Those who have been paying exorbitant prices for their pay TV packages on cable and satellite are about to get some bad news: Nearly all of the major pay TV companies across the nation are about to raise their prices for customers currently subscribing to their services.
Three stories hit the news on Monday in separate publications, concerning three different but interrelated subjects -- advertising, entertainment, and the IT backbone of the Internet. Taken together, they represent a tipping point in a trend we've seen building for a decade. Welcome to the era of cord cutting.
The FIFA World Cup 2014 isn't the first time a large sporting event has taken place in the digital age. But nevertheless, for a number of reasons, it will be one of the most high-tech live events ever, especially the way we watch it.