Blockbuster to replace halo . Will tesla have to get out of jersey . But first, our top tech headlines. An outage hitting twitter. It is the longest since twitter went public. The outage was caused by a planned change to its services. It rolled back the change. Salesforce will put 18 acres of land for sale in the San Francisco mission bay area. Salesforce bought the land back in 2010 four 200 78 million with the intention of building a new headquarters there. Instead, salesforce has rented more than 1. 3 million square feet in downtown San Francisco. Disneys tv sweeney will leave the company next january. She says she is leaving to pursue a new career in tv directing. Another big story today softbank president in d. C. Making his case for a sprintmobile merger. I believe this is a big deal. But at t and tmobile were able to merge its suggested that tmobile will not be able to be gobbled up by someone bigger. He is not someone to be deterred. And is not pulling any punches. Take a liste
For a complete schedule, visit booktv. Org. Youre watching booktv. Next, Peter Carlson recalls the capture of journalists Albert Richardson and Junius Browne by Confederate Forces at the battle of vicksburg. The reporters were sent to multiple confederate prisons over 20 months until they escaped and made their way across the appalachians with the assistance of Union Sympathizers. This is about 50 minutes. [applause] thank you, david. Im thrilled to be here at the national archives. To be back here, i should say. Ive written three books, and i have researched all of them at the national archives. A place with buried treasures all over it. Theyve got a lot of boxes here, boxes filled with little folders filled with papers, and there are a lot of stories hidden b in those papers. In fact, if you get really quiet and you listen really closely, you just might hear somebody take a piece of paper out of a box upstairs and read it and go, holy cow. You dont have those holy cow experiences all
And this respected like a maid, the big corporate heads are not this respected this respected. I think that is a terrible thing because people worked tremendously hard for the casino and for their families, they worked for the community so it means a lot for me to be able to share their stories and up next on booktv after words with guest host andrew blum author of a journey to the center of the internet. This week Susan Crawford and her book captive audience the Telecom Industry and monopoly power in the gilded age p quote the special assistant to the president on Science Technology argues the u. S. Is no longer the forefront of the internet revolution. Internet capabilities of other countries are faster and cheaper than in the u. S. Which could threaten the Economic Future. This program is about an hour. Speethree for being with us. I look forward to talking with you. Lets talk about the basics. What is the status of broadband in America Today . We have a picture that is quite differ
First, my story of the week, hope and Climate Change. I will admit, as i watch the president s inaugural address on monday morning, i was definitely not expecting this. We will respond to the threat of Climate Change. Knowing that the failure to do so would betray our children and future generations. Some may still deny the overwhelming judgment of science but none can avoid the devastating impact of raging fires and crippling drought. And more powerful storms. The path toward Sustainable Energy sources will be long and sometimes difficult. But america cannot resist this transition. We must lead it. Youll recall with the exception of a single line in his dnc speech, our current state of climate peril was barely mentioned in the campaign. In fact, it was the first time in 24 years it was never raised at any of the debates. So, i was not the only commentator who was surprised to find such a passionate, lengthy passage in his speech. A speech, of course, is just that. Often we have a tend
Their citizens faster and cheaper access than we do. The faster highspeed access comes through fiber optic lines that transmit data in bursts of laser light, but many of us are still hooked up to broadband connections that squeeze Digital Information through copper wire. Were stuck with this oldfashioned technology because, as Susan Crawford explains, our government has allowed a few giant conglomerates to rig the rules, raise prices, and stifle competition. Just Like Standard Oil in the first gilded age a century ago. In those days, it was muckrakers like ida tarbell and Lincoln Steffens rattling the cages and calling for fair play. Today its independent thinkers like Susan Crawford. The big Telecom Industry wishes she would go away, but shes got a lot of people on her side. In fact, if you go to the white house citizens petition site, youll see how fans of captive audience are calling on the president to name Susan Crawford as the next chair of the federal communications commission.