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June 3, 2014

Remember how awesome the Internet was in the 1990s? Well, kids these days would disagree with you:

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To Get the Internet We Want and Need, Our Policy Needs to Grow Up

Now that we have a better understanding of what the internet really is – challenges and all – we can get the internet that we want and need…through appropriate policy based on the realities in plain sight.

December 12, 2019

Research Peek of the Week: A Lot Can Happen in a Minute on the Internet

Visual Capitalist compiled an estimate of the data created on the internet in just one minute.

April 10, 2019

40 Years of Smart Policy & the FCC’s About-Face

Tomorrow is the 40-year anniversary of the Internet Age. On August 27, 1976, scientists from SRI International successfully sent an electronic message from a computer set up at…

August 26, 2016

Memo to the Next President

Earlier today, we released a memorandum for the next president outlining a path forward when it comes to Internet policy. Our recommendations: • Show preference for private sector…

March 17, 2016

Digging Into the State of the Internet

Last week, venture capitalist Mary Meeker released her annual Internet Trends Report at Re/Code’s Code Conference. The presentation totaled a whopping 197 slides, so you might want to…

June 2, 2015

Know Your Smartphone History

The smartphone didn’t begin with the release of the original iPhone. In fact, the history of smartphones can be traced all the way back to 1994, as this…

September 25, 2014

Very Long in the Tooth

Today marks the 80th anniversary of the 1934 Communications Act. Signed into law by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, the Act was basically a shuffling of the Federal Radio…

June 19, 2014

Visions of the Web

So this is pretty cool. At The Atlantic, Alex Wright highlights the fact the World Wide Web’s origins date back farther than we think. An excerpt: When Vannevar…

May 29, 2014

Mobile in the Roaring Twenties

Think mobile phones are a fairly recent invention? Think again. As this old newsreel from British Pathé shows, people in 1922 could stroll down the sidewalk and talk…

April 21, 2014

Like Electricity

Pew has released its second report on the state of the Internet at age 25, this time featuring the thoughts of experts on what the Internet will look…

March 12, 2014

Happy Birthday, Internet

Next month, ye olde World Wide Web turns 25, which is old enough to rent a car in most states. To mark this milestone, Pew has put together…

February 27, 2014

Online, Without Wires

The latest study from Pew examines the current state of mobile Internet usage. As you’d expect, it’s growing at a good clip: 63% of adult cell owners now…

September 16, 2013

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