Internet

New 'Internet Meter' To Measure Web TV Viewers

SARAH PEREZ of ReadWriteWeb | Posted 09.09.2009 | Technology


More and more viewers are leaving their TV sets to watch their favorite shows online. Nielsen has announced an "Internet Meter" to measure the online ...

Hoping to Compensate for Their Waning Influence, Alt-Weeklies Sacrifice Quality for Sensory Overload

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 09.09.2009 | Media


Josh Rosenblatt

For the younger generation, who formed relationships to media in a time when immediacy and convenience were everything, the alt-weekly model isn't just dying -- it never existed in the first place.

New York's Digitized Dems Can Take Over City Council Sept. 15

Diane Francis | Posted 11.08.2009 | New York


Diane Francis

Obama supporters -- about one million registered Democrats -- can vote in next Tuesday's local primary election, and only a tiny fraction of this number could swing the results.

Green Is the New Black

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 11.08.2009 | Style


Charlotte Safavi

Ultimately, those who embraced green in clothing or fashion accessories were rejecting the status quo. Fashion sometimes has a way of getting under the skin.

Internet Addiction Center Opens In U.S.

Guardian | Ed Pilkington | Posted 10.21.2009 | Media


If you have to take a quick break from reading this article to check your Blackberry, send a text or reboot your Xbox 360 before you reach the end of ...

YouTube Shifts Policy, Starts Paying One-Hit-Wonders

Stefan Sirucek | Posted 10.20.2009 | Media


Stefan Sirucek

With YouTube's new policy of paying those with hit videos, that clip of a kid's wacky 5th birthday may help pay for his college tuition. Or his dental work.

Full Disclosure: Have Mommy Bloggers Gone Too Far?

Wendy Sachs | Posted 10.19.2009 | Living


Wendy Sachs

Am I breaching the natural maternal pact with my young children when I use them as the backdrop in writing about my own experience in motherhood?

Important and Unimportant Imbalances in the World

Jarvis Coffin | Posted 10.19.2009 | Media


Jarvis Coffin

This is interesting: MediaPost referred to a report in the Digits Blog of the Wall Street Journal yesterday that says of 53,000 qualified respondents ...

Mighty Movie Podcast: Welcome, Big Brother: Ondi Timoner on We Live in Public

Dan Persons | Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment


Dan Persons

In the documentary We Live in Public, director Ondi Timoner focuses on an experiment in which 100 people were shut into a Soho, NY basement with all the comforts of home, plus 24/7 surveillance.

Happy Birthday, Mr. Internet!

Rory O'Connor | Posted 10.17.2009 | Media


Rory O'Connor

The Internet's founders are increasingly concerned that burdensome barriers may squash future innovation before it happens.

Sharpening the Saw: The End of Summer and Back to Work

Vivian Norris de Montaigu | Posted 10.17.2009 | Living


Vivian Norris de Montaigu

I hope that as many people as possible have sharpened the saw this summer. Because, dear humans, we will need to be at our best in the days ahead.

Florida Awards Stimulus Contract to High Bidder -- Connected Nation

Art Brodsky | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media


Art Brodsky

Usually a state contract bid with a high price and no experience might well lose to another firm's bid with a lower price and lots of experience. Unless, of course, that higher bidder is Connected Nation in Florida.

As Internet turns 40, barriers threaten its growth

AP | ANICK JESDANUN | Posted 09.30.2009 | Technology


NEW YORK — Goofy videos weren't on the minds of Len Kleinrock and his team at UCLA when they began tests 40 years ago on what would become the I...

NYT: Time to Make Net Neutrality the Law

Timothy Karr | Posted 09.29.2009 | Media


Timothy Karr

Allowing Internet service providers to become gatekeepers would undermine the democratic nature of the Web, which has made it such a great engine for free speech and economic growth.

Without Freedom of Expression

Craig and Marc Kielburger | Posted 09.28.2009 | World


Craig and Marc Kielburger

10 years. That's the length of the sentence that Thai man, Suwicha Thakor, received in April for posting two comments on a website deemed insulting to Thailand's monarchy.

Con Games: Virtual Duality, Personal Media In Aspen

Michael Conniff | Posted 09.28.2009 | Media


Michael Conniff

A bigger problem is Craig's List, available in most places for free, the online classified-killer now slurping on the cash cow that once accounted for 45 percent of the newspaper revenue stream.

United Airlines' Second Golden Marketing Opportunity: United Breaks Guitars, Song 2

Andrew Cherwenka | Posted 09.26.2009 | Media


Andrew Cherwenka

What if United put its best baggage handlers on drums and its best customer service reps on the tambourine? They could have in-house legal counsel singing backup.

Meet My Mom

Meredith Lopez | Posted 09.26.2009 | Living


Meredith Lopez

My mom speaks out about turning 60.

Illegal Downloaders In Britain Could Have Internet Connections Cut Off

AP | KAROLINA TAGARIS | Posted 09.25.2009 | Media


LONDON — People who repeatedly download copyright-protected films and music could have their Internet connection cut off under proposed laws the...

Trolling

August J. Pollak | Posted 09.24.2009 | Politics


August J. Pollak

Why the internet will always fall second to the quality of traditional media. To see more of August J. Pollak's cartoon "Some Guy With a Website," ...

Keeping Kids Clean

Charlotte Safavi | Posted 09.19.2009 | Living


Charlotte Safavi

My son has printed out 20 Wikipedia pages on the definition of the F word. I'm proud of my son's industrious initiative, research tactics and dogged determination to learn.

The Real Reason Easy Access to Porn Is Ruining Our Kids

Josh Rosenblatt | Posted 09.19.2009 | Style


Josh Rosenblatt

Porn is everywhere. Which sounds nice, I admit, but in actuality, kids these days don't realize how bad they have it.

Information Addiction and Our Quest for Relevancy

Scott Lachut | Posted 09.18.2009 | Living


Scott Lachut

This quest for what might be, creates a seemingly infinite feedback loop where consumption continuously renews the appetite.

Newspapers, Not Books, Are the Key to Engaging Budding College Students

Danny Groner | Posted 09.17.2009 | Media


Danny Groner

The acts of reading the newspaper and participating in conversation about current affairs are worth more to young college students than interpreting foreign works, no matter their messages.

Facebook Buys Rights To "Nearly Everything You Do Online" For $47.5 Million

washingtonpost.com | Chadwick Matlin | Posted 09.15.2009 | Business


Facebook just bought the rights to nearly everything you do online. And it cost them only $47.5 million. Facebook's purchase of FriendFeed, an obsc...