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Originally posted at MediaBizBloggers Most social media advertising is poorly suited to the medium. According to Vindico, nearly all (98%) online video ads were re-purposed from a broadcast original.  The lack of originality is one reason ads and sponsored stories on Facebook realize comparatively low average click through-rates of under 5%, says Spruce Media. One Continue Reading →

The Federal Communications Commission this weekend alleged that Google “deliberately impeded and delayed” an FCC investigation into the way the search giant collected data from non-password protected Wi-Fi networks in the United States and abroad for its Street View project.  Read the full story at PC Mag Continue Reading →

The FCC’s campaign to secure the internet gained new momentum last week, when a group of major ISPs signed on to a new code of conduct aimed at mitigating cybercrime. Adopted by the FCC’s Communications, Security, Reliability and Interoperability Council (CSRIC), the new code targets three main security threats: botnets, DNS attacks and internet route Continue Reading →

The 15-year, $9 billion dollar deal between Sprint and LightSquared inked in July is officially dead. This comes after a decision last month by the FCC to revoke LightSquared’s waiver to turn on its nationwide wireless network due to GPS interference. Sprint will return $65 million in prepayments, but has left the door open for future Continue Reading →

The FCC approved rules that will hopefully put an end to receive unwanted robocalls. Companies will be required to get your written approval before calling you with unwanted offers. Unfortunately, political campaigns and debt collectors are free to call away. Read the full article at PCMag.com Continue Reading →

[wpaudio url=”https://media.shellypalmer.com/wp-content/images/usrn/120216_SHELLYPALMER_GEN_BED.mp3″ text=”Click to play … ” dl=”0″] After uproar from privacy-concerned users, Apple now requires apps to explicitly tell you when it accesses your address book. Guess what? When an app like Twitter or Facebook asks if you’d like it to find your friends using your address book, that’s where it gets the contact Continue Reading →

Re-syndicated from The Jerusalem Post The annual Pacific Telecom Council (PTC) conference is known as the “Davos of Telecom”. For 34 years, CEO’s and telecom regulators descend on Hawaii to sip Mai Tai cocktails and spar over policy. This year, regulators from the US, Japan, Germany and New Zealand provided a very different vision for Continue Reading →

Originally posted at www.TonyGreenberg.com A friend of mine in the research industry used to give out little post-it-notes to trainee analysts that said “be wrong boldly.” Her reasoning – if you are bold and right, you will be hailed as a prophet. If you’re wrong, most likely the crowd will have moved on by the Continue Reading →