Google still hasn’t made a decision on which city (or communities) it would pick to build its one-gigabit-per-second broadband network (announced earlier this year), but the company is moving forward and setting up an experimental network on the Stanford University Campus. Read More »
Archive for October 2010
Nokia shipped 26.5 million smartphones in the most recent quarter, a 61 percent increase from a year ago. But the company’s strategy is shifting yet again, as Qt will be the only development framework going forward and Symbian upgrades will arrive on a rolling basis. Read More »
Yesterday, Engadget observed that Apple didn’t just release a new MacBook Air, but also added a nice build-to-order option for their 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pros. Now, for an additional $400, you can upgrade to a 2.8GHz Core i7 processor. Read More »
Although the iPad is still relatively new, early indications are that a majority of users are willing to pay for content — whether it’s apps or games — and that news and music are the two most popular forms of media consumed, with books a close… Read More »
YouTube’s having a party to celebrate the artistic and experimental content submitted to its YouTube Play program, and if you’re not in New York, you can still tune in thanks to a livestream, to be hosted at youtube.com/play, tonight beginning at 8 PM ET. Read More »
Verizon today said it will roll out its new 4G wireless network in Charleston, West Virginia, making the municipality one of 38 cities where the carrier plans to deploy the Long Term Evolution network technology. Here’s why Verizon chose the state. Read More »
As if we needed another sign that mobile social gaming was hot, Intel Capital announced it’s joining in a Series B round of funding for Aurora Feint, the social platform provider behind 3,500 mobile games. Intel is joining Chinese developer/operator The9 for the $8 million round. Read More »
Join.me, the easy-to-use web conferencing app from the folks at LogMeIn, is coming out of beta and will today get a premium “Pro” version. The new edition gets some handy additional functionality: a meeting scheduler, personalized join.me URLs and user management features. Read More »
While we’ve driven a lot of prototype cars for GigaOM TV’s Green Overdrive show, the Lincoln MKZ hybrid 2011 in this week’s episode was one of the most luxurious models that we’ve driven to date. Read More »
It’s official: Tesla Motors has completed the purchase of a long-sought home for its Model S electric sedan, and received the title to the former NUMMI factory in Fremont, Calif. Read More »
Apple unveiled the two new MacBook Air models today and that 11-inch model is calling my name. GigaOM has a 13-inch model in our HQ, those lucky devils. Janko Roettgers unboxed this beauty, and the video of the new notebook shows how nice it is. Read More »
Posterous, the email-based blogging platform, aims to keep things simple and easy to use, but it can’t resist adding new more advanced features such as increased support for groups, premium accounts for businesses, proximity-based geoblogs, and a better bookmarklet to bring in outside content. Read More »
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