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This just in - Google has launched an upgrade to its online RSS reader, and many of the changes are welcome improvements. For starters the UI which matches Google Calendar and Google Mail is so much better that what was - not ideal, but definitely worth the wait. The performance of the service seems to [...]

The San Francisco WiFi project might be dragging its feet, but more major cities are considering city-wide WiFi. Some ask why build these large WiFi networks when there’s mobile WiMAX coming? Two answers: WiFi equipment is cheap and available now.
Colorado has plans for a 220-square-mile WiFi network that will span 10 cities and more than [...]

MySpace is worth $15 billion, says HB 2.0. Okay if that is the case, then a new social network concept by MySpace employee number 5 has to be worth at least $4-to-$5 million in venture capital dollars. Jason Feffer, former vice presidents of operations at MySpace is close to snagging funding from Mohr Davidow Ventures [...]

Mobile ESPN will officially shut its doors later this year the company said in a release, and Rafat & Staci mentioned last night. The company says December 31 is the end of the road for existing customers and sales of ESPN handsets and services are discontinued immediately. (Save those ESPN-branded handsets, they’ll be collectables soon.) [...]

Last few days there has been a lot of talk about Rebtel, Jajah, and a whole slew of VoIP companies which are essentially, as Andy calls them “minute stealers.” Jajah, which has introduced a mobile version of its call back service, well, at least that is easy to use, and good to use in a [...]

What does the Indian government really want? First, last year, it hikes the limit of foreign direct investment (FDI) in Indian telecom companies to 74 percent from 49 percent. Then several government agencies bung a spanner — no, make that several spanners — into the works, pushing the beleaguered Minister of Telecommunications close to reversing [...]