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The mobile revolution has hit a major roadblock. read more

On June 28, President Barack Obama signed a presidential memorandum with the aim of freeing for auction some 500 megahertz of spectrum that is now controlled by the federal government and private companies. The directive supports key recommendations of the National Broadband Plan that the Federal Communications Commission sent to Congress in March. read more

On June 28, President Barack Obama directed executive departments, agencies, and offices, and strongly encourage that independent agencies, take the following steps... read more

Robert Carlyle Byrd, the longest-serving member of Congress in United States history, who spent much of his career as a conservative Democrat and ended it by fiercely opposing the war in Iraq and questioning the state's powerful coal industry, died Monday. He was 92. read more

President Obama will sign a presidential memorandum on Monday that aims to make available for auction some 500 megahertz of spectrum that is now controlled by the federal government and private companies. read more

Last Monday, the word got out that Rolling Stone had a stunning piece about General McChrystal, in which he and his aides were critical of the White House. It's the kind of scoop that thrills magazine editors, and no doubt they couldn't wait to get their issue on the stands. The problem was, nobody else could wait either. read more

For a cerebral president intent on projecting a united front of seriousness to the public, the story couldn't have been further off message. read more

Journalists, like all people, have opinions. Should those privately held opinions preclude them from writing? read more

Schools these days are confronted with complex questions on whether and how to deal with cyberbullying, an imprecise label for online activities ranging from barrages of teasing texts to sexually harassing group sites. read more

Togetherville's pitch is that it creates a social network that gives parents a strong measure of control in shaping their kids' online activities. read more

Last week, the Senate Commerce Committee held a hearing focused on the important task of modernizing the Universal Service Fund. During statements and questioning many senators and FCC Commissioners raised concern about the Federal Communications Commission's current authority over broadband and what that lack of authority may mean for improvements to the Universal Service Fund. On June 17th 2010, the FCC opened a proceeding seeking public input on the hotly-debated "Third Way" proposal to regulate high-speed Internet connections, broadband, as a telecommunications service. The proceeding, called a Notice of Inquiry (NOI), directly addresses the recent court decision in Comcast v. FCC that called into question the FCC's legal rationale and ability to enforce a significant number of its Internet-related rules. As a consequence, the FCC's ability to implement the National Broadband Plan and Universal Service reform is now in the balance. read more

This headline is presented in partnership with:Sabine Leutheusser-Schnarrenberger, Germany's justice minister said Apple must "immediately make clear" what data it collects from users of its products and for what purposes. read more

The Federal Communications Commission released its local telephone competition report including, for the first time, comprehensive information about subscribership to interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service. read more

What happens to these winning apps when the press stops calling and the cameras stop flashing? read more

The Office of Management and Budget's two long-awaited memos on federal agency use of cookies and Web 2.0 services make it easier to use third party services, measurement and analytics tools, and customization for users. However, some of the guidance does not clearly require agencies to protect user privacy in ways we had hoped. read more

AT&T's new lower-tier smartphone data plans have opened the door for a new class of Apple iPhone users, lowering the total cost of ownership for what was once the priciest phone in the market, according to analysis by consumer cost-savings site BillShrink. read more

Pakistan's government has announced it will be filtering scores more Web sites for anti-Islamic content. Facebook, YouTube, and Wikipedia were just the start. The Ministry of Information Technology gave the... read more

The Office of the National Coordinator for Health IT plans to establish rules of the road for the nationwide health information network (NHIN Exchange) in order to expand the kinds of organizations that can participate in it. read more

The fervor over health insurance reform and electronic medical records in the HITECH Act seems to have sucked all the oxygen away from health information technology that is not about direct patient care. read more

On March 21, Sens Mark Begich (D-Alaska) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) wrote a letter to the Federal Communications Commission with concerns about the roaming obligations of commercial wireless providers. read more