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The New York Time’s has done a nice job in picking these iPad media applications. Strangling missing is their own iPad app. The app is free until 2011. Until then you have access to all their sections and articles. This is the list of applications the NTY’s has put together: BBC NEWS (FREE) NEW YORK [...]
David Kirkpatrick is the author of — “The Facebook Effect.” I first met David at Pivot in NYC a few months ago — where he was fielding a number of questions about Facebook from the live audience. Kirkpatrick is one of the most knowledgeable authors on Facebook so his insights in this particular story are noteworthy. There has [...]
Many of us are focused on Facebook’s 1:00 PM (EST) press conference, today. The company has invited a handful of press to the event but very little more than that has been made publicly available. There is some speculation on what Zuckerberg will be discussing. According to the NYT — Facebook will announce that the [...]
T-Mobile and LG Mobile announced (on October 6th) the latest Android handset to join the T-Mobile family — the LG Optimus T with Google. Magenta explains that the Optimus T is an Android handset for the first-time smartphone customer. One of the most convenient features is the one-touch access to Voice Actions. This allows customers [...]
What if you paid for your Internet access as if it were a utility bill? This is what Mr. Randall Stephenson, AT&T Chairman and Chief Executive Officer has confirmed. Stephenson made this comment during his keynote webcast at the Morgan Stanley Conference this past Tuesday. For the industry, we’ll progressively move towards more of what I call [...]
The National Broadband Plan has been a project that the Federal Communications Commission has been charged with since early 2009. The plan is designed to address the lack of broadband availability not only throughout the United States but in underserved and economically depressed areas. The full report will be presented to Congress on March 17th. Fortunately, over [...]
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Bill of 2009 has targeted broadband as an instrument to help in revitalizing our economy. The investment in this information infrastructure will not only help to create jobs but assist in developing new technologies, applications and services. These initiatives are part of the — “Transforming Our Economy With Science And Technology” heading. The recovery bill states [...]
Google is one of the best-known brands in the world. When we think about Google we think about Google Search, Gmail and YouTube. Google has over 200 products and services in its portfolio. They range from AdWords to Google Trends and as of January 5th 2010 to its latest product the Nexus One handset.
Google is currently petitioning the FCC to be the administrator of the white spaces database. The database manages the access of the white spaces devices (WSD) to the wireless broadband. The FCC requires the use of a database. This would ensure that the WSD’s do not cause interference with nearby frequencies used by broadcast TV. In order to [...]
January starts off 2010 with much excitement and anticipation. January 7th is the start of the Computer Electronics Show (CES). This is where vendors like Nikon will present their CoolPix S1000pj. January 26th Apple will be making a significant product announcement. It has been greatly speculated that Jobs will be announcing the long anticipated iSlate. Lastly, it has [...]
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