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What Informs Us, Separates Us

What Informs Us, Separates Us

September 19th, 2012

On the September 18th NBC Today Show, Matt Lauer interviewed Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, about what was hyped as a big announcement on changes to the texting service.  In truth, the changes, all visual in nature, were a big yawn, but that wasn’t what impressed me about the segment.  LauRead More


iPhone 5’s for Criminals In Jail – Is That What Congress Really Wants?

iPhone 5’s for Criminals In Jail – Is That What Congress Really Wants?

September 14th, 2012

I am an avid reader of Politico, an on line reporting service focused on activities in Washington, D.C. and other political centers.  Two reports in the past few weeks really struck me as illustrative of how incapable the United States House of Representatives and Senate are in addressing critical issues facing the Internet whiRead More


ICANN Spurned in .xxx Antitrust Litigation — Is this a Win for Pornography?

ICANN Spurned in .xxx Antitrust Litigation -- Is this a Win for Pornography?

September 11th, 2012

In a fascinating decision and yet another blow to ICAAN, a California federal judge denied ICANN’s motion to dismiss an action brought against the Domain Name System overseer alleging antitrust violations in connection with the contract ICANN awarded ICM Registry for operation of the Internet’s newest top level domain (“TLD”) -- .xxxRead More


Tweeting Victory into the Jaws of Defeat

Tweeting Victory into the Jaws of Defeat

September 11th, 2012

Sports fans on Twitter and social media are all abuzz at the reversal of the decision of National Football League Commissioner Roger Goodell to suspend NFL players Jonathan Vilma, Scott Fujita and Will Smith for their role in the pay-for-performance/bounty case.  But the crowing of victory for the players and defeat of thRead More


The End is Near – Say Hello to the New Normal

The End is Near – Say Hello to the New Normal

August 30th, 2012

I was having lunch the other day with my client, Rachel, and we got to talking about technology and the Internet.  Rachel is a very successful executive and also a foodie.  I was waxing on about how much fun I was having with Siri on my new iPhone (my old oRead More


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