Google Seeks Approval for Kansas City Video Service

Google Inc. filed an application last week to provide video service to residents of Kansas City, Mo., according to state records, setting the stage for the Web giant to offer a cable-TV-like package in addition to the high-speed Internet service it plans to market there later this year.

Verizon Rivals Push FCC to Block Spectrum Buy

T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS Communications Inc. are pushing the Federal Communications Commission to block Verizon Wireless’ plan to buy wireless airwaves from a group of cable companies for $3.9 billion.

Eight Questions: Rebecca MacKinnon, “Consent of the Networked”

As Beijing bureau chief for CNN in the late 1990′s, Rebecca MacKinnon witnessed first-hand the arrival of the Internet in China and the Chinese government’s struggle to control a technology some predicted would help bring about the end of Communist Party rule.

Eternal Copyright: A Modest Proposal

On Tuesday 14th, the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) posted a message on RnBXclusive.com, stating: “If you have downloaded music using this website you may have committed a criminal offence which carries a maximum penalty of up to 10 years imprisonment and an unlimited fine under UK law.”

Research, No Motion: How the BlackBerry CEOs Lost an Empire

Last April, Mike Lazaridis sat in a BBC studio, holding his company’s future in his hands: a svelte seven-inch tablet, black, with the word “BlackBerry” emblazoned across its front.

In Defense of the Not-So-Lean Start-Up

Last year, from Silicon Valley to Wall Street, it was impossible to escape the concept of the “Lean Startup” — especially the great ideas espoused by the preeminent thought leader on the topic, Eric Ries.

Why We Speak Freely on Social Networks

We message on Facebook but in-person I’m awkward and you’re shy.

“Intelligent” Ads Can See the Kind of Person You Are

In Minority Report, when Tom Cruise walks into a shopping centre, an advertising board scans his retina and a video advert greets him by name and suggests he knock back a Guinness.

Good Evening. I’m Old Media.

Our response to date as an industry has been as equally inefficient and in many cases emotional. “You’re gonna miss us when we’re gone” is not much of a business model.

– From MediaNews Group and Journal Register Company CEO John Paton’s speaking notes for an address to the Canadian Journalism Foundation

Mountain Lion Safety Guide (Comic)

Here is the latest comic from our Joy of Tech friends at Geek Culture, Nitrozac and Snaggy. Joy of Tech appears three times a week in the Voices section of this site.
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East Meets Tweet

Forget Real Time: “Next Time” Is Far More Disruptive

How Twitter Is Changing the Craft of Comedy

Allow Cookies: Girl Scouts Enter the Digital Era With CEO Ana Maria Chavez

WikiLeaks, a Postscript

iPhone Address Book Rage (Comic)