Net neutrality, the idea that all traffic on the internet should be treated equally, has been a controversial issue in the United States and is now moving up the political agenda in the UK. The British scientist credited with inventing the web has said he fears the freedom of the online world is being put [...]
House Votes to Overturn the FCC’s Net Neutrality Rules
April 9, 2011 By
Free Press Action Fund: Vote to Eliminate Net Neutrality a ‘Dangerous Overreach’ FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: April 8, 2011 Contact: Jenn Ettinger, 202-265-1490 x 35 WASHINGTON — On Friday, the House of Representatives voted 240 to 179 to overturn the Federal Communications Commission’s Net Neutrality rules, adopted in December. The bill would rescind the [...]
Google Search Goes Truly Social
March 30, 2011 By
As many of my clients know, a few months ago I started mentioning that SEO was about to take on a whole new meaning as Google was working on their version of “Like” or “Retweet.” Google wanted to make searching a “social experience.” Today “+1″ officially launches; Google search, as well as Google Ads are [...]
Adding a Talk Radio Show to Your Website or Blog
March 23, 2011 By
Have you ever thought of adding a “Talk Radio” show to your Website or Blog? I recently came across what claims to be a rather fun and easy way for anyone to create, broadcast and share your own radio program across the Internet. Once you’ve created your radio show, you have the ability to broadcast [...]
What You Need to Know if You Use Facebook
February 14, 2011 By
Facebook’s new newsfeed defaults to a setting that will show ONLY posts from people you’ve recently interacted with, or interact with the most. Like most people who use Facebook, you don’t interact with everyone on your list on a regular basis, so chances are you keep seeing the same people over and over and the [...]
Wikileaks’ Positive Side for IT
December 10, 2010 By
“Although most of us will likely never be working for an institution that would be of interest to Wikileaks, that doesn’t mean we won’t be affected by the Wikileaks phenomenon. Someone acting with malice or with a real or perceived concern about pay inequity couldn’t publish salary data and find a receptive local audience. Customer [...]
Amazon Gives WikiLeaks the Boot!
December 1, 2010 By
Responding to pressure from members of Congress, Amazon stopped hosting WikiLeaks on its servers today. Geoff Fowler explains to Stacey Delo why Amazon was hosting the sensitive documents and whether Amazon will see a backlash for pulling them.
3 New Small Business Starter Sites
November 22, 2010 By
Three new starter sites were launched this month, all using a Content Management System (CMS) to allow the site owners an easy way to update and maintain their websites on their own. FFRQ.NET – Fire, Flood & Quake Restoration (FFQR, Inc.), a Southern California based, full service restoration company, provides restoration services for residential and [...]
Tea Party Madness and Net Neutrality
August 13, 2010 By
Tea Party groups have taken a strong stance against net neutrality. As The Hill reports, “[a] coalition that included 35 Tea Party groups sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission on Wednesday urging the agency not to boost its authority over broadband providers through a controversial process known as reclassification.” The only thing that [...]
