Remember the old fast food jingle, “Hold the pickle, hold the lettuce. Special orders don’t upset us?” The catchy tune was Burger King’s way of pointing out that their competitors, primarily McDonalds and Wendy’s, only served burgers one way and that’s what you got when you ordered. No exceptions. Don’t want sauce on your Big Mac? Order something else. To be fair, that’s changed these days, and if you don’t want fries ...
The Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act, widely known as the CISPA cybersecurity bill, made progress in its bid for adoption by making it past the House of Representatives for the second time. The ending tally for the bill stood at a vote of 287-127. CISPA is now headed to the Senate, who in the past, has declined the bill citing that the security measures were not enough to protect the privacy of those involved.
Reactions around the web were mixed ...
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Reports have been popping up on the web lately informing us that texting is now the most popular way to stay in contact. No big surprise, right? However, the report goes on to state that 90% of those aged 16 to 24 said they would rather text than talk on the phone, and 63% of those surveyed would rather text than talk face to face. The report also ...
Recently, the Senate Communications Subcommittee met with rural telecom and cable operators to discuss the challenges and barriers that they face providing service to rural consumers. The goal of the committee is to “bridge the digital” divide so that broadband is an impactful force in rural communities similarly as in larger, more urban areas. ZCorum Affiliate, Ritter Communications, Inc., was invited to testify and was represented by Vice President – External Affairs, John Strode. With extensive history ...
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It seems like there has been talk of a Facebook phone or operating system for quite some time now, but Zuckerberg put those rumors to rest (at least for now) with the announcement of Facebook Home. Facebook Home, being dubbed as “the super app,” is an Android-based app that acts like a skin that updates the standard Android OS with a more modern, Facebook-like look. The Android home screen will be replaced ...
If you use Facebook regularly, you know Facebook introduces new changes just about as much as we change our clothes. As soon as you get used to a new feature that made you groan when it was initially announced, they roll out something new and “improved” that starts the groans all over again.
For Facebook Page users with 10,000+ followers, the threaded replies and comments feature was added to the desktop version ...
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The movers and shakers of the independent cable industry convened on our nation’s capital for the American Cable Association’s (ACA) 20th Anniversary Summit. Throughout the summit, keynote speakers praised cable operators on being the “job creators and innovators” while also tackling issues ranging from lack of broadband infrastructure to support an “all-IP world” to telecommunication laws not being ...
DSL providers know that they’re often at a disadvantage compared to cable operators when it comes to tools to do basic tasks with the CPE gear they’ve deployed. For example, it’s fairly easy to keep DOCSIS cable modems on a current version of firmware, and it’s trivial to reboot a modem that you think is misbehaving. For many DSL providers neither of those things are easy. ...
If you’re wondering what all of this recent Six Strikes Plan talk is about, it has absolutely nothing to do with bowling. The Copyright Alert System (CAS), popularly known as “Six Strikes,” recently went into effect and is an agreement between the the big gun ISP and media corporations to monitor peer-to-peer networks and track down alleged copyright infringers in attempt to thwart piracy. Subscribers found to be doing the ...
I’m back from Vegas, and I’m going to tell you most of what happened there. I was at the NCTC Winter Educational Conference (WEC) with my ZCorum cohorts Alex Rivera and Neal Grillot. If you’re not familiar with the NCTC WEC, it’s a great place for cable and telephone providers who are NCTC members to exchange ideas and learn about new technologies and trends within the TV and broadband industry. ZCorum is an approved NCTC service provider, and ...
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