Why Public Policy is Critical to the Communications Revolution
In Silicon Valley local issues and global issues are often closely linked. It's inevitable in a region where home grown high-tech is creating groundbreaking changes across the globe and supporting an...
View Article2012 is the Year of the Internet, Again, But Could it be its Last?
If you can believe it, the end of 2012 is fast approaching. Some of us filled with glee; some of us filled with anxiety that the holidays and New Year are just around the corner. But the end of 2012...
View ArticleDefending the World’s Internet Freedom from Silicon Valley
The Internet and Silicon Valley companies could be under serious threat from proposals being considered half way around the world in Dubai at the World Conference on International Telecommunications...
View ArticleSpectrum Fuels the Art of Innovation
Here in "the Innovation Capital of the World", as Mayor Lee recently described San Francisco, the largest private art school in the U. S. has unveiled a vibrant new digital tool to make the pages of...
View ArticlePresident Obama's State of the Union Address Should Offer Hope for the New...
Today, speechwriters in the West Wing will put the finishing touches on President Obama’s State of the Union address. The State of the Union provides every President an unparalleled opportunity to...
View ArticleUtopia Parkway in LA - Ride-Sharing Revolution
I’m obsessed with the ride-share revolution sweeping the nation.My interest was piqued last year during a phone call with Nick Allen, a member of my CALinnovates Advisory Board. Nick told me that he...
View ArticleTwo Days With Touré
As a strong proponent of preserving the Internet as a platform for communication and commerce kept free from burdensome regulation, I geeked out when I knew I would be spending time with the guy I...
View ArticleCompetitive Field of Spectrum Bidders Benefits Everyone
$12 billion.That’s a lot of clams, even to the federal government. But that’s approximately how much the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will be leaving on the table if they restrict some...
View ArticleFinding Common Ground: A Path Forward for the FCC
Two of my favorite Members of Congress recently went toe-to-toe at a hearing on the FCC Process Reform Act. Rep. Anna Eshoo (D-Calif.) and Rep. Greg Walden (R-Ore.) often agree on technology policy...
View ArticleWhen Wireless Competitors Compete, Consumers Win
by Mike MontgomeryIn the wireless industry it’s possible to be first and third at the same time.Take, for example, wireless provider Sprint, which was recently acquired by the Japanese firm SoftBank...
View ArticlePausing to Reflect - Veterans and Technology
Today is Veterans Day. It's a day of rest for some, a day of work for others, and a day of reflection for many. I recently had the pleasure to discuss this meaningful day with Dustan Batton, a...
View ArticleConnectivity Will Build the Next Silicon Valleys
Can Merced be the next Silicon Valley?According to a recent study from the Pew Research Center, 70 percent of Americans now subscribe to broadband Internet service at home, and an additional 10 percent...
View ArticleThe Benefits of an All-IP World
By Mike MontgomeryHere's a bit of trivia from the dusty archives of communication: The first high-definition television broadcast in America wasn't from New York or Los Angeles, it was from a CBS...
View ArticleTrue Peer-to-Peer Rideshare Now a Reality
Larry Downes and Paul Nunes, authors of the seminal book Big Bang Disruption, which details how to strategically navigate our digital world, wrote that every industry is ripe for disruption, even an...
View ArticleWhen Andreessen Talks, People Listen
Marc Andreessen, the biggest name in venture capital, has been on a roll lately lighting up Twitter and blogging like never before.Andreessen, the founder of Netscape, has achieved cult-like status in...
View ArticleDanny Boice Speeks Up
Danny Boice is the Founder and CTO of Speek, a startup “dedicated to bringing you super simple conference calling with no dial-ins, pins or downloads.” I started using Speek last summer, just a few...
View ArticleOpen Data: The Opportunity to Embrace 21st Century Economic Development in...
By Mike Montgomery & Brian Purchia We launched an Open Government working group for the State of California earlier this year – with our most recent roundtable at San Francisco-based accelerator...
View ArticleCautionary Tales of Innovation
by Mike MontgomeryThere’s no such thing as a bad idea, right?Wrong.Even in San Francisco, the hotbed of innovation where a great idea can launch a legion of billionaires, bad ideas also tend to fly...
View ArticleIs Carpooling Illegal in California?
I’ve written before (and before, and before) in praise of the California Public Utilities Commission. Specifically, their innovative regulatory approach when it comes to ridesharing services like Lyft,...
View ArticleTwitter's Open Internet Hypocrisy
When the FCC was considering whether to regulate the Internet under Title II of the Communications Act of 1934, Twitter came out strongly in favor of the new regulations. According to a post from Will...
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