Monthly Archives: June 2021

GOP lawmakers mull taxing Big Tech to subsidize broadband access

By news@appleinsider.com (Mike Peterson) Key Republican lawmakers in the House and Senate are warming up to the idea of leveling taxes on big U.S. tech companies to fund broadband subsidy programs.Credit: WikiMedia CommonsThe idea to compel technology giants to pay into a pool of money to subsidized broadband access first originated with Republican FCC commissioner Brendan Carr, Axios …

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Om Malik taks future tech, social networks, creator platforms on the AppleInsider Podcast

By news@appleinsider.com (Stephen Robles) On a special episode of the AppleInsider podcast we interview Om Malik, founder of technology news site Gigaom, to discuss social media networks, the future of creator platforms, broadband access in the US, plus Apple’s announcements from WWDC.Om Malik began covering technology news by delivering an email newsletter to just a few hundred subscribers. He went on to create Gigaom, an influential website with 6.5 million monthly unique visitors that ran for over nine years.Since that time, Om has continued to write for media outlets and make appearances on TV and radio commenting on the tech industry, media platforms, and broadband infrastructure. He is also a venture capitalist and amateur photographer….

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