Archive for March, 2007
Saturday, March 24th, 2007
With a few notable exceptions, the blogosphere is, predictably, dumping on the NBC-News Corp. announcement of a new video distribution service. Don't be so quick to write it off.
There are two ways to build an audience: aggregation and syndication.
Aggregation means bringing everyone to you. It's what the broadcast ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2007
The court just issued an injunction against Vonage in the Verizon patent litigation. Stayed for two weeks pending appeal, but this is serious.
Unlike the RIM-NTP litigation, Verizon isn't in this for the patent licensing revenues. Vonage is a direct competitor. It can't abuse its patent by refusing ...
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Friday, March 23rd, 2007
The FCC launched its inquiry into network neutrality yesterday. As and I others have noted, this is essentially an attempt to bury the issue, by putting it on the slowest possible policy track. But it's still interesting to look at what the FCC is asking about.
The actual notice ...
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Here's veteran telecom policy analyst Cynthia Brumfield's take:
One of the hottest topics in the Internet arena last year, net neutrality, is now just about one of the most boring ideas.
I attended the same Net Neutrality session as Cynthia at the VON conference yesterday. And to be truthful, I was ...
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Wednesday, March 21st, 2007
Good news (potentially). The Copyright Royalty Board will rehear its decision to set performance fees for webcasters and Internet radio stations at exorbitant rates.
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
Cool site of the day: Twittervision. A live look at Twitter posts around the world.
It's like watching the firings of the neurons of the global brain.
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
Wonderfully self-referential introduction to a Nigerian 419 scam email that somehow made it past my spam filters:
Before I introduce myself, I wish to inform you that this letter is not a hoax mail and I urge you to treat it serious,
Hmmm... I don't think I'll send this guy all my ...
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
Ross Mayfield has some good thoughts on "Attention Abundance", linking to several useful blog posts by others.
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Monday, March 19th, 2007
Paul Kouroupas of Global crossing
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Friday, March 16th, 2007
I'll be in the Bay Area briefly next week. I'm inviting friends to join me for drinks on Wednesday evening, before I head out to catch the redeye.
Wednesday, March 21
6:00-8:00pm
House of Shields
39 New Montgomery St.
San Francisco
Anyone reading this is welcome to come, but please email me so that I ...
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