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Having the world's most cutting-edge digital technologies and best technology departments won't improve government services for our citizens if we don't have sufficient and sustainable access to the mobile broadband spectrum.
The battle for America's entire communications future is playing out this week in two small towns in New Jersey.
The best television has always embraced the complexity of our changing society. Our country is irrevocably becoming more Hispanic. If Hispanics are to break down the silos between niche and mainstream media we must negotiate how this is represented in our media better, segmentation is not a final solution, but perhaps it is a step in the right direction.
From a human rights perspective, blanket restrictions on specific means of communication should always raise red flags.
A growing number of people argue that the notion of having a private life in which we carefully restrict what information we share with others may not be a good idea. And this is not just a fringe movement.
I've met other kids like my son who, unlike my generation, can disconnect quicker -- and not just because their parents or teachers have taken their cellphones and laptops away. I think they genuinely know how to hang out and have a good time without them. Could it be a trend?
Rewarding Facebook for yet another amorphous gathering of Internet humanity that avoids ads like the plague and travels digitally out of the Facebook neighborhood like a shut-in, will not make the shareholders money.
Using the internet for politics may seem relatively new to some of us, but most online campaigning is a reincarnation of some classic political act in digital form.
Users of social networks, including people of faith, have only begun to lay ground rules for healthy interchange. Careful consideration of the stakes has not accompanied the sudden leap into a new era of social media.
When you're going online to accomplish specific goals, it's good to make a list and check off everything as you go along. We've all been sidetracked by hyperlinks, and this is part of the addictive quality of the Internet.
So, here we are: a world of commentators, Tweeters, bloggers, and citizens with one of the most powerful tools developed in the history of mankind (the Internet) at our fingertips, literally, but how do we plan to use it? And, what is our collective responsibility?
The days of leisurely contemplating and observing our world through the morning and evening newspapers is long gone. The reassuring news coverage of the fixed-time network news has disappeared. We are living in a 24/7 world.
There is an abundance of criticism to be found expelled on the Internet but little compassion. These stories should highlight the failings of care for the disabled.
As I embark on my latest adventure abroad, I'm mentally preparing myself to do without all the things I miss most when I travel.
The entertainment industry should no longer fear technological change. It should no longer cling to a precarious balance on the roof of an industrial structure constructed long ago. It's time to look on technology as an opportunity, and to conquer its fear of the unknown.
When you write or produce anything that you intend to be viewed by the public, make sure you really mean it. Make sure you're willing to defend it. Don't just put it out there.
