AP - China without Google — a prospect that looks increasingly likely — could mean no more maps on mobile phones. A free music service that has helped to fight piracy might be in jeopardy. China's fledgling Web outfits would face less pressure to improve, eroding their ability to one day compete abroad.
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 09:50:53 GMT
AP - Cuba says a U.S. ruling that makes it easier for companies to provide Internet communications services on the island is meant to destabilize the country, not loosen Washington's 48-year economic embargo.
Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:01:39 GMT
Reuters - Google Inc said that it expects the rates that companies pay for search ads on mobile phones could surpass the rates of its existing PC-based ad business thanks to the growing popularity of powerful smartphones.
Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:19:44 GMT
PC World - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission will seek to take back 120MHz of spectrum from U.S. television stations in the next five years and reallocate it to wireless broadband providers in a voluntary program that would allow the stations to share or keep spectrum auction revenues, under a national broadband plan that will be officially released Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:40:15 GMT
!["The]("http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100315/capt.photo_1268695159615-1-0.jpg?x=98&y=130&q=85&sig=Lfw3V6RrbmgBiwlg0fHUQA--") AFP - Google expects its Android mobile operating system to "flourish" in China, Google's chief financial officer said Monday amid a two-month standoff with Beijing over Web censorship and cyberattacks.
Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:20:44 GMT
!["A]("http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100316/capt.photo_1268726389206-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=82&q=85&sig=NuSHkhgYnZy30g41Cird_A--") AFP - China on Tuesday again warned Google not to stop filtering its web search engine results, as speculation mounted about the company's plans following its threat to leave over censorship and cyberattacks.
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:04:23 GMT
Reuters - Venezuela is not planning to censor the Web or to shut down social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook, officials said on Monday, after President Hugo Chavez called for regulation of the Internet.
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:03:12 GMT
!["FILE]("http://d.yimg.com/a/p/ap/20100315/capt.eff8af1d10a5402da526f6c8272aed74-eff8af1d10a5402da526f6c8272aed74-0.jpg?x=130&y=87&q=85&sig=Y_oMM50ITO1e.Mweex1PeQ--") AP - More corners of the country would have high-speed Internet access and existing connections would become much faster under a sweeping proposal to overhaul U.S. broadband policy that is being unveiled Tuesday.
Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:04:10 GMT
AP - Twitter is working on a way to allow Chinese users to sign up to the social networking site in their own language, a co-founder of the site said Monday night, but access to the popular site remains blocked in the country.
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 03:18:30 GMT
!["A]("http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100316/capt.photo_1268702667261-1-0.jpg?x=100&y=130&q=85&sig=oxX_6z9Dy8gOeZUleijlLg--") AFP - A US decision to ease sanctions on Cuba and two other countries to allow exports of Internet services is intended to "destabilize" the communist island, Cuba's government has said.
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:25:56 GMT
!["People]("http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100316/capt.photo_1268679564018-1-0.jpg?x=88&y=130&q=85&sig=EQPPOS6XefK2zNTSu7StlA--") AFP - US regulators have unveiled details of an ambitious plan designed to vault the United States into the ranks of world leaders in high-speed Internet access over the next decade.
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:51:23 GMT
AP - THE PROPOSAL: Bring high-speed Internet access to more areas of the country and make existing connections faster.
Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:06:05 GMT
PC World - When the U.S. Federal Communications Commission officially releases the nation's first national broadband plan Tuesday, the document will be just the start of a long process to extend broadband service to millions [m] of U.S. residents.
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:40:16 GMT
!["A]("http://d.yimg.com/a/p/rids/20100315/i/r201131928.jpg?x=130&y=89&q=85&sig=PsIUsBc4E5Ucl09gMTJNmw--") Reuters - Yahoo Inc's head of North American revenue and market development is leaving the company to join private online content start-up Demand Media, becoming the latest executive to depart the Web giant's ranks.
Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:58:19 GMT
NewsFactor - In an international Internet drama, Google seems closer to ending operations in China after threatening two months ago to pull out of the market. Google's Chinese-language search engine is the only major foreign competitor in the communist nation.
Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:48:13 GMT
!["Chinese]("http://d.yimg.com/a/p/afp/20100316/capt.photo_1268714411913-1-0.jpg?x=130&y=86&q=85&sig=pfb6p_KfQi1n94wP_3croQ--") AFP - Chinese film starlet Zhang Ziyi has taken the blame for an earthquake donation scandal in her first comments on a flap that sparked a firestorm of Internet criticism and questions about her honesty.
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 04:40:43 GMT
Reuters - U.S. regulators released a blueprint for upgrading Internet access for all Americans, with Internet speeds up to 25 times the current average, expanded coverage and more airwaves for mobile services.
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:00:56 GMT
PC World - Twitter CEO Evan Williams announced Monday that the company plans to introduce a new platform called "@anywhere." The new service will allow Twitter users to connect to their Twitter accounts through third-party Websites such as The New York Times and eBay -- similar to the way Facebook Connect allows Facebook users to sign into other Websites using their Facebook accounts.
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:21:00 GMT
PC World - The average U.S. consumer loves to read news online, but only one in five is willing to pay for it. And if your favorite news site suddenly erects a pay wall that requires subscription or pay-per-article fees, more than four of five of you would simply get your news elsewhere.
Publ.Date : Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:14:00 GMT
Reuters - HBO has put Sunday's first hour of its WWII mega-budget production "The Pacific" on its Web site. Don't get used to it, though, the other nine hours will air only on HBO (until the DVD release, of course).
Publ.Date : Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:32:50 GMT
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