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May 5, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: You Share Too Much: How much info is too much info? According to Consumer Reports, 52% of American adults are sharing too much private information online. From posting addresses to Facebragging about being on vacation, the report found that many Americans are Continue Reading →

May 4, 2010 – Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: One Million Sold: It took Apple only 28 days to sell a million iPads. The company sold its millionth tablet the day the 3G iPad hit stores. An especially proud Steve Jobs notes “that’s less than half of the 74 days it Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Israeli Government Lifts iPad Ban: After banning the iPad, Israel will now allow Apple’s latest device into the country. The Israeli government will also return 20 iPads which had been seized from tourists during the ban. The issue? Bureaucracy, because there is certainly no technical reason Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Google is making it easier for you to find interesting people to follow on Twitter. The Goog recently unveiled a new app called Follow Finder that analyzes followers and helps Twitter users find others who fit on their “social graph.” In other Google news, the company Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Think your tweets are important? So does the Library of Congress. It announced that it will archive every publically posted tweet since Twitter’s inception in March 2006. Don’t worry, tweets marked private won’t be preserved … aren’t you wondering how to send a private tweet right Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: Lookout Microsoft, Google is on the attack. The search giant announced major, much-needed updates to Google Docs, its cloud-based version of Microsoft Office. The new software has better collaborative tools and is really trying to be a direct replacement for its Microsoft counterpart. Let the office Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: The Kaiser Family Foundation has a new study that tells us what we already know, kids between the ages of 8-18 consume massive quantities of digital media and barely any print at all. They are packing 10 hours 45 minutes in each day. That’s a two-hour Continue Reading →

I wrote this article back in September of 2009 in response to the FCC Chairman's first articulation of the Six Principles of Net Neutrality. The US Appeals Court ruling against the FCC (and in favor of Comcast) earlier this week has spurred a fair amount of discussion. The Legislature will have to figure out if the FCC has the authority to enforce the rules it is mandated by Congress to create. That is really what the lawsuit was about. However, the spirit of the Net Neutrality, which these six principles vaguely describe, is still a topic that needs serious discussion. How should we think about it? Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: In September, if you buy an iPad for $50,000, you’ll get a Hyundai Equus for free. OK, that’s backwards, but as incentives go, a $500 iPad is a great gift with purchase for buying a car. And it’s even cooler because the iPad is going to Continue Reading →

Today’s most interesting stories in technology, media and entertainment: CBSSports.com and Masters.com are going to make sure you don’t miss Tiger Woods’s return to golf. Both sites have increased their streaming video coverage by 50%. It’s going to be all Tiger all the time! But you may have to worry about Comcast purposely throttling your Continue Reading →