The adoption of Kubernetes-enabled infrastructures and applications has revealed the challenge involved in enabling persistent, reliable data storage in an ephemeral compute…
Read MoreThe Copyright Office this week revealed the amount of royalties that Aereo submitted for a nearly two-year period. The figure may provide the best guess yet to the size of the internet TV service's operations.…
Read MoreXbox Entertainment Studios, which was to lead the charge into interactive video and other non-gaming content, will be closed as part of broader Microsoft layoffs.…
Read MoreNetflix submitted an unusually blunt filing to the FCC that blasts Verizon and Comcast, and says the agency should use its "Title II" power to enforce net neutrality.…
Read MoreThe rules for who can stream internet TV are up in the air in light of a new appeals court decision over "Dish Anywhere," which is remarkably like the Aereo technology that the Supreme Court shut down last month.…
Read MoreA video hosted by the New York Times makes a powerful argument for net neutrality, and also shows how traditional media outlets are re-imagining the definition of an "op-ed."…
Read MoreExpect Labs has released a new API service for automating voice search across various types of digital content. The big opportunity seems to be in movies and TV shows, where intelligent voice search theoretically results in better results and fewer lifted fingers.…
Read MoreThe Oxfordshire-based startup's service -- a cheaper alternative to Dropcam -- can now be integrated with many other home automation devices through the IFTTT platform, so that detected motion can turn on lights and smoke can trigger recording.…
Read MoreCountry star Taylor Swift made some bold and hopeful claims this week about where the music business is going. We should listen to her.…
Read MoreEven if the FCC reimposes "net neutrality" rules, consumers' video streams could still suffer if ISP's are allowed to impose choke points at deeper layers of the internet.…
Read MoreGood broadband isn't just fast, it's consistent as I've learned in the last few months when my service decided to get a bit dodgy.…
Read MoreGoal highlights are the most exciting, shareable and spontaneous moments of the World Cup. But ESPN and others are using copyright law to remove them from social media.…
Read MoreBandwidth caps are a bad idea, but a story from earlier this month shows how our love of connected devices and the increasing prevalence of caps could lead to consumer angst.…
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