Kenneth Corbin

AT&T has stepped up its campaign to convince the Federal Communications Commission to take on Google’s Voice application, arguing once again that the search giant is guilty of a “double standard” on Net neutrality due to its call-blocking policy. This afternoon, the telecom giant filed a letter with the FCC and provided it with a […]

The Federal Communications Commission has gotten another earful from GOP lawmakers who oppose Chairman Julius Genachowski’s plan to initiate a rule-making procedure to strengthen the commission’s stance on Net neutrality. In a letter dated Tuesday, 18 Senate Republicans prevailed on Genachowski to rethink his position on the issue. “Broadband service providers have invested billions of […]

For several months now, it’s been fair to describe Twitter as the hottest startup in the tech sector, but a new study from online metrics firm comScore suggests that the microblogging site may be cooling off. The key data point in comScore’s analysis is the monthly tally of U.S. visitors to Twitter.com. In September, comScore […]

The Department of Justice’s antitrust chief today offered another reminder that there’s a new sheriff in town, and that this administration is going to take a much more active role in policing markets to keep them competitive. The DoJ today said that it is requiring AT&T to divest the assets of Centennial in eight markets […]

So maybe they’re not what you’d call A-listers, but Yahoo (NASDAQ: YHOO) has managed to put together a stout lineup of celebrities to boost its ambitious new marketing campaign. As part of an ongoing effort to rebrand itself as the preeminent gateway to the Web, the Internet pioneer is hosting events today in London and […]

The Federal Trade Commission’s plan to hold a two-day series of workshops in December regarding the impact of the Internet on the news industry has drawn howls of protest from bloggers and other new-media merchants who resent the obvious significance of this event. That is, that the events of Dec. 1 and 2 will begin […]

Facebook has done a pretty good job of publicizing its growth, with founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg penning blog posts heralding significant milestones like 250 million users, then 300 million. But research firm Hitwise has provided some fresh metrics that put the rapid rise of Facebook in dramatic context, suggesting just how far into the […]

That didn’t take long. The Federal Communications Commission has responded to criticism over Google’s voice application, requesting information from the search giant about how the product works and, most importantly, details about why it doesn’t connect calls in some rural areas. The inquiry comes after [receiving a critical letter](/government/article.php/3843096/Lawmakers+Call+for+FCC+Probe+Into+Google+Voice.htm) from a bipartisan group of 20 […]

AT&T’s effort to color Google a hypocrite on Net neutrality has won some supporters on Capitol Hill, with a bipartisan group of 20 members of the House attaching their names to a letter calling on the Federal Communications Commission to open an investigation into Google’s voice application. The lawmakers, who represent largely rural districts, asked […]

The great speculative sport that has attended Twitter’s quest for a business model has taken a new turn, with an unconfirmed report that the white-hot microblogging service is in talks with tech heavyweights Microsoft and Google to broker separate data-mining agreements. The idea is essentially a search tie-up. Under the proposed deals, Twitter would license […]

The head of the Federal Communications Commission took his message about the need for open networks into hostile territory today, delivering a keynote at a conference hosted by CTIA, the leading trade association representing the wireless industry. Although he didn’t use the term, wireless Net neutrality is one part of the mobile broadband agenda FCC […]