Apple vs Google: Did Apple Learn Anything From Its War With Microsoft?
It seemed unfathomable that Jobs would lose two battles the same way a generation apart. But with so many similarities between the two dogfights -- Microsoft vs Apple, Apple vs Google -- it was hard...
View ArticleWe’re About to Lose Net Neutrality — And the Internet as We Know It
The implications of such a decision would be profound. Web and mobile companies will live or die not on the merits of their technology and design, but on the deals they can strike with AT&T,...
View ArticleBackwards Regulations Can’t Keep Up With the Fast and Furious Germs of the...
Washington’s paymasters are systematically biased in favor of the drug licensed decades ago. Their principal concern is who should pay how much for the new, patented drug, or whether the old, cheaper...
View ArticleSoftware Is Reorganizing the World
When cloud formations take physical shape, neither their scale nor duration has an upper bound: We may begin to see cloud towns, then cloud cities, and ultimately cloud countries. At first this sounds...
View ArticleThe Getty and Google Unleash Free Art — And Your Creative Potential
Open sharing has been around forever, accelerating progress in diverse fields. Computing (e.g., Homebrew Computer Club), code (open source), and even academic publishing (“open access”, which goes...
View ArticleIt’s Time to Take Mesh Networks Seriously (And Not Just for the Reasons You...
The internet is weak, yet we keep ignoring that fact. Which is why I believe it’s time to reconsider the potential of mesh networking, and make mesh networks a reality. Not just because of their...
View ArticleWhy Net Neutrality’s Demise Hurts the Poor Most
High-quality internet access shouldn’t be restricted to those who can 'pay to play.' Unfortunately, by allowing ISPs to preferentially charge and premium price access, that’s what will happen, and...
View ArticleThe Feds Lost on Net Neutrality, But Won Control of the Internet
No matter what you think of network neutrality -- for it, against it, it’s complicated, who cares -- the fact that a federal court just struck down most of the FCC’s net neutrality rules is clearly...
View ArticleInternet Freedom Day: This Year We Go to War for Net Neutrality
This time of year is always the worst of times and best of times for internet freedom. And on this second annual Internet Freedom Day -- the anniversary of the successful SOPA/PIPA Blackout protest --...
View ArticleWhy You Should Embrace Surveillance, Not Fight It
The internet is a tracking and monitoring machine. We will ceaselessly self-track and be tracked. We’re expanding the data sphere to sci-fi levels and there’s no stopping it because too many of the...
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