Fifteen people have filed suit against online media company NebuAd, alleging that its use of deep packet inspection technology violates consumer privacy. The technology tracks the Web-surfing habits of ISP customers in order to better target ads to them. The complaint, filed in the U.S. District C...
Three major Internet service providers have promised Congress that they do not monitor their customers' activities online. However, in an argument worthy of the political venue in which it was made, executives from these companies went on to equivocate about what they were actually doing and whether...
Congress has become increasingly interested in the privacy implications of behavioral marketing. This summer, the Senate has held hearings, and the House Committee on Energy and Commerce has followed the charge by seeking more information from Internet service providers and technology companies reg...
Seeking to reassure investors -- many of whom were still stinging from Yahoo's decision to walk away from a multibillion-dollar merger with Microsoft -- CEO Jerry Yang and Chairman Roy Bostock sent a letter making their case for hooking up with Google instead of inking an ad deal with Redmond. The l...
Cable and high-speed ISP Charter Communications will not move forward with plans to test a service that automatically targets users with advertising based on their online surfing activity after it sparked privacy concerns. In May, Charter announced it would launch a pilot program with partner NebuAd...
It's a tactic that professional party promoters have used for years: Tell everyone that all the big-name celebrities are going to be at your party, even if they haven't promised anything. Work up the hype, get people excited, and pretty soon it won't matter that they never committed, because they'd ...
Observers of recent legislative action in Sacramento should be forgiven for thinking they have been transported back to 2002, when policy makers were pushing government mandated software standards and micromanagement of cell phone companies. Five years later, in 2007, the same bad policies are bein...
Convergence is a common theme among telecommunications and cable television suppliers. These companies think that by offering a portfolio of bundled voice, video and data services they will be able to gain customers and increase their market share. This desire has created a ripple effect in the netw...
In a move to attract new users and entice existing customers to migrate to broadband, AOL and Clearwire on Thursday announced an agreement to offer wireless broadband access. Consumers will now be able to get AOL combined with high-speed wireless broadband provided through Clearwire's Wi-Max class s...
About a month ago, a bi-partisan group of senators released a statement supporting cable franchise reform. Now key members of the House of Representatives appear to agree. At this rate, consumers might actually see national reform that will slash cable bills and make video service more innovative ...
Expect an unprecedented tsunami of excitement.
Look for a bigger surge of enthusiasm compared to recent Apple events.
Anticipate the typical level of interest sparked by a wave of Apple news.
With only a mild ripple of interest.
WWDC, yawn.
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