Tuesday, October 30th. A technological breakthrough that has led to remarkable changes in American and global society occurred 49 years ago today … or yesterday, depending on your point of reference. While Americans in the Eastern and Central time zones […]
Free speech continues to take a beating both in the U.S. and, especially, abroad, and prospects for the future appear worrisome as control of the vital medium of the internet passes from U.S. hands to the United Nation’s International Telecommunications […]
Sunday, October 30 — A technological breakthrough that has led to remarkable changes in American and global society occurred 47 years ago today … or yesterday, depending on your point of reference. While Americans in the Eastern and Central time zones […]
Is Russia’s Vladimir Putin Really Meddling in the U.S. Election? Did Russia really hack the Democratic National Committee? Is Russia meddling in the U.S. election? The short answer: that’s the official story, but most likely not really. As Wikileaks releases […]
U.S. No Longer Gatekeeper of Internet Domains On October 1st something important happened to the internet without much notice, media discussion or political debate. Here are some important facts: ICANN (Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers) went from reporting […]
LinkNYC’s has disabled web browser capabilities on their public tablets, after a request from Bronx Borough President asking for filters to be created to prevent people from hogging the public device or viewing lewd content. “We’ve heard a great deal […]
Today marks the 172nd birthday of the World Wide Web. Only it was electro-mechanical, not digital.
Spam, the unsolicited email message, debuted this month in 1978, and the World Wide Web has spread its infamy everywhere.
MOBILE COMPUTER Sunday, March 27 — A triumph of mobile computing was achieved on this date in 1961. A division of the Sperry Rand Corporation equipped a trailer truck to haul a UNIVAC I computer from New York City down […]
Internet Censorship on the Rise Frank V. Vernuccio, Jr., J.D. Free speech on the internet continues to take a pounding on several key fronts. Under pressure from heavy handed governments abroad and threats of lawsuits and left wing agitation […]
From a high flying internet company to death by restructuring By Anthony Rivieccio, MBA, PFA So, what was Yahoo, originally? In January 1994, it began as Jerry and David’s guide to the World Wide Web. Jerry Yang and David Filo […]
The Brave New World of Internet Meme Comedy by Rob Giuffre Internet memes have existed since the advent of the internet, but with websites like Instagram and Snapchat breaking into the mainstream with hundreds of millions of active users […]
Washington, DC – Congressman José E. Serrano, Ranking Member of the House Appropriations Financial Services and General Government Subcommittee, lauded the Federal Communications Commission’s (FCC) historic vote adopting rules protecting network neutrality on the Internet. “The rules adopted Friday will help guarantee […]
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