President Obama eased several restrictions involving Cuba today, including the prohibition on U.S. telecom companies working in the nation. Specifically, the Administration will license U.S. providers to enter into roaming service agreements with Cuba’s telecom providers, and authorize U.S. providers to enter into agreements to establish fiber-optic cable and satellite…

After months of speculation, President Obama announced today that he has nominated Julius Genachowski to lead the Federal Communications Commission. The formal announcement comes nearly two months after Obama transition team sources said the former IAC (NSDQ: IACI) exec—a Harvard Law classmate of the president and a transition advisor—would be…

Several of the mobile ad-technology companies that powered campaigns for Barack Obama are now using his success as a way to sell others on using new technology to reach a targeted audience, according to the WSJ. On the night the polls were closing, companies such as Distributive Networks, which aided…

Verizon Wireless (NYSE: VZ) issued a statement today that acknowledged some of its employees accessed the personal cell phone account of President-Elect Barack Obama. President and CEO Lowell McAdam stated: “This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, without authorization, accessed and viewed President-Elect Barack Obama’s…

BlackBerry may be losing at least one more high-profile user, but this time it’s not due to the competition. President-elect Barack Obama has been a heavy BlackBerry user for years, but when he joins the White House, he’ll likely have to break the habit due to security concerns and vulnerability…

Change is on its way to the alphabet agencies with media, telecom, tech and internet oversight—but it’s taking two tracks. While the Obama-Biden transition team fits potential appointees to posts, review teams are diving in deep at the agencies and departments to provide the kind of info needed to make…

A day after the election, names are already being floated as to who will likely be on the president-elect’s transition team, including advisors on issues involving technology and communications. Barack Obama is expected to appoint Washington, D.C. lawyer Henry Rivera to head the team focused on the FCC, reports Multichannel…

In the final month leading up to the election, the Obama campaign used mobile advertising to target the youth demographic and voters in key battleground states, according to Quattro Wireless, which helped run the campaign. Called “Vote Early,” the ad campaign was used to encourage voters to cast their ballots…

The Obama campaign launched an iPod Touch and iPhone application today that encourages people to get involved with just 33 days left until election day. The app is now available on the iPhone’s app store. Once downloaded, it has a number of helpful features: there’s a one-touch button to donate…