Kenneth Corbin

The Web has lit up with buzz about the desperation that hatched yesterday’s announcement from Time Warner and Comcast of ‘TV Everywhere,’ an online portal where subscribers of Comcast cable will be able to freely view premium content from the likes of TBS and TNT. Mainly it’s about control. It’s no secret that the heads […]

Facebook today rolled out a new interactive feature for Web site owners to embed alongside streaming video on their sites that will enable users of the popular social network to chat and post status updates during a live event. Visitors to third-party sites will be able to log in to the new Live Stream Box […]

WASHINGTON — The trade association representing the wireless industry is ramping up its mHealth campaign to raise awareness of the potential of mobile devices to improve the nation’s health care system. CTIA this morning hosted a policy forum featuring medical experts and government officials touting the promise of mobile health applications to drive down costs […]

Former Congressman Tom Davis (R-Va.), who emerged as a leading voice on federal cybersecurity over his seven terms in the House, said yesterday he has no interest in returning to public service to serve as President Obama’s cybersecurity coordinator, a new position for which he has been rumored as a top candidate. “If I wanted […]

Twitter might seem an unlikely savior of the music industry, but a new study suggests that users of the popular messaging service are much better for business than their non-tweeting counterparts. Research firm NPD Group polled Internet users and found that Twitter users were on average 77 percent more likely to purchase digital music than […]

MySpace this morning announced plans to eliminate two-thirds of its international workforce, cutting 300 positions and closing at least four overseas offices as the social network continues its reorganization. Last week, MySpace said it planned to reduce its workforce by 30 percent by making cuts throughout its U.S. operations. Both announcements reflect the determination that […]

Five prolific spammers today pleaded guilty to violating the CAN-SPAM Act in a federal court in Detroit in a case that took down a massive stock fraud operation, marking the Justice Department’s largest-ever prosecution under the 2003 statute. Alan Ralsky and his son-in-law Scott Bradley could both receive sentences of more than six years in […]

You’ve got to tip your hat to [Qorvis](http://qorvis.com/) — they really know how to pick a fight. The Washington-based PR and advertising firm, which spearheaded the tech industry’s campaign last year to open access to TV white spaces over the objection of the broadcasters, is now taking on another lobbying goliath: the incumbent telecom providers. […]

WASHINGTON — To curb the rates large telecom providers charge for access to the so-called middle mile of their data networks, a broad-based coalition of industry groups, advocacy organizations and other stakeholders launched today with plans to press the Federal Communications Commission to regulate the market. The No Choke Points coalition is taking aim at […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — For the last several years, Net neutrality has been known to many as the third rail of telecom policy. The arguments, often less than civil, have taken on an almost religious fervor. But in a panel discussion this morning at Pike and Fischer’s Broadband Policy Summit, advocates on both sides of the […]

ARLINGTON, Va. — The federal government is taking a “holistic” approach that will involve multiple agencies as it moves rapidly toward dispersing the $7.2 billion in grants and loans for broadband projects provided under the economic stimulus package, one senior government official overseeing the effort said today at an industry conference. Mark Seifert, who is […]

WASHINGTON — Two House subcommittees continued their inquiry into the privacy implications of online advertising today, turning their sights on behavioral targeting, the practice of compiling information about users’ Web activities to serve relevant ads. Today’s joint hearing comes as House leaders are drafting legislation that would set restrictions on the liberties marketers can take […]