WholeThinking essays with keyword tag: Internet

Foreign Domains, Sure.ly You Jest

By | October 6, 2010 | Cultural Interface

What does Violet Blue, a self proclaimed Open Source Sex expert and an authoritarian Islamic government, such as Libya, have in common? Well, just about nothing, unless you want your domain name to include the suffix ly, all the rage in name branding domains these days. Here also lies all the makings for a considerable conflict […]

Google-Verizon CoOpoly Galvanize Net Neutrality

By | August 19, 2010 | Raw Economics

If the intention of the Google-Verizon CoOpoly proposal was to provide a compromising way forward on Internet broadband policy, they may have gotten more than they bargained for as the Net Neutrality forces achieve a laser like focus. and turn their bright focus upon them. Verizon is no stranger to controversy, it strides confident across […]

Broadband and Health: Bound by TeleMedicine

By | August 14, 2010 | Raw Economics

On August 14 I had the opportunity to sit in a small room with a handful of local journalists and staff at Seattle Children’s Hospital, also present, was the chairman of the FCC, Julius Genachowski. We were gathered to see a demonstration of the hospital’s telemedicine network that serves a number of hospitals and rural clinics throughout […]

Partitioning the Internet: Google and Verizon Hold Forth

By | August 9, 2010 | Mobile Nature, Raw Economics

Despite numerous rumors and repeated questions, Google and Verizon denied they were in any kind of discussions. When specificaly asked if they were engaged in conversations about the prioritization of Internet traffic, they continued to deny any such talks had taken place. Today, Google and Verizon issued a joint statement that they have not only been […]

Recession or Not: Anytime is a Good Time to Start Company

By | July 30, 2010 | Machine Logic

Angel investor, Ron Conway, of investment firm SV Angel has recently completed and audit of the 500 plus companies they have invested in over the last 12 years and has formed some surprising conclusions from the data he found. Speaking at the Social Currency CrunchUp, organized by TechCrunch, Mr Conway talked about his expectations that […]

Quiet Release of SkypeKit SDK, New Ideas at Skype?

By | July 30, 2010 | Shape of Intent

After languishing under the marginal management of Meg Whitman at eBay, Skype has been returned to the original founders and they seem to have some fresh ideas about what to do with the technology. With barely a whisper Skype released SkypeKit SDK in June. Their hope will be that 3rd party hardware developers will license […]

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