An Open Letter to President Obama on the Jobs Summit

Gary Shapiro, 12.04.2009

President & CEO of the Consumer Electronics Association

"What I'm interested in is taking action right now to help businesses create jobs right now, in the near term. " - President Barack Obama, Jobs Summit...

New Survey Says 1/3 Teenagers are 'Sexting': MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer December 4, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 12.04.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

A new survey reports that 1/3 of teens have engaged in the new form of sexual communication known as 'sexting.' While many are sending risque text m...

A College Tour De Force

Dr. Hendrie Weisinger, 12.03.2009

Psychologist, speaker, author of The Genius of Instinct (FT Press, 2009),

uTourX is a hot new iPhone application that college bound students and their parents will love -- college tours packed with "insider" information that familiarize students with the schools they wish to attend.

"Don't Be Evil": How Larry Page and Sergey Brin Really Think and Should We Worry About Google's Dominance

Anis Shivani, 12.03.2009

Writer

We shall see if Larry and Sergey's collective brain can keep up with the spontaneous evolution of the Internet.

Where Should You Talk (and Listen) to an Independent? Online, of Course

Noah Mallin, 12.02.2009

Director of Social Media at Reprise Media

Why not reach Independents at a place where most people turn to when they are seeking more information? That is, online, through search engines.

Google the New Power Utility?

Blaise Zerega, 12.02.2009

CEO of FORA.tv

Could Google do for the electrical grid what it's done for the Internet? PG&E is one of the nation's largest utilities, serving 15 million people in central and northern California. Should PG&E be afraid?

Paying for Premium

Jessica Rovello, 12.01.2009

President and Co-Founder of Arkadium

I spent a good part of my day Saturday behind a velvet rope, freezing and waiting patiently for the big event. No, I wasn't outside some exclusive Ne...

Why Twitter is the Most Popular Word of 2009

Jose Antonio Vargas, 11.30.2009

Technology and Innovations editor, Huffington Post

Of course Twitter is the most popular English word of 2009. In a world made smaller by the Internet and new technologies, Twitter forces us to become each other's witnesses, one tweet at a time.

Should Google Worry?

Michael Wolff, 11.30.2009

Author of Newser.com's Off the Grid column

Google is under media attack. Rupert Murdoch is the most outspoken anti-Googlist, but his fulminations are now followed by a new book, Googled: The E...

Stephen Viscusi's Interview Tips on How to Be "Perceived" as 10 Years Younger than You Really Are on an Interview.

Stephen Viscusi, 11.30.2009

America's Workplace Guru

By Stephen Viscusi Viscusi reveals why your "Interview Age" is crucial to finding a job...or keeping one. How old an impression do you make when you'...

Thanksgiving Conversation In The Age Of The Internet

Charles Warner, 11.28.2009

Charles Warner is an active blogger at Media Curmudgeon.com and teaches at The New School

The problem is that the instant availability and accessibility of the world's information has reduced the compulsion or desire, it appears, for social interaction. The Internet has isolated people in their own private worlds.

Murdoch and Microsoft: The Mice Are Trying to Roar

Michael Wolff, 11.24.2009

Author of Newser.com's Off the Grid column

Microsoft is a company that Rupert Murdoch understands. When he talks about the technology business or about the Internet or Google, which, on at leas...

More Fraud in SBA Managed Small Business Programs

Lloyd Chapman, 11.23.2009

Small business advocate

In a recent U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) investigation into fraud in the Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) program...

An Epic Internet Copyright Battle on the Horizon? Microsoft and News Corp. vs. Google, Maybe

Jonathan Steinsapir, 11.27.2009

Associate at Kinsella Weitzman Iser Kump & Aldisert (KWIKA)

If Microsoft and News Corp. go forward with a deal whereby News Corp. demands that Google stop indexing its websites, don't be surprised if it leads to one of the most important copyright lawsuits in history.

Whack-A-Mole Security: Bad Policy, Bad Legislation

Robert D. Atkinson, Ph.D., 11.21.2009

Peer-to-peer software, by itself, did not cause the confidential Congressional document to be leaked to the press. Certainly people are not perfect and some data breaches will still occur even with better policies and technology.

Get Busy Committee on Changing the Face of Hip Hop Forever

Jon Chattman, 11.19.2009

Founder of thecheappop.com, pop culture/music writer, and author of "Sweet Stache"

Lately, rap has been getting a bad rap because there's no true voice for the hip hop community. That changed last week when the Get Busy Committee dropped their new album Uzi Does It.

The Conflict Minerals Trade Act

David Sullivan, 11.20.2009

Enough Project

The introduction of the Conflict Minerals Trade Act means Congo activists have bipartisan legislation percolating in the Capitol, which could cut armed groups and rights abusers out of the supply chain for our cell phones and laptops.

Vevo Music Venture to Launch December 8: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 19, 2009

Shelly Palmer, 11.19.2009

President, National Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences, NY

The music industry video portal Vevo will launch December 8th. The site, associated with both Sony and Universal, uses YouTube's platform t...

Ken Auletta Has Done It Again

Charles Warner, 11.18.2009

Charles Warner is an active blogger at Media Curmudgeon.com and teaches at The New School

Ken Auletta has written another enlightening book that explains what's going on in the media: Googled: The End of the World as We Know It. If you want to understand the new world, buy it and read it.

Trying To Strangle American Innovation

Pat Choate, 11.18.2009

Author of Saving Capitalism

If Big Tech succeeds in Washington, a greatly weakened patent system is likely to destroy American innovation and invention-led job creation in the next decade.

President Obama's Entrepreneurial Mindset

Don McNay, 11.17.2009

Award-winning financial columnist, author, commentator and personal finance guru.

I have not seen much evidence of Obama being in touch with small-town Kentucky, but after reading David Plouffe's new book, The Audacity to Win, I have become convinced that he knows what it takes to run a business.