Headlines for April 8th, 2009
Posted on 08. Apr, 2009 by [modern media mom] in Lastest Headlines, Latest News, Links & Resources

- FCC studies goal of nationwide affordable, fast Internet – "The Federal Communications Commission Wednesday begins work on a national broadband plan, with the goal of ensuring that all consumers have access to services that are fast and affordable.
The public will be able to submit comments to the FCC for 60 days, with another 30 days for reply comments. The agency will take them into consideration as it crafts the USA's first national broadband plan.
The plan, due to Congress by Feb. 17, 2010, could have a profound impact, says Ben Scott, public policy director of Free Press, a media advocacy group."
- TweetDeck Releases New Version; Seesmic Releases New Product – TweetDeck was already a fantastic application for using Twitter. Now it is being made even more efficient.
- New Web address endings could be start of turf wars – This could get messy.
- With Online Tools, Lost-and-Found Gets an Upgrade – How wonderful that people would actually find and return such items.
- Human-size Lego DSi model on display – very cool!




