Wall Street Journal - Broadband Breakfast (Page 2)

Expert Opinion

RIM, RIP: How BlackBerry Lost its Way, and How iPhones and iPads are Tapping to Success

April 2, 2012 – I admit to being taken in yesterday by Google’s April Fools prank – Gmail Tap. This priceless video promises to bring Morse code back for the smart phone era. Gmail Tap hit a powerful nerve: how to make smart phones more useful for the things we do besides talking on them. […]

Cybersecurity

Cyberattacks May Also Be Acts of War

WASHINGTON, June 1, 2011 – Cyberwar is war and the United States will treat it as such, reported The Wall Street Journal on Tuesday. “If you shut down our power grid, maybe we will put a missile down one of your smokestacks,” said an unnamed military official.

Report: Google Launches Music Service in India to Stave Off Piracy

Google has partnered with three digital music providers to launch a new online music service to increase broadband usage and stave off internet piracy, according to a recent Wall Street Journal report.

Mobile

Verizon to Tier LTE Data

WASHINGTON, September 23, 2010 – After months of hinting and speculation, Verizon Wireless CEO Ivan Seidenberg has told the Wall Street Journal that the firm would introduce tiered data pricing. Currently AT&T is the only firm to tier mobile data on handsets

Broadband Live

‘The Great Spectrum Debate’ Pits Licensed Versus Opportunistic Uses of Airwaves

WASHINGTON, April 23, 2010 – BroadbandBreakfast.com on Friday released, for FREE, the full-length video of the Broadband Breakfast Club event on April 20, 2010: “The Great Spectrum Debate.” The event included key industry officials addressing Chapter 5 of the national broadband plan, dealing with s

FCC

Mark Lloyd, FCC Diversity Chief, Defends Role and Writings

WASHINGTON, December 15, 2009 – “I am not a Czar,” Federal Communications Commission Chief Diversity Officer Mark Lloyd declared on Monday, while delivering the keynote at a Media Access Project event on the impact of new media, net neutrality and journalism’s future. Lloyd, an attorney based out o

Wall Street Journal

Agenda for FTC Workshop of Fate of Journalism Features Murdoch and Huffington

The Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday released the agenda and speakers for its upcoming workshop, “From Town Criers to Bloggers: How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?” The workshop has been organized to consider the emerging issues of an increasingly internet oriented society. As more con

Expert Opinion

Wall Street Journal on 'DIY' Network and Speed Tests

WASHINGTON, January 19, 2009 – The Wall Street Journal gave a little attention to a do-it-yourself network test, the “Switzerland” software suite of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. I offered a comment and a link to the Broadband Census and speed test.