Category Archives: 2. New Media Trends

Was It Google And Verizon Or The FCC That Just Screwed Us On Mobile Net Neutrality?

We’ve already covered the FCC Net Neutrality vote earlier today, but something new has come to light. Something that’s very odd. Something that’s quite frankly a little terrifying.
Engadget dug up the FCC’s release [PDF] and found the following… Continue reading

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Why everyone hates new net neutrality rules—even NN supporters

It’s no surprise that those who have always opposed net neutrality weren’t pleased with today’s FCC order instituting it—one expects no less—but the sheer vehemence of the objections was still surprising. Republican FCC Commi… Continue reading

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Why everyone hates new net neutrality rules—even NN supporters

It’s no surprise that those who have always opposed net neutrality weren’t pleased with today’s FCC order instituting it—one expects no less—but the sheer vehemence of the objections was still surprising. Republican FCC Commi… Continue reading

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FCC Expected to Pass Net Neutrality Rules Today, Drawing Line Between Wired and Wireless Web

We’re Sorry, Your ISP Doesn’t Offer Our Service Sufficient Bandwidth Net Neutrality advocates worry that Internet service providers could require some bandwidth-heavy services to pay more to deliver their data, or that some services or applications mig… Continue reading

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Vietnam Pushes Facebook Clone to Control Online Speech

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Is a UN Internet takeover looming? Not quite

Perhaps you saw or heard the headlines last Friday or over the weekend: the United Nations could take over the Internet! (Or, as the Drudge Report put it, “UN PLANS INTERNET REGULATION.”) This, you may not be surprised to learn… Continue reading

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Canada: We might be America’s hat, but we don’t like caps

The City of Vancouver doesn’t like usage-based billing (UBB) for Internet access; this kind of traffic metering “will act as a tax on innovation, free expression, and empowerment,” according to the city council. In addition, mete… Continue reading

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Livestream For Facebook Lets You DIY Live Stream Video On Fan Pages

Livestream, the live video streaming service that has hooked up with Facebook in the past for Facebook Live, is launching another partnership with the social networking giant. From today onward brands with a Facebook fan page can manually link up thei… Continue reading

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The Video Phone Comes Of Age: One Fifth Of American Adults Have Made A Video Call

The idea of video phone calls goes back to at least 1969 when AT&T developed it’s famous Picturephone which went nowhere (the concept was actually been kicking around a lot earlier). But now with Skype video calls on your laptop and FaceTime on… Continue reading

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Digitally masking corporate logos in your home videos

Hacktivist/tech artist Jeff Crouse is developing a digital filter that automatically masks corporate logos in recorded video. I’d imagine that it won’t be too long before this can be done in real-time for mobile augmented reality applications! Crouse… Continue reading

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