Verizon can hear the mayor now
Life may soon be getting harder for New York City’s largest publicly traded company when it comes to dealing with one of its biggest customers—the city of New York. The de Blasio administration is putting Verizon Communications on notice that business it used to do with city agencies will now go through City Hall, which […]
China’s Internet Giant Baidu Invests $11.5 Million in Free Wi-Fi Company
Chinese internet search engine giant and popular mapping service provider Baidu Inc., has invested $11.5 million in Qianhai Mobile – a local start-up that provides commuters in over 10 cities across the country with free wireless internet access. China Money Network reported that the investment deal, which will be implemented through the subscriptions of […]
With health care as the model, Obama wrecks the Internet
Singer Taylor Swift is among the thousands of celebrities who, in a pre-emptive move to protect their reputations, reportedly have purchased URLs that follow their names with new extensions such as .sucks, .xxx and .porn. President Obama is doing for the Internet what he did for health care: making things worse. His slogan should […]
Google Fiber, Comcast’s nightmare come to life
What’s every incumbent ISP’s worst nightmare? If we had to guess, it looks something like the filing that Google just made with the Federal Communications Commission. As The Wall Street Journal reports, Google this week told the FCC that reclassifying broadband providers under Title II of the Telecommunications Act would have a big side benefit […]
New boss, old tune: Yahoo’s Marissa Mayer reviewing strategy
In an SEC filing, Yahoo’s newly-appointed CEO hints at a restructuring and a new plan for the billions it expects from the company’s stake in Alibaba. Yahoo’s new CEO, Marissa Mayer, says in an SEC filing that she might restructure the business and, as a result, might not give back to shareholders the billions in […]
Scared of Anonymous? NSA chief says you should be
Anonymous has so far plied its trade in “hactivist” exploits. But according to the director of the National Security Agency, it might soon turn its focus to U.S. infrastructure. According to the Wall side road magazine, bringing up sources, Gen. Keith Alexander has said in private conferences on the White area and in other places […]