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June 30, 2010

19:25
Facebook simplifies privacy controls for applications
On June 30, Facebook unveiled new controls designed to give users more control over how they share information with third-party applications. read more
19:24
MMTC Slams FCC For EEO Inaction
The Minority Media and Telecom Council has asked the Federal Communications Commission to suspend its equal employment opportunity rules (EEO) rules for three months. read more
19:22
Genachowski Taps Sicker as FCC's Chief Technologist
Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski has named Douglas C. Sicker as Chief Technologist of the Commission. read more
19:18
House Subcommittee Approves Bill That Would Make Technology More Accessible to Americans with Disabilities
The Subcommittee on Communications, Technology, and the Internet met in open markup session on June 30 to consider H.R. 3101, the "Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009". The bipartisan bill has over 50 co-sponsors, and the Subcommittee approved the bill. read more
19:17
AdMob Data Illustrates Why Feature Phones Aren't a Strategy for the Future
On June 30, AdMob released its latest Mobile Metrics Report, which highlights the rapid rise of global smartphone usage over the past two years. read more
19:16
Balancing Network Neutrality with policy management, SDM objectives
As the Federal Communications Commission struggles to define its role in the network neutrality debate, operators' wait-and-see approach is evolving into a smart combination of strategies that balance competitive and subscriber needs with regulation. read more
19:15
Better policy trumps more spending to tame mobile data explosion
With heavy data usage becoming mobile operators' biggest problem, the unsustainable practice of building out networks to meet consumer demands will have to give way to throttling the IP core with smarter, more proactive solutions that mitigate the need to continuously invest in cell sites, radio network controllers and fiber-based Ethernet backhaul. read more
19:14
Panel OKs Commerce, Justice and Science Budget
On June 20, the House Commerce, Justice and Science Appropriations Subcommittee unanimously approved a $60.5 billion fiscal 2011 funding bill. The panel's funding total nearly matches the Obama administration's request, which was close to $4 billion below current-year funding. read more
19:12
CDT Urges Action Against Data Broker
The Center for Democracy and Technology filed a complaint June 30 with the Federal Trade Commission against an online data aggregator and broker that the group claims has engaged in unfair and deceptive practices. read more
19:11
Tribune's Zell: Newspaper Home Delivery Likely To Be Replaced By 'PDFs'
Nobody knows the newspaper business like Sam Zell, so when he says the industry is going to replace home delivery with PDF versions of newspapers -- buy stock in paper and ink. read more
19:09
Quantifying the mobile data tsunami and its implications
AT&T's shift away from unlimited data pricing has led Nielsen to examine the issue of data consumption in the United States. read more
19:07
Australian Executive Slams High Cost Estimates for National Broadband Network
Australia's National Broadband Network (NBN) Co-Chief Executive Mike Quigley called recent estimates of the network's startup cost "nonsense." read more
19:05
Google AdWords lacks transparency: French regulator
France's antitrust regulator accused Google Inc of a lack of transparency over its keyword advertising service and ordered it to clarify conditions for the product within four months. read more
13:35
Moviemakers' Demand for ISP Customers' IDs In Infringement Suits Should be Quashed, Argue Rights Groups
A copyright holder can't just randomly rummage around an Internet service provider's logs of its customers' online activities with the vague hope of somehow finding those too cheap to pay for their entertainment, a group of public interest lawyers argued June 30 in a DC court. read more
13:33
Second half of 2010 looks strong for TV stations, but 2011's outlook is all about confidence
It is, by all accounts, a very good time to be running a television station ownership group. read more
13:31
Bill Would Give FCC More Authority to Vet Accessibility
A draft of a new version of HR 3101 would appear to give the Federal Communications Commission more flexibility to determine how cable operators and TV stations would meet a new congressional mandate that requirements for disability access to telecommunications be updated to reflect the rise of broadband and other technologies. read more
13:30
Bloomberg Outlines Opposition to Comcast-NBCU
Lobbyists for financial-media firm Bloomberg LP want the Federal Communications Commission to deny Comcast's deal for control of NBC Universal because it is concerned that, without certain conditions, Comcast will have the motive and opportunity to disadvantage its Bloomberg Television, a competitor to NBC's CNBC. read more
13:28
Coalition Of Groups Embraces Broadband Reclassification
A broad coalition of nonprofit groups have written Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski reiterating their support for his efforts to reclassify some aspects of broadband as a telecommunications service in order to ensure the agency has authority over broadband providers. read more
13:27
iPhones, commercial satellites prominent in joint DOD exercise
A recent Defense Department interoperability exercise connected participants across the United States and Europe via commercially available satellite terminals. read more
13:26
Facebook, Twitter 'powerful business tools'
Social media such as Facecbook and Twitter or blogging sites have become powerful tools that influence what people buy, online researcher Nielsen said Wednesday, urging business to embrace the trend. read more