The Gig U project said late last week that it has received “dozens of favorable responses” to its request for information (RFI) seeking approaches for accelerating the deployment of ultra-high-speed networks to university communities around the country. Read the rest of this entry »
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Halting of DOJ suit latest bump in AT&T-T-Mobile road
When AT&T pulled its proposed T-Mobile merger application with the Federal Communications commission (CP: FCC response bashes AT&T, gives T-Mobile unexpected pat on the back) it left it to deal with another bit of government inquiry, a Department of Justice proceeding examining the deal. Today, the DOJ said it planned to file a motion to postpone its inquiry until AT&T resubmitted its proposal to the FCC. Read the rest of this entry »
New Apple store opens to holiday crowds, a Grand Central Station specialty
Apple today opened the doors — and balconies — of its 361st retail store. Its fifth in Manhattan, and no doubt the real thing (Unfiltered: We’ve seen knock-off phones and copy-cat app stores; how about a fake brick-and-mortar ‘Apple Store’?), it overlooks the dramatic Grand Central Terminal’s Main Concourse. Read the rest of this entry »
TDG: What type of TV viewer are you?
Some readers may have grown weary of seemingly weekly research announcing either that a) over-the-top video is an enormous game changer, paradigm shifter, market disrupter, etc. or that b) the OTT threat is overblown. This week, however, The Diffusion Group offered a new twist. Read the rest of this entry »
Bluebrain Central Park soundtrack app joins location-aware ecosystem
The New York Times today highlights an app by Bluebrain, comprised of brothers Ryan and Hays Holladay. Called “Central Park (Listen to the Light),” the free app for the iPhone and iPad that was released in October. Read the rest of this entry »
Nokia Lumia 710 headed to T-Mobile
When T-Mobile and Nokia share they have “something exciting in the works,” a Nokia Windows Phone on the nation’s fourth-largest network is a pretty good guess. Read the rest of this entry »
Washington D.C. gains 100 Gb/s network—in the middle mile, that is
The District of Columbia has turned up the first link of a 100 Gb/s network that is expected to connect every ward in the city by June 2013. Network construction was funded through a $17.5 million broadband stimulus grant from the National Telecommunications and Information Administration. Read the rest of this entry »
Verizon reportedly considering OTT offering
Verizon is considering launching a subscription-based Internet video offering, the Wall Street Journal reported today. The carrier has been talking to media companies for several months about the possibility of licensing packages of older movies and TV shows, the report said. Read the rest of this entry »
Google enters the fast shipping lane — targeting Amazon, rubbing up against operators
Amazon’s innovation and dominance in e-commerce, further boosted now by its Kindle product line, is in Google’s sights – but not directly.
WSJ has caught wind of Google’s next objective. In what looks to be an attempt to pull the rug out from under Amazon’s feet, Google is talking to retailers about a fast, low cost shipping system, linking retailers to the service. By doing so, the company would tap into a U.S. online-retail industry that is expected to grow 12 percent to $197 billion this year, according to Forrester Research. That would attract even Google, but is the plan flawed? Read the rest of this entry »
Forrester: The side effects of tablets are minimal but addiction is possible
Forrester Research predicts mobile commerce will hit $31 billion by 2016, representing a growth rate of 39 percent a year. Research is hardly needed to confirm the growth – the question is: what does it mean for commerce? Read the rest of this entry »