by Ron Miller

President Could Be Last Hope to Stop CISPA

While nobody can deny there is a serious problem with Internet security, it doesn't mean that any bill that comes along that tries to attack that problem should be taken seriously. CISPA is a bad bill written by clueless politicians that runs roughshod over personal privacy and it needs to be stopped. The president could be our last, best hope to do that.

Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

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Only one interent company fights FBI warrantless requests

Guess which company is the first one to fight more than decade of FBI warrantless requests? The answer might surprise you.

Read the answer on Internet Evolution.

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Iran's Private Internet Could Cripple Its Business Community

Iran's business community is already being crushed by sanctions that are having a crippling effect on the economy. Now Iran is shutting down the public Internet and implementing a private internal one. Who needs sanctions when the Iranian government seems fully capable of destroying the economy all by itself with moves like this.

Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

Should Government Get Involved in Setting IT Policy?

The president and Congress have both made noise about setting security standards for IT, but is it a good idea for the government to meddle in IT policy in this fashion?

Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

Online Copyright Enforcement is Out of Control

From automated bots shutting down legitimate content to overzealous government agencies shutting down websites without real cause or due process, copyright protection has gotten out of control.

Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

Gartner Hype Cycle Predicts HMTL5 Still Years Away

In spite of overwhelming evidence to the contrary, including the fact every major technology company is using it, the Gartner Hype Cycle is predicting that widespread HTML5 usage is years away. It's quite possible Gartner just got this one wrong.

See my full commentary on the Ness Software Engineering Services Blog.

Social Media Makes the President: The US Election on the Web

History has shown the candidate with the best grasp of social media and the web is most likely win, regardless of party. And you can add mobile apps to the mix this time. 

Read my full commentary on the history of social media in campaigns on Internet Evolution. 

Open APIs Help Social Site App.net Launch With a Bang

App.net, a new micro-blogging service launched with a bang last weekend when it blew through its initial fund-raising goal of $500,000. One of the reasons for that success was a pledge to build the site using open APIs. While developers pay a yearly fee, they can build applications on top of the service without being bothered -- in stark contrast to larger social meda companies like Facebook and Twitter.

Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

Mobile Growth Explosion Expected to Continue (infographic)

If you're an app developer or mobile content producer of any kind, the mobile growth trajectory has to be very exciting, but with great growth comes traffic, and with traffic comes latency. This infographic explores the growth of mobile and its impact on speed.

See the infographic and my commentary on the Ness Software Engineering Services blog.

Craigslist Feels the Sting of Disruption

When Craigslist, one of the Internet's early disruptive forces, was faced with a change agent of its own -- a company that wanted to display apartment ads visually on a map outside of the Craigslist site -- instead of embracing the creativity, it reacted like any entrenched media company. It pulled the copyright card and called the lawyers.

Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.