Mary Meeker Internet Trends Presentation at Web 2.0 Summit #internet
Mary Meeker, Morgan Stanley analyst, Internet Trends Presentation at the Web 2.0 Summit in San Francisco on Nov 16..
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Video: Jacob Weisberg & Tim Wu – The Master Switch
New America Foundation presents Jacob Weisberg & author Tim Wu discussing the book “The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires” at the Core Club NYC on Nov 12 2010.
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ICANN throws out VI restrictions, issues final draft of applicant guidebook #ICANN #newgtlds
The ICANN board on Nov 9 2010, citing a lack of consensus, resolved the last remaining overarching issue holding up the new gTLD process by agreeing to eliminate restrictions on cross-ownership between registries and registrars (aka Vertical Integration), and has now published the Proposed Final New gTLD Applicant Guidebook (PFNAG ?) that describes the process of applying for new generic top-level domains.Public comment is invited here.
Final approval, or a decision to make final changes, is set for the ICANN meeting in Cartagena on Dec 10 2010. Upon approval a 4 month global communications campaign is planned to make sure everybody on the planet knows and understands the content.
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Claude Aiken at New York Law School Mon 11/15 #broadband #nyc
The New York Law School Institute for Information Law & Policy is holding a discussion with NYLS Alum, Claude Aiken ’08, about his role at the FCC. Mr. Aiken is Legal Counsel to the Senior Advisor to the Chairman on Broadband at the FCC, where he advises the Chairman’s office on issues relating to the National Broadband Plan. Prior to this, he was an Honors Program Attorney in the Wireline Competition Bureau where he focused on broadband competition and universal service issues. He also serves as a board member and general counsel for 100cameras, Inc., a non-profit that uses photography to help underprivileged youth.What: A Man, A Plan, Broadband
When: Monday, November 15, 2010 12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
Where: Room SW930 – 9th Floor of 40 Worth St. NYC
RSVP: If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to naomi.allen@nyls.edu
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TALK ON INTERNET ARCHITECTURE, INNOVATION AND NETWORK NEUTRALITY AT NYU, NOV 10 #netneutrality #nyc
Barbara van Schewick, Associate Professor of Law at Stanford Law School and Director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, will discuss her recently released and widely praised book, Internet Architecture and Innovation, at NYU Law School on Wednesday Nov 10 2010.When: Wednesday, November 10, 2:30pm-3:30pm.
Where: Vanderbilt Hall – Room 216 – NYU Law School – 40 Washington Square South, NYC
Who: ISOC-NY community welcome. Photo id required.Professor Marvin Ammori has described the book as “essential reading for anyone interested in Internet policy-and probably for anyone interested in the law, economics, technology, or start-ups.” The book analyzes how the Internet’s internal structure, or architecture, has fostered innovation in the past; why this engine of innovation is under threat; why the “market” alone won’t protect Internet innovation; and which features of the Internet’s architecture we need to preserve so that the Internet continues to serve as an engine of innovation in the future.
Whether you are tired of or confused by the network neutrality debate, or simply wondering what is at stake, van Schewick’s talk will be refreshing and illuminating.
More Info: http://netarchitecture.org/events
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ISOC-NY EVENT: Building tomorrow’s broadband – Nov 17 2010 #nyc #broadband #fiber
Discussion of Net Neutrality has often involved policy discussions about regulating or rationing bandwidth as a scarce resource.On Wednesday, November 17th, ISOC-NY will host a panel with people who are building tomorrow’s broadband infrastructure to create an abundance of bandwidth that could one day make these issues moot.
Date: Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Time: 7-9 pm
Place: Room 201 Warren Weaver Hall 251 Mercer St NYC (just southeast of Washington Square)
Webcast: https://livestream.com/isocny
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The event is free and open to the public. Photo ID must be presented to gain access to the building.
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NTIA Digital Nation II – minorities lagging in adoption #broadband #digitaldivide
The NTIA has issued Digital Nation II – a follow up to February’s Digital Nation report. Amongst the findings:- the percentage of households that connect to the Internet using broadband grew to 63.5 percent in 2009 from 9.2 percent in 2001
- 65.9 percent of urban households subscribed to broadband in 2009, compared with 51 percent of rural households.
- 94.1 percent of households with income exceeding $100,000 subscribed to broadband in 2009, compared with 35.8 percent of households with income of less than $25,000.
- 84.5 percent of households with at least one college degree subscribed to broadband last year, compared with 28.8 percent of households without a high school degree.
- 77.3 percent of Asian-American households and 68 percent of non-Hispanic white households subscribed to broadband last year, compared with 49.4 percent of African-American households and 47.9 percent of Hispanic households.
- 38 percent of Americans who don’t have broadband at home say they don’t subscribe because they don’t need it, while 26 percent say it’s too expensive and only 4 percent say it’s not available where they live.
Notably, the analysis discovered a gap of 10 percentage points in broadband use between whites and blacks and a gap of 14 percentage points between whites and Hispanics even after controlling for socio-economic factors.
Although the data do not provide an explanation for these numbers, Rebecca Blank, under secretary for Economic Affairs, believes it could reflect limited exposure to the Internet among certain racial groups.
“Internet usage relies on networks,” she said. “If the people around you don’t use the Internet, you will be less likely to use the Internet, too.
Lawrence Strickling, head of the NTIA, stressed that one key challenge for policymakers lies in convincing Americans who are not online of the benefits of broadband.
- NTIA press release
[Source: AP]
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Video: Douglas Rushkoff – Program or Be Programmed
Douglas Rushkoff expounds on his new book ‘Program or Be Programmed‘ in the Computers & Society Speaker Series at the Courant Institute NYU on Nov 3 2010.
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Vangala
please, please consider posting MP3 files for these lectures. Very interesting, would like to listen during my long drives…..please!
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joly
I often do, recently have got out of the habit a bit. Thanks for the reminder!
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Internet to FCC – don’t mess! #fcc #netneutrality #open
The Google/Verizon joint policy proposal for an open Internet in August made a point of differentiating between ‘broadband Internet’ and “other additional or differentiated services”. On September 1 2010 the FCC followed up by issuing a notice of further inquiry to 2009’s Open Internet NPRM (Notice of Proposed Rulemaking), asking for public comment on just how such differentiation should be defined.
A group of 32 Internet veterans, co-ordinated by ISOC-NY member Seth Johnson, have come up with a detailed response that strongly urges the FCC to clearly establish the Internet as an inalienable, open, general purpose platform.
Read it below:
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- Grant Gross: Net pioneers: Open Internet should be separate
- Jon Lebkowsky: Advocating for the Open Internet
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joly thanks for posting this…
“If a service provides prioritized access to a particular application or endpoint/destination, it is not an open Internet service.”
Love that quote.
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Video: Tim Wu ‘The Master Switch’ at Columbia Law School #netneutrality #structsep #telcom #internet
Tim Wu presents the theme of his book ‘The Master Switch: The Rise and Fall of Information Empires’ at Columbia Law School on Nov 3 2010.
Vangala are discussing. 
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