Judge OKs $40 Million data-throttling settlement
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO—A federal judge said he’s ready to bless an unusual $40 million deal that TracFone Wireless Inc. reached to settle lawsuits brought by private plaintiffs and the Federal Trade Commission. On Thursday U.S….
Gadget of the week
BlackBerry Classic review: A love letter to fans and few others By Chris Velazco From engadget Let’s put Apple, Samsung and all their ilk aside for few moments: It really wasn’t that long ago that a homegrown Canadian company called…
Minister Hylton calls for continued dialogue towards IP in the Caribbean
From First Look Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Hon. Anthony Hylton is calling for continued dialogue towards a more robust and effective Intellectual Property (IP) administration in the Caribbean. Minister Hylton was speaking at the World Intellectual Property Office…
Drones for good
Drones for good – from disaster rescue to replanting the world’s forests By Nick Heath From Tech Republic Drones increasingly play a role in modern warfare, with the US military planning to spend about $2bn on the unmanned aircraft this…
Sprint and T-Mobile have no future unless the FCC changes its approach to spectrum auctions
By Brad Reed From BGR One of the more pernicious ideas that’s popped up in recent years is that spectrum auctions’ main goal should be to maximize revenue for the government, which inevitably means selling off our airwaves to whoever…
Opinion: Everyone chill — the Apple Car isn’t coming any time soon, if ever
By Chris Taylor From Mashable Apple is a company with a long, long history of extremely tightly-controlled media access. It doesn’t want to engage, and doesn’t need to, unless we’re all getting the wrong impression about something. Say, for example,…
Judge rejects constitutional challenge to mass Internet surveillance
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder SAN FRANCISCO — The federal government scored a major victory on Tuesday, snuffing out a court challenge to the mass surveillance of Americans’ online communications. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey White of the Northern District…
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Cayman Tennis: Andy Roddick named Legends champion From Digicel Sportsmax The 2015 Legends Tennis tournament came to a thrilling climax last night as Andy Roddick was crowned tournament champion at Camana Bay’s Festival Green. Following the success of Friday’s event,…
Latty gets return call from Digicel
By Richard Browne From Jamaica Observer Sean Latty has stepped down from his role as managing director of Columbus Communications Jamaica (Flow) to return to Digicel Jamaica in the role of Chief Operating Officer (COO). Latty will have responsibility for…
FAA, White House takes action on drone policy
By Katelyn Polantz, From The National Law Journal Drone lawyers and lobbyists received word from the Federal Aviation Administration and the White House over the holiday weekend that the federal government is closer to regulating commercial unmanned aircrafts. The FAA…
