Next week is the 87th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), taking place this time in Berlin, Germany, and it will be an incredibly busy week as something like 1,200-1,500 engineers gather in a hotel meeting space to debate and discuss various topics and create the open standards that power the Internet. There Read more…
Jul 25
Apple Celebrates 1 Billion Podcast Subscriptions Via iTunes!
By way of a Facebook update from Donna Papacosta, I learned that Apple announced that there have been over 1 billion podcast subscriptions through iTunes. Yes, one billion subscriptions! And indeed opening up iTunes, going to the iTunes Store and…
Jul 24
TDYR #024 – SoundCloud’s Crashing iOS App Is A Reminder To Have Multiple Tools
Today was frustrating in that the SoundCloud app on iOS kept crashing when I tried to upload a recording. It turns out that this is a known issue and a fix has been submitted to the app store:
http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/12282…
Jul 23
INET DC, Weds, July 24: Surveillance, Cybersecurity and the Internet’s Future (Livestream available) (Featured Blog)
Are you concerned about the recent reports about government surveillance programs? Are you concerned about security and privacy online? If so, you may want to attend (in person or remotely) the INET Washington DC event happening on Wednesday, July 24, …
Jul 23
2 DNSSEC / DANE Sessions Next Week At IETF 87 In Berlin
Next week is the 87th meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) in Berlin, Germany, and there will be two working groups meeting that are related to DNSSEC on the agenda: DNSOP The DNSOP (DNS Operations) Working Group will meet on Thursday, August 1, from 1520-1650 (Berlin time) in the Bellevue room. There are Read more…
Jul 22
FIR #713 – 7/22/13 – For Immediate Release
Brian Solis interview up, Youtility book review coming; Quick News: Facebook metrics dustup, a medical Instagram, fear of missing out (FOMO) and headlines for Twitter; Ragan promo; News That Fits: what brands can learn from today’s newsrooms, Dan York’…
Jul 18
Over 8% Of Internet Users Now Use DNSSEC Validation, per Geoff Huston
Yesterday Geoff Huston published a long post on CircleID titled “DNS, DNSSEC and Google’s Public DNS Service” where he walks through the ongoing DNSSEC measurement efforts he and his team have been doing using flash-based advertisements. I recommend reading through the entire post, but the key part I was pleased to see was simply this: Read more…
Jul 18
TDYR #023 – The Energy Of Africa
As I prepare to leave South Africa, I recorded some final thoughts on the energy and enthusiasm I have found here…
Jul 17
TDYR #022 – “Africa Straight Up” – Breaking Down Stereotypes
Many of us outside of Africa tend to think of everything happening in Africa in terms of one monolithic entity… that it is all “Africa”… yet that is so incredibly wrong when you understand the amazing diversity and differences within the people and…
