USA Today rewrites strategy to cope with Internet
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, AP Business Writer Michael Liedtke, Ap Business Writer Wed Mar 23, 9:52 am ET McLEAN, Va. – USA Today, a newspaper created nearly 30 years ago to appeal to people who grew up watching television, is revising its formula to try to counter the Internet’s threat to its survival. The nation’s second-largest newspaper is expanding its … Read more
For Consumers, Little to Cheer in AT&T Deal
NY TIMES By JENNA WORTHAM Published: March 21, 2011 The $39 billion proposed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile could save the companies a lot of money. For everyone else, it could cost a lot of money. No sooner did the two companies announce a $39 billion merger on Sunday than industry analysts began assessing the … Read more
Tracking Your Wi-Fi Trail
NY TIMES By CHRISTINE NEGRONI Published: March 21, 2011 GENEVA — The scene atCopenhagen International Airport one recent day was much like that at any airport around the world: passengers hurrying through the terminal, waiting in security lines or lingering at the duty-free shops. But unlike other airports, the movement of the passengers was being … Read more
Domain ‘.xxx’ Approved For Web Porn Sites
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – You’ve heard of “.com” and “.org.” Joining them soon will be their bawdy cousin: “.xxx.” On Friday, the board of directors of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers, which oversees the Internet’s naming system, approved the creation of a red-light district online for pornographic websites. It follows a decade-long … Read more
Netflix Vying For First Rights To New TV Series
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) – Netflix Inc. is trying to buy the Internet streaming rights to a 26-episode drama starring Kevin Spacey before the series is shown on a television network. If the deal is completed, it would mark a bold step in a new direction for Netflix’s popular video subscription service. Netflix currently boasts more … Read more
New York Times to Start Charging For Website
NEW YORK (AP) – The New York Times says it will start charging for access to its website and for the use of smart phone and tablet applications later this month in the U.S. Beginning March 28, prices start at $15 for four weeks of full access to the website and the smart phone app. … Read more
Tech Companies Pitch In On Earthquake Response
SEATTLE (AP) – Google Inc., Twitter, Microsoft Corp. and other U.S. technology companies are finding ways large and small to help out in the wake of last week’s earthquake in Japan and the resulting tsunami. Google put together an online “person finder” database in Japanese, English, Korean, Chinese and Portuguese for people who are either … Read more
This Data Isn’t Dull. It Improves Lives.
NY TIMES By RICHARD H. THALER Published: March 12, 2011 GOVERNMENTS have learned a cheap new way to improve people’s lives. Here is the basic recipe: Take data that you and I have already paid a government agency to collect, and post it online in a way that computer programmers can easily use. Then wait … Read more
To Humans, Computer Intelligence is a Puzzle
NY TIMES By STEVE LOHR Published: March 5, 2011 To humans, computer intelligence is a puzzle, as if the machines have split personalities. They can be so remarkably smart at times, yet so bafflingly dumb at others. This riddle of digital deduction has been center stage recently. Just over a week ago, for instance, the … Read more
