Yahoo/Microsoft Daytime Soap Opera

Daytime soap opera writers need to take a long look at the Yahoo/Microsoft acquisition drama–you can’t make this kind of stuff up! Today, there are two interesting plot twists to keep you on the edge of your seat. Let’s check in on today’s episode:

Search engines, ad networks pressure NY Assemblyman

Richard Brodsky wants regulations to protect consumers from online companies’ usage of people’s personal information without consent. Ad industry groups and several big names on the Internet lashed out at him in a letter.

The Internet Can Be A Distraction

Four weeks ago I had 5,250 emails in my inbox. Today? 10. What’s the difference? I’ve been on lots of airplanes in the past month. Why is that important? Because in airplanes there’s no Internet. Nothing to distract you. I find I can answer about 10x more email in a plane than I can on the ground when the Internet is there to distract me.…