Internet has overtaken Print Newspapers as source of News in America

The unthinkable has already happened in USA as printed newspapers have now been pushed behind as source of news for most Americans. Instead, Internet is becoming the new source while cable TV has been able to maintain its top position just for the moment. In the report of ‘The State of News Media 2011’, Pew Research Center has given all these information.

You can find detailed information about the report here: http://stateofthemedia.org/2011/overview-2/key-findings/

The rise of smartphones means that many Americans now browse for news right from their mobile phones. Mobile Internet usage is going to increase dramatically in the next few years in the country. The same can be said for tablet usage. Tablet devices like iPad and e-book readers like Kindle are going to be used more for browsing news.

All this is good news for bloggers like us who try to cater to the Internet market. Naturally, it is bad news for traditional journalism. The popularity of Internet as news source is also causing deep problem for the cable TV industry. Well, for the time being, I think that the cable TV industry will face fewer problems compared to print newspapers and magazines because we are yet to see any large scale online based video news websites or blogs. 

AT&T to Customers: A Farewell to Unlimited Broadband Internet

Unlimited Internet is becoming more and more rare in USA and AT&T is going to put an end to this matter. There will be a monthly limit to broadband Internet users. DSL users will get 150 GB cap per month while U-Verse users will be limited to 250 GB of data each month. If users go over this usage limit then they will have to pay some extra money.

Well, the good news is that AT&T is not going to charge extra money right away. Instead, when an user will break this usage cap for 3 times then they will be charged $10 for every 50GB.

AT&T has stated that only 2% of the customers will be affected by this new policy as 98% of the customers are always beyond this limit. Naturally, these 2% customers will get furious with this decision but they hardly have any choice as most ISPs do not provide unlimited Internet usage facility these days.