Virtual reality (“VR”) will transform entertainment, according to 21st Century Fox’s James Murdoch. The Economist notes that Alaska Airlines tested VR for some first class passengers recently, [...]
John Gapper’s recent essay in the Financial Times entitled “General Electric has too much imagination” is a must-read for anybody working in tech communications. I took away three core lessons: [...]
Can pulling an all-nighter help today’s digital tech leaders pass the tests of today’s thorniest public policy issues? Consider Twitter’s Jack Dorsey, who’s struggling to define free speech, or [...]
When you choose to use Facebook, or any social media platform (or Internet service, really), you agree to live by rules that are as theological as they’re restrictive. Unlike choosing or [...]
Pepsico recently showed that social media doesn’t just propagate fake news, but that vested interests can delete content entirely. The company got a court to order Facebook to render invisible to [...]
A recent book and FT op-ed opine on a novel solution to America’s inability to respond to knowns and predictable attacks by Russians and jihadis: Hire pirates or, more exactly, employ privateers [...]
The EU wants Google’s smartphone platform opened up to competitors, but the action isn’t just about business…it’s about political and social authority. Google is a rival to the very notion of [...]
John Schnatter’s nasty public battle for control of the company he founded may be unresolved, but its lesson on reputation is both printed and bound. In case you haven’t been following the soap [...]
A live band’s recreation of the Beatles’ Sgt. Pepper’s album a few nights ago made me sad. Turns out I experienced an affliction called nostalgia, which was first diagnosed in the mid-17th [...]
The advocates for freedom of online expression are supporting the very entities that want to control it. Members of the European Parlaiment have voted to continue debating the merits of laws [...]
