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3% of Americans still on dial-up

The Pew Research Center reports that around 3% of American Internet users are still using dial-up services. This does not surprise me in the least. Those with #firstworldproblems complain about not having first enough internet. While parts of the US and some whole counties around the world wish they simply had internet. Dial-up Internet…
Microsoft and Facebook play nice with Patents. Apple and Samsung should take note.

Dear Apple and Samsung, You might want take note of what Microsoft and Facebook did today. Rather than squabbling over patents they worked out a $550 million patent agreement in which the social networking giant will purchase a portion of the patent portfolio Microsoft recently acquired recently from Aol. Facebook gets 650 patents and license…
Netflix to shed DVD all together: Step 1 Raise price & Step 2 split the DVD-by-mail business away. Call new venture Qwikster

Netflix has announced in blog post and video that it’s splitting the DVD-by-mail business away into a new. The new venture will be called Qwikster. I see this new venture as just one more step to leaving the DVD business for good. The recent price changes already split the cost for each service. This step…

3% of Americans still on dial-up