb the sports blackouts on television that have frustrated fans over the years by preventing many of them from watching their local team. The proposal, which would…
USA TODAYOne of the NFL’s longest-standing rules may be hitting the bricks and that could be good news for some television viewers. For much of the past four decades, when an NFL game failed to…
New York TimesWASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday proposed repealing its blackout rule, which for decades has been the bane of sports fans whose ability to watch their favorite team’s home games on…
Health Care NewsRandolph J. May is President of The Free State Foundation in Potomac, Md. (read full bio)
USA TODAYWASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Committee will vote Thursday on whether to gather comment about lifting the ban against cellphone calls on planes, but the chairman said he hopes to lift the ban this…
Wall Street JournalWASHINGTON—Dish Network Corp. will bid for spectrum in a federal auction scheduled for next month and won’t face competition from the nation’s top cellphone carriers, according to a list released Wednesday. The Federal…
PeopleBrowsr, the company behind such products as Kred, is fighting for its life after Twitter, it’s main source of data that drives its business, suddenly (sighting the end of a one-year contract) elected to do…
Contrary to what some readers angrily claimed it would not do, the Federal Communications Commission has opened an investigation into the BART Cell Phone Service Interruption Scandal. The claim in this space was that BART’s…
Yesterday’s action where the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Area Rapid System took the step of interrupting or blocking cell phone service has increased from the first blog post on this, the one in this space, charging…
A BART mole? Obviously there are some people who don’t like it when this blogger questions institutions like The Bay Area Rapid Transit System (BART). Take someone who goes by the name “Tiny Tiger.” (Who…
Here’s an update on the BART cell phone blocking action. BART does not consider the action illegal, rather they claim the action, according to CNET, was “within their legal rights.” This blogger called BART media…
