The Switch: Innovations: The media revolution that isn’t being televised

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Innovations: The media revolution that isn’t being televised Millennials are driving transformation of the paid video market, accelerating a wave of disruptive innovation that pre-dates the Internet.That’s a message that sounded loud and clear last week at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, where incumbents and start-ups alike announced dramatic new products and services, and where executives from leading incumbents competed to predict the most radical future for the content market, long characterized by subscribers paying for bundles of licensed channels they watch at home.  Read full article »

Obama’s privacy and cyber bills are the GOP’s first big test at governing

It's the one thing Republicans have to do this year if they want a shot at the White House in 2016: Prove they can govern.Now, that claim faces an early test. This week, President Obama said he's sending a number of tech-focused legislative proposals to Capitol Hill in one of the year's first efforts at cooperation with Congress. How the nation's gridlocked legislature handles the president's overture will tell us a great deal about what we can expect from Obama's remaining years in office.  Read full article »

Lockheed Martin’s latest health partnership is very personal

Lockheed Martin made several forays into healthcare last year, buying small, specialized companies.But the defense giant’s latest move in this space is its most personal yet.Lockheed and San Diego company Illumina are teaming up to study the human genome — the stuff that makes you you — to develop personalized healthcare solutions based on a person’s DNA. Terms of the partnership were not disclosed.  Read full article »

The Switchboard: British PM says he would pursue banning encrypted messaging apps

Published every weekday, the Switchboard is your morning helping of handpicked stories from the Switch team.British prime minister suggests banning some online messaging appsDavid Cameron, said "pursue banning encrypted messaging services if Britain’s intelligence services were not given access to the communications," reports the New York Times's Mark Scott. "The statement comes as many European politicians are demanding that Internet companies like Google and Facebook provide greater information about people’s online activities after several recent terrorist threats, including the attacks in Paris."  Read full article »

Innovations: If community college is going to be free, coding boot camps should be free, too

If the fundamental premise of President Obama’s new initiative to make community college free is to open up career and life opportunities for the nation’s young — especially those from underprivileged backgrounds — then the federal government should also be thinking of ways to cover the tuition costs of individuals attending coding boot camps. Instead of paying for a two-year community college program, the government could instead get more bang for less buck by paying for a 12-week program. That’s something that the nation’s first coding president should understand.  Read full article »

Ten things from CES you may actually want to buy

Part of the fun of the annual International CES tech show is seeing all the prototypes and concepts that will never see the light of day, but do contain the grains of ideas that will show up in products down the line. But there are also plenty of products for the more practical among us, who want to see tech innovations that will help us now, or at least in the near future. Here's a rundown of products that actually seemed useful -- and set to hit store shelves soon --  at this year's CES.  Read full article »

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