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There is some internet service providers are vertically integrated. obviously your company is trying to get bought by at&t you have comcast, nbc universe, verizon owning yahoo and aol. the question is, is there an incentive for them to have their content viewed by fewer eyeballs, fewer people or more eyeballs and more people? the easy answer is your content is more valuable if more people are looking at it, right? so you want your content to be on more platforms. you want people watching your sh...

Fire. it is a great time and concept. >> maybe the original sin in the view of the detractors was when internet service providers was also allowed to control content. >> whats an interesting argument there, too. this one does not get talked about a whole lot. a source of providers are integrated and your company is trying to get bought by at&t or comcast or verizon owning yahoo and aol. the question is, is there an instead for them to have content views by fewer eye balls or more than people. th...

It and there was bomb sniffing dogs. the vote then happened. but we expect a lot of debate after this. there are likely to be lawsuits. theres likely to be legislation. because now internet providers can provide a fast lane and a slow lane and that cost could trickle down to consumers. >> the vote was 3-2. close vote. down party lines of course. no surprise there. again, for folks watching and listening, what will this vote mean for them specifically? or do we know yet? >> yes, think it remains ...

A conversation that felt like a face-to-face communication. could you see the start of this new online culture. >> its a technological revolution thats changing the way we do everything, from making friends to falling in love. >> he was nice and he never gave me any of the come-on lines. it was always friendly. >> wait, youre telling me guys use pickup lines on a computer? >> uh-huh. >> as the internet grows, im finding information. i also want to find love. >> i just happened to stumble on mich...

Computer and you get online. >> and compuserve was for the tech savvy people. prodigy was for shopping and aol was the first one that had a vision to get everyone connected. [ computer handshake ] >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the minute. it was like a taxicab. aols invention was to forget that and charge $19.95 a month, all you can eat. and that changed everything bec...

Communicate with just about anyone anywhere. >> one of the things that aol realizes is that america online cant be all 200 plus million people at once. you need little neighborhoods. so chat rooms become internet neighborhoods where people who share interests create their own little space. >> maybe you click on the chat button up here or go to the people connection, thats what america online calls it. and when you get there, click on a list of rooms to find different categories of room. >> when ...

Performance rating according to a brand-new poll by pew research, only 32% of americans approve of how the president is doing. 63% disapprove. lets discuss this and more. the author of the important book, a bestseller, hill billiology. the cofounder of aol. can you explain if why the economy is doing well, the presidents approval rating is only 32%. stock market and dow jones record numbers almost every day. why is his approval so sad when the economy is doing just fine? >> he made a lot of prom...

Punctuation marks. theyre called emoticons. >> you were using texts to have a conversation that felt like a face-to-face communication. could you see the start of this new online culture. >> its a technological revolution thats changing the way we do everything, from making friends to falling in love. >> he was nice and he never gave me any of the come-on lines. it was always friendly. >> wait, youre telling me guys use pickup lines on a computer? >> uh-huh. >> as the internet grows, im finding ...

Se. you use your phone line and your computer and you get online. >> and compuserve was for the tech savvy people. prodigy was for shopping and aol was the first one that had a vision to get everyone connected. [ computer handshake ] >> when i heard that sound, i cried a little bit because i knew there was a big adventure waiting for me. >> welcome. youve got mail. >> compuserve charged by the minute. it was like a taxicab. aols invention was to forget that and charge $19.95 a month, all you can...

I think being able to communicate with just about anyone anywhere. >> one of the things that aol realizes is that america online cant be all 200 plus million people at once. you need little neighborhoods. so chat rooms become internet neighborhoods where people who share interests create their own little space. >> maybe you click on the chat button up here or go to the people connection, thats what america online calls it. and when you get there, click on a list of rooms to find different catego...