Apparently Netflix is angling to become Silicon Valley’s king of corporate welfare. We learn from a New York Times economics column advocating for an Internet industrial policy that “Netflix is trying to build a coalition of businesses to make the case for… net neutrality.” And...
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Google’s Poor & Defiant Settlement Record
Google’s poor and defiant track record in respecting government agreements and settlements is likely one of the reasons the FTC hired an undefeated former Federal prosecutor and litigator to lead their Google antitrust probe and potential litigation against Google. The EU and the FTC are...
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Debunking the Carping over Broadband Usage-Pricing
Activist carping about the commercial Internet being commercial is revving up again, this time with the carping focused on framing new broadband usage-pricing innovations by Time Warner Cable and AT&T, as somehow a violation of the “open web.” To cut to the quick and translate...
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Emily Litella Meets Google Wallet
To see how the call for the FCC to investigate the allegation that Verizon is blocking Google Wallet is a misinformed Emily Litella rant, please see my Forbes Tech Capitalist Blog post....
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Android’s Pickpocket Behind Google Wallet
The kerfuffle that paints the Google Wallet App as an innocent victim of Verizon blocking — in violation of an “open” Internet and net neutrality regulations — completely misses the forest for the trees. This conflict revolves around two ongoing industry battles. To see what...
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Jobs’ Apple Standard vs. Page’s Google Standard
Given that Apple and Google are the #1 and #2 most valuable brands in the world and that Google has invaded all of Apple’s markets in the last few years as a new competitor, it is illuminating and instructive to compare and contrast the radically...
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The Next Leg of Wireless Growth?
See my Forbes Tech Capitalist post “The Next Leg of Wireless Growth? here....
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Netflix’ Glass House Temper Tantrum over Broadband Usage Fees
Netflix continues to throw stones at the common economic practice of usage-based pricing, to which broadband carriers are naturally migrating, all while Netflix stands inside a glass house filled with mis-managed usage pricing practices. Netflix as Stone Thrower: In a concerted campaign for net neutrality regulation...
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Top 10 Reasons Google Has Culpability in Gmail Security Breach — Security is Google Achilles Heel Part XII
Google’s deep aversion to accountability was in full view in its blog response to the latest gmail security breach, in which Google placed most all of the blame on users and others, while largely trying to absolve Google of its responsibility and accountability in the...
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Announcing My New Book: Search & Destroy Why You Can’t Trust Google Inc.
I’ve long thought there was a big untold story about Google, essentially a book all about Google, but told from a user’s perspective, rather than the well-worn path of Google books told largely from Google’s own paternal perspective. (You can buy the book, Search &...
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