Bob Cannon’s Cybertelecom.Org has been entertaining and informing legalistic geeks since the earliest days of the modern internet (well, since 1997).  It is part legal reference, part news updates and part opinions, and 100% nerd.  Yesterday, Bob tweeted the history of how the good guys beat the “Communications Decency Act.”  MAP [...]

The Facebook IPO is surely one of the biggest tech stories of the year, and the volume of coverage is, accordingly, overwhelming.  Moreover, this has been anticipated for months, so there was a lot of time for reporters to prepare for it.  If you’re short on time today, skip straight to [...]

Two well-credentialed scientists argue in the Wall Street Journal that “big data, smart manufacturing and the wireless revolution” will fuel a new era of economic expansion.  Perhaps, but will these technologies create jobs?  In fact, the robots used in “smart manufacturing” are generally designed for the precise purpose of reducing labor [...]

In case you missed the announcement, the next event in MAP’s policy forum series, to be held on February 7 (details here) will address international issues of internet governance.  Today’s item relates to that topic; it is an excerpt from Rebecca MacKinnon’s new book.
Consent Of The Networked
How can digital technology be structured and [...]

Here is an interesting discussion how Apple innovates from the top down and Google does it from the bottom up.
The Yin And The Yang Of Corporate Innovation
In the hunt for innovation, that elusive path to economic growth and corporate prosperity, try a little jazz as an inspirational metaphor.
That’s the message [...]

Tom Goldstein, one of the leading members of the Supreme Court bar, takes the Supreme Court press corps to task for bad reportage of this week’s decision rejecting the warrantless use of a GPS device.  RoadMAP greatly admires the reporters who cover the Court, as does Goldstein, but he thinks they [...]

Google caused a furor by changing its privacy policy.  The Washington Post headline read “Google announces privacy changes across products; users can’t opt out.” But what does Google think it knows about you?
Does Google Accurately Guess Your Age and Gender?
Ars Technica’s Casey Johnston has started a fun new game: find out what Google [...]

Apple reported record breaking profits yesterday.  Coming just before the New York Times’ provocative inquiry into how and why the iPhone came to be built in China, public radio’s “This American Life” carried a fascinating and troubling show based on Mike Daisey’s “The Agony and Ecstasy of Steve Jobs.”  A lot of people [...]

RoadMAP is an unabashed New York Times fanboy; the breadth and quality of the content it generates constantly amazes.  This article isn’t very clearly written, but it nonetheless makes one think about the challenge of organizing this content more cohesively.  As media properties become “multiplatform,” this experiment bears watching.
Meet Deep [...]

Regulation of cable pole attachments is surely one of the most boring niches of communications law.  Whether and how phone and cable companies can hang their wires on utility poles, and how much they pay, is a recurring and multibillion dollar issue.  Usually, the cable companies are the ones who squawk [...]