Seven Networks is leveraging its push email technology to create a new system for app data syncing that can help reduce traffic from smartphones and mobile devices by up to 70 percent. The solution has big implications for carriers and for mobile users. Read More »
Archive for January 2011
The threat of the government stepping in and legislating the smart grid standards making process was a useful tool for helping the process along, says Raj Vaswani, CTO of smart grid networking firm Silver Spring Networks. Read More »
President Barack Obama’s State of the Union speech is tonight, where the commander-in-chief is expected to espouse jobs programs and improving the economy in America’s communities. But no rallying cry is complete without acknowledging the pivotal role broadband can play reaching these goals. Read More »
Updated. Google’s translation services have been called all sorts of things over the years, from “incredible“ to “woeful“ and — by one particularly disgruntled user — “a total disgrace.” But here’s one to add to that pile: “unique.” At least, the U.S. Patent Office thinks so… Read More »
Those buying the Verizon iPhone have reason to celebrate today as the company’s COO, Lowell McAdam, has confirmed that there will indeed be a $30 unlimited data plan available for the device. McAdam shared the news with the WSJ ahead of Verizon’s meeting with investors today. Read More »
Orange is acquiring a 49 percent stake in Dailymotion, which will give it an opportunity to serve its traditional TV content to more screens and in more countries. With mobile apps and an international audience, Dailymotion will give Orange access to new viewers and new devices. Read More »
The New York Times is working on a digital tip-line that will allow leakers of confidential documents to deal directly with the newspaper rather than having to use WikiLeaks, said executive editor Bill Keller, and Arab news service Al-Jazeera just launched a similar tip-line project. Read More »
Apple will introduce near-field communications technology (NFC) to the iPhone 5 and iPad 2 to be released this year, according to engineers working on the new hardware. The NFC tech could also bring mobile payments to the iOS platform, ushering in new opportunities for Apple. Read More »
Verizon added 872,000 wireless contract customers, and 75 percent bought smartphones and the lucrative plans they use. Data ARPU is up nearly 20 percent, and only one-quarter of Verizon customers have smartphones. That fact, combined with a fast 4G network is priming the pump for Verizon. Read More »
Last week, fuel cell startup Bloom Energy launched its power purchase agreement business that repositions it from being a provider of fuel cells to a provider of the power those fuel cells generate. But what is a Bloom electron worth to Bloom’s would-be customers? Read More »
Silentale, the “unified address book” that we wrote about last year, has sent an email to its users announcing that the service is ending. It states that “starting January 31st, we will be phasing out the Silentale service…” Silentale appears to have lost out to Gist. Read More »
Less than 1 percent of U.S. households now use prepay electric meters. But SmartSynch and PayGo want to make them as common as prepaid mobile phones. Read More »
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