In a paper that explores the evolution of the Internet economy over the last 25 years, ITIF scholars note that the majority of Internet users today most likely would identify the Internet with Web 2.0 sites like Twitter or Facebook, while in reality the Internet economy has traveled a long and winding road, leading from a desolate landscape to 80 million .com domains and 1.7 billion users.

Now that the court has ruled against the FCC’s jurisdiction over the Vuze versus Comcast matter, how did we get into this mess in the first place and could it have been avoided? In light of all the misconceptions about Comcast’s actions, perhaps it could have been.

With average wireless taxes pegged at 16% according to MyWireless.org, the FCC is proposing an additional $1 per month tax on broadband services to fund an inter-operable public safety network. This seems to run counter to the goal of the FCC to increase broadband penetration because piling more consumption taxes on broadband can only have the opposite affect. We tax cigarettes like this because we want fewer people to smoke but do we really want fewer people on broadband?

CDT tackled the growing use of digital signage in public places and how it can affect privacy in a new report. It covers technologies such as facial recognition, mobile marketing, social networks and radio-frequency identification.

This week is my start as a visiting fellow at Digital Society, though the interpretation of “at” is a bit tricky because DS is a virtual organization. The Contact Us page has no address, and the closest thing to a headquarters I have seen is the Silver Diner in Arlington, VA, though the old hands [...]

A new FCC order restricts a wireless company’s cooperation with two important mobile service providers and could hinder the FCC’s own goal of extending more wireless coverage to more Americans.

James V. DeLong, an expert in intellectual property and regulatory policy, has joined the Digital Society team as a visiting fellow. DeLong will focus on how IP law and regulations can be adapted to the service of creativity and innovation in the Internet era.

ITIF’s Daniel Castro believes President Obama’s memorandum for more “transparency, public participation and collaboration” in government and the White House Office of Management and Budget’s open-government directive has helped make organizations comfortable with the role of information technology in government.

AnandTech has tested the Apple iPad and found that it is significantly faster than the iPhone 3GS and even the Google Nexus 1. However, some people are reporting Wi-Fi performance problems.

Cecilia Kang’s coverage of technology for the Washington Post is one of the inside jokes in telecom policy circles. She is, without a doubt, proof positive of bias in journalism. On any given day, she’ll put up three or four posts. If you read them closely, you start to see clear patterns emerge.