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How AT&T chewed up, and spat out Net Neutrality
“It sure would be nice, but it doesn’t have much chance of happening because of market power, size, etc. I think it would be real hard to do. I don’t think the regulators would let that happen, in my judgment.” – Ed Whitacre on the possibility of taking over BellSouth, 2005. The definition of a…
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Why I want the iPhone to succeed
I’m glad the iPhone’s is here – and I have very selfish reasons for wanting it to succeed. That’s because even without the cellular telephony, it looks like something I’ve been wanting to buy. But it’s also because after years of writing about smartphones, I’ve seen the established players become lazy and complacent, go down…
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Tales from the Google interview room
The mailbag: On a phone interview six or seven years ago for Google- I have a PhD-level resume and a string of major innovations and discoveries to my credit–the interviewer asked questions like, “What is the C-language command for opening a connection with a foreign host over the internet?” My (wrong) answer: “Look it up…
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When Google sneezes, does the internet get flu?
Much of the web-based new economy hinges on the behaviour of how one company deals with two mammoth challenges next year. Both are potentially lethal, and a poor response to either will have dire consequences for many operations doing business on the internet. Fortunately, that company is supremely well-equipped to deal with problems of a…