Social Media, Connectivity & Communications

A decade-old telephone tax intended to help bring affordable service to rural areas has instead turned into something quite different: a bottomless and politically protected well of cash for cell phone companies that do big business in rural America.

Think of how much better it would be if you could watch its videos on your TV in high-definition.

Data visualization is changing behavior on the popular bookmarking site.

I thought I knew about most of the cool stuff on the web, but thirty pages into this book it was clear to me that I was deluding myself.

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,"