The smart-grid space is attracting interest from all angles, including from Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and potentially even Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) building Web-based energy management tools. It might be too early to tell if these companies will shape this industry as they have others, but they are already attracting the interest of utilities, either in terms of how they can partner or how they can compete. (more…)
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OTTCon: BluRay redefining OTT market
SAN JOSE, CALIF. – BluRay players could quickly take the place of gaming consoles as the largest conduit of over
-the-top Web services to the home. According to The Diffusion Group senior partner Colin Dixon, BluRay devices are growing in popularity, offering consumers either an alternative or supplement to traditional pay TV services. (more…)
Apple Tablet could create new category, redefine others
In less than 24 hours Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) will hold what is easily one of the most highly anticipated events that any company, Apple included, has ever done. The soon to-be launched Apple Tablet, a 10-inch, touch-screen device that will run all the applications of the iPhone, as well as include a 3G wireless connection, represents a whole new category of device – a category with the potential to shape how several emerging industries do business.
Broadband stimulus rules change for 2nd round as NTIA, RUS split up (UPDATED)
The NTIA and RUS are issuing separate rules for the second round of broadband stimulus funding, worth $4.8 billion.
The NTIA is allocating $2.6 billion in funding during the next round, of which $2.35 billion will go to infrastructure projects, with a focus on what the NTIA calls “comprehensive community” proposals: “middle-mile broadband projects that connect key community anchor institutions – such as libraries, hospitals, community colleges, universities, and public safety institutions,” the NTIA said.
RUS, meanwhile, will distribute $2.2 billion, with a focus on last-mile projects. It will also add “support” for satellite-based proposals, but only in areas that are left unserved after other funds are awarded. (more…)