Competition in the Digital Age
What happened in the world of IT? Who deserves notoriety for their behavior? It is time to review 2019, and, while we are at it, make a mockery of the most noteworthy. After all, the world is already messed up, so at least let's have a bit of fun. Reminder: The awards generate no money, …
Gordon Moore never intended to state a law. He merely observed the deep scientific roots behind the accumulation of exponential improvements in silicon-based transistors. Asked to forecast the next decade, he ventured that the progress would continue at the same rate. This was the unlikely origin of Moore’s law. This is among the many engaging …
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Here is why I love Apple. You go into a retail store or talk to a consumer representative on the phone and you get very responsive service. They are helpful and more often than not leave you far better off than you expected going in. I have been able to walk into an Apple store …
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Today I would like to make a little shout-out for recent work at the FCC to improve policy making for the Internet. To do that I need to put my preferences front and center. There are policy debates, and then there is actual policy making. The former grabs headlines on occasion, while the latter rarely …
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Unless you regularly read Salon, you probably missed last week's interesting article about anextraordinary case of revenge editing on Wikipedia. This article should matter to anyone who cares about Wikipedia, and, more generally, it should matter to anyone who cares about the long run success of open platforms for accumulating content. Look, the world is …
Video cassette recorders may be a couple of generations behind the times but the history of their adoption turns out to be quite fascinating. Written by Josh Greenberg, From Betamax to Blockbuster: Video Stores and the Invention of Movies on Video is a very accessible and easy to read history of two decades or so …
Confused by the latest technology and businesses in video streaming? Goodness knows, I find it hard to keep up with which innovative streaming business is illegal, and which is not. Well, along comes James Grimmelmann to clear up which is which and why it is this way. In case you missed it, let me recommend …
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For those of you with an interest in frontier infrastructure, check out this article from Stacey Higginbotham at Gigaom. She wanted to see what *really* high speed fiber looks like in practice, so she went to Chattanooga, which has been running an experiment at the frontier. This quote will give you a feel for the …
Here is an insightful article about the changing economics of privacy. It comes from Jeff John Roberts, one of the more insightful online reporters and commentators in tech today. Here is a quote: "It has become cheap and easy to pry into the lives of others at the same time that protecting our own lives …
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