Vast F.C.C. Plan Would Bring Net to More in U.S.
The 10-year plan would reimagine the nation’s media and technology priorities by establishing high-speed Internet as the country’s dominant communication network.
What We’re Reading: A Cook, a Slacker, Some Bubbly and Fall Colors
Our daily roundup of tech tidbits features a Flickr visualization of seasonal colors, Tim Cook’s $5 million bonus, an upstart competitor to Twitter and Slacker Radio’s coming music service.
Facebook Helps Social Start-Ups Gain Users
Facebook Connect can help nascent Web services recruit a healthy crowd of users in a hurry, and help the users find their friends on those sites.
Netflix Cancels Contest Over Privacy Concerns
The movie rental company canceled a competition to improve film recommendations after learning that customers could be identified from data it released.
Appeals Court Upholds Cable TV Access Rules
The regulations require cable TV companies to make programming available on equal terms to rival TV providers.
One on One: Andrey Ternovskiy, Creator of Chatroulette
A interview with the Andrey Ternovskiy, the 17-year-old Russian founder of Chatroulette who has abandoned high school to travel the world and meet with technology investors.
China Warns Google Again on Censorship
A top Chinese regulator warned bluntly that any move by Google to stop censoring its Chinese search engine would draw a response from Beijing.
Opera browser for iPhone may be ‘weeks’ away
The company behind the Web browser Opera is weeks away from submitting it to Apple’s iPhone store for approval, a spokesman said Friday.
Wheelie robot brings dinner on the double
Toshiba shows off a two-wheeled autonomous robot than can roll over ramps and balance a tray of food. Wheelie might make a decent waiter.
Tech finds its place at SXSWi (roundup)
As the Web generation descends on the South by Southwest Interactive show in Austin, several location-based start-ups try to put themselves on the map.
Hunch gets $10 million from Khosla Ventures, others
Hunch, a buzzy start-up that answers questions using crowdsourced recommendations, has lined up at least $10 million in funding, according to sources.
@ScrewYouSXSW vents at absent husband
We might never know if a Twitter feed purporting to be by a woman left behind on her anniversary weekend by her SXSW-bound husband is real. But it’s very funny stuff.
