Social Media, Connectivity & Communications

Eye of the storm: A popular online information source, Wikipedia has been at the center of a number of controversies

Could lead to dramatic decreases in the price per megabyte of mobile data, and wireless carriers could lose control of the services they carry.

"In today’s world, technology is essential for effective and efficient government," said NACo Executive Director Larry E. Naake. "County governments realize this and are using technology in new ways to improve the delivery of services to Americans. The Digital Counties Survey illustrates the innovation being pursued by counties across the country."

Governments can do a lot of good things for us. Running broadband networks, it turns out, is not one of them.

With nearly 12 million computer users under the age of 24 hooked into Facebook alone, according to Internet information provider comScore, some political experts say that abandoning the youthful digital terrain could come at a cost to politicians.

"Whoever wins this spectrum has to provide … truly open broadband network — one that will open the door to a lot of innovative services for consumers,"

"The Community Connect Grant Program has proved to be effective in reaching those rural communities where broadband service is least likely to be deployed."

Qwest wants federal regulators to shift about $500 million from a wireless subsidy fund to support high-speed Internet projects in rural areas across the country.

If infinite monkeys were equipped with infinite typewriters, eventually some of them would write masterpieces comparable to those of Shakespeare, Plato and Adam Smith.

Called the "City That Networks," the report said that rather than merely seeking to close the digital divide that separates cyberspace haves from have-nots, the city should pursue digital excellence, which Stasch defined as "universal, active and meaningful participation" in the digital world.