Bringing Privacy into the Open
We don’t write about Internet privacy a great deal because it’s much more a matter of pure policy than one of technology. Privacy policy has more to do with consent,…
The Internet of Food
One of the 21st century’s major social problems is feeding a population that’s projected to grow to 9.6 billion mouths to feed by 2050. By most estimates, this will require doubling…
Wi-Fi Routers: Just How Bad Are They?
I’ve written about the sad state of Wi-Fi routers before, chiefly in FCC Clarifies the Ask for Wi-Fi Routers and Open Source Software and Regulatory Compliance chiefly. The open source community and…
SOTU Technology Messages
The president’s final SOTU included some interesting remarks about technology. Some were encouraging and aspirational, the thing he does best. These included touts for programs to teach young people to…
Chairman Wheeler’s Broadband Draft Falls Short
FCC Chairman Wheeler has circulated a draft of the broadband progress report he wants to present to Congress pursuant to Section 706 of the Communications Act. The draft is certainly…
Broadband Speed in America, 2015
On December 30th, while nobody was paying attention, the FCC released its long-delayed 2015 edition of its broadband speed test, the Measuring Broadband America Fixed Broadband Report. This is an annual report…
The Year of Virtual Reality
If consensus were a reliable predictor of the future, it would be wise to bet all your money on that Virtual Reality will be the killer app of 2016. Most…
Evaluating Our Predictions for 2015
Last March, I wrote a post evaluating three of the most interesting technology predictions for 2015; one from Frog Design on fitness devices, one from Deloitte on “Software-Defined Everything,” and one of…
The Software-Defined Internet
The Internet continues to change. The traditional Internet was a highly static system: All addresses were global, endpoints were stationary, users were tied to a single primary device, and the…
Is AI Held Back by the Profit Motive?
In my overview post on the Internet of Things, I offered the suggestion that IoT needs artificial intelligence to succeed: One of the primary challenges for the smart home and…