Severe Weather for DFW
Check www.uta.edu and www.mediaissues.org to see if class has been cancelled. Even if the university does not cancel classes, I might cancel class if inclement weather hits DFW. Check www.mediaissues.org at 7:00 a.m. If I do not post a class clacellation message by then, class will meet as scheduled. No exceptions. Drive safe. – Julian.
Internet Cutoff Fails To Silence Egypt Protesters
NEW YORK (AP) – In its effort to silence protesters, Egypt took a step that’s rare even among authoritarian governments: It cut off the Internet across the entire country. The nation’s four main Internet providers all went dark, and cell phone service was suspended in some areas. But the drastic move did not stop demonstrators … Read more
WikiLeaks Rival Launches New Secret-Spilling Site
DAVOS, Switzerland (AP) – A former WikiLeaks spokesman launched a rival website Friday, saying he planned to give whistleblowers more control over the secrets they spill. The new platform, called OpenLeaks, will allow sources to choose specifically who they want to submit documents to anonymously, such as to a particular news outlet, said Daniel Domscheit-Berg. … Read more
Comcast Takes Control Over NBC Universal
LOS ANGELES (AP) – The nation’s largest cable TV company, Comcast Corp., took control of NBC Universal after the government shackled its behavior in the coming years to protect online video services such as Netflix and Hulu. The deal closed shortly before midnight EST on Friday. The takeover gave the cable-hookup company 51 percent control … Read more
Innovation Is Doing Little for Incomes
New York Times By TYLER COWEN Published: January 29, 2011 MY grandmother, who was born in 1905, spoke often about the immense changes she had seen, including the widespread adoption of electricity, the automobile, flush toilets, antibiotics and convenient household appliances. Since my birth in 1962, it seems to me, there have not been comparable … Read more
The Power of the Platform at Apple
The New York Times By STEVE LOHR Published: January 29, 2011 SIZE is the enemy of growth. It is one of the unwritten laws of business, a matter of simple percentages. After all, when a company has $1 billion in yearly sales, an extra $1 billion doubles its size. Add $1 billion in new business … Read more
Dead Drop
What do you think about Dead Drop? – Julian. Dead Drops ‘How to’ – NYC from aram bartholl on Vimeo.
Netflix Adds 3.1M Subscribers
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Netflix Inc.’s video subscription service topped 20 million customers during the fourth quarter to help push its earnings beyond analyst expectations and burnish its reputation as a stock-market star. Its shares surged 10 percent on the news. The results announced Wednesday are the latest evidence of Netflix’s increasingly important role in … Read more
Start-Up Opens a One-Stop Shop for the News
The New York Times By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER Published: January 24, 2011 Big media companies and tech start-ups alike are trying to solve the riddle of how people will read the news in a mobile, digital world — and how publishers will make money from it. The latest to try is Ongo, a two-year-old start-up … Read more
