FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski introduced the beginnings of a plan on Wednesday to preserve net neutrality principles in the U.S. The crux of the proposal would preventing ISPs from blocking content from one service provider over another, but allow network operators to establish metered pricing based on actual data usage. Another central tenant is to [...]

Tags: FCC, legislation, Net Neutrality, politics, regulation, web

A code of best practices that helps creators, online providers, copyright holders, and others interested in the making of online video interpret the copyright doctrine of fair use. Fair use is the right to use copyrighted material without permission or payment under some circumstances.

Tags: best practice, code of best practices, content, copyright, Fair Use, Fair use myths, legal, Online video, Social Media, web video

This is an older article but it is still very cool. “Wrapping your brain around data online can be challenging, especially when dealing with huge volumes of information.And trying to find related content can also be difficult, depending on what data you’re looking for. But data visualizations can make all of that much easier, allowing [...]

With Hispanics over-indexing in many online usage categories, NBCU figured it was time to start super serving this audience by utilizing digital platforms. Telemundo announced it will premiere a new primetime full-length novella across the network’s digital platforms utilizing a new hybrid distribution model, prior to airing it on the network nationally. The 120-episode “Las [...]

Tags: hispanic, latino, NBC, NBCU, novela, Telemundo, telenovela, Television, web

Here’s an interesting tidbit about the increasing popularity of mobile apps. Apps are slowly but surely replacing web browsing among smartphone users and use of mapping applications; in fact, recently surpassed use of maps via a browser, according to ComScore. For the three-month period ending April 2010, 26% of smartphone users accessed maps via applications, [...]

Tags: application, Apps, browser, comscore, mobile

Seventy-nine percent of regular social networkers say they would be likely to watch a TV show based on a recommendation from a friend via a social networking site, according to a new CTAM survey. Another 33% of the 1,500 regular social networking respondents said they were made aware of a new television show because of [...]

Tags: networks, recommendations, Social Media, Television, TV

There’s a new sheriff in town…and his name is Apple. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/27/technology/27apple.html?emc=na

Tags: Apple, iPad, iPod, mac, Microsoft, Technology, windows

Dear Facebook: Stop giving my information to 3rd parties without my opt-in permission http://j.mp/RespectPrivacy

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A collection of must-have apps to get the most out of Twitter. http://oneforty.com/essentials

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Direct from the Web 2.0 Expo in San Francisco.  Sitting in a session about social media marketing. Misconceptions of Social Media: 1)   Viral is a strategy –  produce something GOOD thing and it will get passed 2)   I can control it – you cannot “control” it but you can engage in the conversation. Better to [...]

Tags: marketing, misconceptions, Social Media, Social Media Marketing, web 2.0