Until recently, a fast lane from a broadband ISP was a remote possibility in the US. ISPs had to give data equal treatment, regardless of the source, and could not offer faster delivery for a higher price while giving slower service as a default.
Something new has happened in economics this month: an influential academic book has been written.
The US Supreme Court is currently hearing a fascinating copyright case. It has been brought be Aereo, a company that streams ‘free to air’ or broadcast television over the internet to people’s computers.
A month ago, the music group, Wu-Tang Clan decided to do something we ‘economics of digitisation’ folks have always dreamed about: they decided to make just one unit of their next album.
The new economics/politics/news website, Vox.com, launched a week ago. It is one of many independent ventures cropping up that are well financed and are attempting to give us the future of the news media. What I have been particular interested in is where it will be in this space. And here are my thoughts based on a week of experience thusfar.
In February, at the height of the Flappy Bird fad, a game called, Threes, was released in the app store. It had the addictive quality of Flappy Bird but it was not nearly so pointless and required, for want of a better word, ‘thought.’ It was also a polished game. Great music. Very fluid design. Neat animations. Pleasant to the eye. Everything an app should be.
As regular readers know, my co-blogger Erik Brynjolfsson has been in a continuing debate with Bob Gordon about what the next few decades are likely to bring technology-wise.
I’m no tax expert, but it seems to me that the IRS ruling that digital
Attributable Ownership Public Hearing in San Francisco on March 26, 2014: Testimony and Written Comments Invited
