Thursday, January 22nd, 2009

Obama Staff Arrives to White House Stuck in Tech Dark Ages

If the Obama campaign represented a sleek, new iPhone kind of future, the first day of the Obama administration looked more like the rotary-dial past.  Team Obama has some work to do to bring the White House into the present.  This team maximized their use of cell phones, the Internet and Social Media to earn [...]

Monday, December 22nd, 2008

The Internet’s 100 Oldest Dot-Com Domains

The Internet’s been around in some form for decades. It wasn’t until the mid-80s, though, that the Web as we know it started coming together — and those precious dot-com domains started getting snatched up.
I bet you are thinking Google, eBay, Amazon, Yahoo…throw in some oldies like Lycos, Excite, GeoCities, Tripod…forget about it.  We are [...]

Monday, December 8th, 2008

Obama Pledges Renewed Focus On Information Superhighway

In his weekly address on Saturday, President-Elect Obama covered a wide range of topics.  One topic was dialogue on a renewed focus on the Information Superhighway, the infrastructure necessary to connect the masses to the Internet.  Obama said, “As we renew our schools and highways, we’ll also renew our information superhighway. It is unacceptable that [...]

Saturday, November 15th, 2008

Net Neutrality on Deck In Washington D.C.

Network Neutrality — or “Net Neutrality” for short — is the guiding principle that preserves the free and open Internet. Put simply, Net Neutrality means no discrimination. Net Neutrality prevents Internet providers from blocking, speeding up or slowing down Web content based on its source, ownership or destination. Check out Net Neutrality 101.
Net Neutrality [...]

Thursday, September 25th, 2008

iTunes Under Threat By Music Labels and Artists

It seems like the music labels and artists are getting upset that iTunes “sells” singles and not “albums.” If you look back five years ago these same groups were upset that fans were using the Internet to steal and pirate their music. This blog to give some historical perspective on this matter and some market research for the music industry that has to get real…it is the consumers who determine what format they want!

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Life Magazine To Live Again In "See Your World" Venture

Time, Inc. and Getty Images have announced a joint venture called See Your World that will relaunch the legendary Life Magazine in early 2009.