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June 14, 2010

07:03
Comcast/NBCU Deal: Diversity Divide
Comcast and NBC Universal tried last week to ford the stream on what some are calling a diversity divide related to their vaunted deal. While some critics applauded their proposed advances in promoting the diversity issue, others found the new promises not quite good enough. read more
07:02
Apple Under Growing Government Pressure to Ease Software Limits
Apple, under growing scrutiny from antitrust regulators, may have to loosen restrictions on software developers and music labels to avoid legal wrangling with the government and prevent damage to how its brand is perceived by the public. read more

June 12, 2010

13:20
Apple Mobile Rules to Get FTC Scrutiny
The Federal Trade Commission will investigate whether Apple's business practices harm competition in the market for software used on mobile devices, people familiar with the situation said. read more
13:19
Media Ownership Comment Schedule
The FCC is seeking comment on whether its media ownership rules continue to serve the public interest. Comments will be due on or before July 12, 2010 and reply comments will be due on or before July 26, 2010. read more
13:16
Google Response on 'Spy-Fi' Data Collection
House Commerce Chairmen Henry Waxman (D-CA), Ranking Member Joe Barton (R-TX), and Rep. Edward Markey (D-MA) released a response from Google after the lawmakers sent a letter to the company regarding its collection of private information over Wi-Fi networks. The Internet giant owned up to the error while seeking to ease concerns about any harms it had caused, noting that the breach arose while it was systematically collecting Wi-Fi network information. read more
13:12
Community Broadband Providers Face Unique Challenges
Community broadband providers face unique challenges, said a group of experts June 10 at an event hosted by the New America Foundation. Broadband is a local issue and members of the communications community shouldn't lose sight of that. read more
13:10
Teamsters Voice Support for Comcast-NBCU Deal
A joint council representing 200,000 Teamsters has asked the Federal Communications Commission to allow the proposed Comcast-NBC Universal joint venture. read more
13:09
Network Neutrality -- Can We Trust the FCC Not to Censor the Internet?
The proponents of Network Neutrality have long claimed that the FCC needs to lay down some rules insuring freedom of speech on the Internet. As a songwriter I have a problem wrapping my mind around the concept that the FCC is going out of the censorship business and into the protection of free speech. read more
13:07
The Promises and Perils Of The Mobile World
The mobile world holds a lot of promise for consumers, and for those brave enough to develop applications that have to work on a whole host of different devices and on the technologies of different carriers. Mobile is a marketing platform. It's an entertainment platform. It's a shopping platform, an organizing platform, a donation platform. It's anything anyone can imagine. read more
13:05
Net Censorship Central to U.S. Foreign Policy
The State Department has made Internet censorship a key pillar of its foreign policy and now factors the issue into its diplomatic relations with every other nation. read more

June 11, 2010

16:41
EU Commissioner Warns IT Buyers Against Vendor Lock-In
This headline is presented in partnership with:European Commissioner Neelie Kroes warned governments and businesses to avoid vendors that try to lock them in with proprietary technology. read more
16:30
US Shifts Toward Support for Iran's Dissidents
The US has accelerated its effort to provide dissidents in Iran with computer hardware and software to evade government censors. But it's a shift that many activists say is insufficient to bring political change in Tehran. read more
16:29
Administration Takes a Hard Line Against Leaks to Press
The Obama administration is proving more aggressive than the Bush administration in seeking to punish unauthorized leaks to the press. read more
16:27
State official: ITU meeting could impose content controls on Web
A global telecom talk coming up in 2012 could threaten the openness of the Internet and even lead to content policing, according to a speech June 11 by Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Philip Verveer. read more
16:26
Union Square Ventures wants broadband reclassification
Brad Burnham, founding partner of Union Square Ventures and an investor in some cutting-edge tech firms, thinks that the Federal Communications Commission should reclassify broadband as a telecommunications service. read more
16:23
Small Town's Telecom Drama Continues: Municipal Utility Sues Cable Group For Discriminatory Access To Programming
A long-running feud between a municipal utility in Lafayette (LA) and Cox Communications appears to have revived itself Wednesday when LUS Fiber filed a lawsuit against the National Cable Television Cooperative. read more
16:21
Google wants to face single mega-lawsuit over WiFi snafu
Google is attempting to consolidate the growing number of lawsuits against the company as a result of its "accidental" WiFi data collection. read more
16:19
India launches offensive against ACTA, cites "due process"
This headline is presented in partnership with:India is rounding up opposition to the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) and wants to stop the deal from being made outside of existing international institutions. read more
16:18
US broadband: still expensive, underwhelming
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) this week released an update to its much-watched set of broadband metrics. The data set now extends through December 2009, and the... read more
16:16
NTIA's Strickling Touts BTOP at Broadband Policy Summit
Speaking at the Pike & Fischer Broadband Policy Summit, National Telecommunications and Information Administration head Lawrence Strickling focused on the Administration's accomplishments and future goals to expand broadband access throughout the country. read more