Because I was lame as a teenager, I didn’t watch a lot of MTV. (Or is it the other way around: Was I lame as a teenager because I didn’t watch a lot of MTV? A deeper question for a deeper time.) Anyways, the… Read More »
Archive for March 2010
Relative Trust: According to a Washington Post-ABC poll, “Democrats hold the widest trust advantage” compared to Republicans on energy policy (17 percent), followed by health care (13 percent), Afghanistan (10 percent) and the economy (8 percent). — Grist Read More »
The four final games of the Indian Premier League (IPL) are being shown in 3-D in movie theaters across India, according to an Economic Times report. The IPL, which is the most popular cricket league in the world, will show the two semifinal… Read More »
US Airways has become the latest airline to launch Gogo Inflight Internet service. The service will be available on all 51 A321s in US Airways’ fleet by June 1. In addition to US Airways, Gogo is currently available on all AirTran Airways and Virgin America flights. Read More »
Last December I covered a Swedish telecom regulator’s report on the effect open networks have on competition and broadband innovation. At the time I could only read the abstract, but was fascinated enough to hope that it would be translated into English. That day has come. Read More »
Notational Velocity is one of those apps that doesn’t look like much when you first open it up, but turns out to be surprisingly effective. It’s a free note-taking app for the Mac, and what makes it so great is that it’s incredibly fast to use. Read More »
Battery maker A123Systems has just hit a milestone in its young public life: Officers, directors, employees and early investors holding more than two thirds of A123′s common stock are free to cash out. A123′s shares have sunk more than 5.9 percent today. Read More »
When given a choice of login systems, visitors to mainstream media properties such as Slate, Forbes, Newsweek, Discovery, Time and Press Enterprise are most likely to choose Yahoo, according to data collected by commenting system Echo, which helps power such sites. Read More »
Sprint has been rolling out its 4G network rapidly all over the U.S., and it’s now lit up in my home town of Houston. The Overdrive 3G/4G device is now calling my name, and loudly. It may be bye-bye MiFi for me, and soon. Read More »
Remember that data center Apple is building in North Carolina? You know the one; valued at $1 billion and widely expected to play a major part in Apple’s future cloud computing initiative? Yeah, that one. Well, it’s nearly finished. Read More »
Exactly one month from now — on April 29th — California gubernatorial candidate Jerry Brown, uber-investors Vinod Khosla and Steve Jurvetson, Google’s Green Energy Czar Bill Weihl, CPUC Commissioner Dian Grueneich and many, many others will take the stage at our annual Green:Net conference. Read More »
Netflix started to send out a first shipment of Wii disks last week, making it possible to access its watch Instantly online video on demand offering on the gaming console. A few Netflix customers have already shared their first impressions, and the verdicts are… Read More »
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