Verizon’s FiOS Xbox 360 plans: 26 live TV channels with Kinect support
Christmas comes early for gamers on Verizon’s FiOS cable and Internet service. The company finally dished out plans for its previously announced Xbox 360 integration today, which includes an initial...
View ArticleNintendo 3DS scores free Boingo wi-fi access in 42 airports
Nintendo and wireless service provider Boingo announced a new partnership today that gives 3DS owners free wi-fi access at 42 airports across North America. Unlike both smartphones and Sony’s upcoming...
View ArticleInternet economy set to hit $4.2T in 2016, half of world’s population will be...
The Internet economy among G-20 nations is expected to nearly double by 2016, reaching $4.2 trillion (up from $2.3 trillion in 2010), according to a projection released today by the Boston Consulting...
View ArticleGoogle confirms Internet users in Iran are blocked (updated)
Updated with charts from Google. Google confirmed today that its users in Iran are being blocked by a new regulation against access to secure browsing, or HTTPS websites. The block has been in action...
View ArticleThreatened by wireless carriers, Time Warner, Comcast, Cox team up for CableWifi
It’s rarely a good thing when the country’s biggest cable providers partner up, but subscribers might be okay with today’s news. Customers of Bright House, Cablevision, Comcast, Cox Communications,...
View ArticleHow Asia is kicking our butt, according to Mary Meeker’s tech stats
Countries in Asia and the Indian subcontinent are far outpacing the U.S. and Europe when it comes to tech adoption, according to stats published today by analyst demigod Mary Meeker. The report shows...
View ArticleInternet-obsessed Gen Y is changing traditional HR practices
Those who belong to Generation Y — teens and twenty-somethings, including myself – are shaking up human resource departments, according to data from Salesforce Rypple. Young professionals born in the...
View ArticleHappy IPv6 day! Welcome to the future of Internet addressing
Today is IPv6 Day, a geeky holiday that celebrates the web’s transition to Internet Protocol version 6. There’s been a great deal of lead up to today, and much of it has been preceded by a crisis: The...
View ArticleIPv6: It’s like having an address for every star in the universe, times 4.3...
IPv6 is big. Really, really, really big. In fact, much bigger than anything the mere human mind can possibly understand. But hey, it’s fun to try. Internet Protocol version 6 is the newest version of...
View ArticleNew law will make sex offenders list their conviction statuses on Facebook,...
Sex crimes may soon be a lot harder to keep secret for social network users in Louisiana. A new law, which goes into effect August 1, will require that sex offenders clearly state their criminal...
View ArticleGoogle praises Twitter for efforts to crack down on Internet censorship
Following Google’s lead, Twitter today released its first Transparency Report to shed light on how often it receives takedown and user information requests — and how frequently it has complied. With...
View ArticleRussia looks to censor the internet of porn, drugs, suicide, and extremism
A bill created by all four parties in the Russian parliament would censor the internet in Russia, creating a unified blacklist to block access to websites containing “banned pornography, drug ads and...
View ArticleRussia to free Internet: Nyet!
Russia’s parliament has approved an Internet censorship bill ostensibly aimed at porn, drugs, and hate speech that critics claim will also be used to stifle dissent and freedom of speech. As we...
View ArticleStep aside Batman, Internet Defense League to light up the sky with ‘Cat...
The Internet Defense League (IDL), an organization dedicated to keeping the internet open, officially kicked off its efforts today with a conference call that included several members of the tech...
View ArticleKim Dotcom does Che Guevara and MLK all in one, hilariously
Who knew file-sharing badboy Kim Dotcom had a future in pop music? The iconic Kiwi transplant released a music video this past week, and with his German accent it’s totally Arnold Schwarzenegger doing...
View ArticleFacebook: U.S. users in the smallest regional group (not good for profits)
Facebook posted quarterly earnings today and dumped a load of data into analysts’ laps. User numbers hit a new high, with 955 million worldwide visiting the site at least once a month. And earning are...
View ArticleThe Internet 2002-2012: What a difference a decade makes
A decade — 10 years. Doesn’t sound like much, right? But a decade ago, the big social networking story was Friendster with a whopping 3 million users. Microsoft’s Internet Explorer had 95 percent...
View ArticleDish Network plotting its own satellite-based Internet service
Satellite television service provider Dish Network is planning to expand its business with a brand new high-speed Internet service, according to a Bloomberg report that cites unnamed sources familiar...
View Article7 tips for bootstrapping a (profitable) Internet company
This post was written by Jeremy Hitchcock, CEO of Dyn, an Infrastructure as a Service (Iaas) provider. Dyn has been a bootstrapped company and profitable from day one. We get a lot of questions on how...
View ArticleMore sad news on why Americans pay so much for crappy Internet and phone service
Slower Internet than Bulgaria. Data rates 38 times more expensive than Japan. And only 5 percent of the upload speed generally found in France. In his new book The Fine Print, Pulitzer Prize-winning...
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