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Apple’s iLaunch Outshines AT&T

Katie Fehrenbacher, Monday, July 2, 2007 at 8:57 AM PT Comments (7)

If you actually stepped into one of the hectic Apple or AT&T stores this weekend for the iPhone launch, it was pretty clear the debut was an Apple event first and foremost. Down at the Emeryville Bay Street Mall in the east bay, where there is an Apple store on one side of a street [...]

March of the iPhone Extras

Katie Fehrenbacher, Friday, June 29, 2007 at 9:00 AM PT Comments (4)

As we’ve been counting down to this iPhone morn, our inboxes have been stuffed with applications and accessories geared for the year’s biggest phone phenom. Most are just addons that could likely fit on any phone, and are using the launch to goose sales, but some are a little more interesting. There’s even a new [...]

5 Things to Know About UMA

Katie Fehrenbacher, Wednesday, June 27, 2007 at 12:42 AM PT Comments (4)

So T-Mobile is finally giving the converged WiFi/cellular technology called UMA, it’s long awaited day in the sun in the U.S. If you’re a T-Mobile customer that’s going to sign up for the Hotspot@Home service, you likely don’t give a damn what is powering the handoff between cellular and WiFi, just that the system works.
But [...]

Cali Capital Goes WiFi

Katie Fehrenbacher, Friday, June 22, 2007 at 8:02 AM PT Comments (0)

The capital of California (by politics, not culture - sorry guys) is a step closer to getting its 90-square mile WiFi network. Last night the Sacramento city council approved an agreement for a WiFi network that will be built and operated by an organization called Sacramento Metro Connect, made up by Azulstar, Cisco Systems, Intel [...]

Google Backs Green Computing, too

Katie Fehrenbacher, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 2:46 PM PT Comments (11)

While Google’s recent eco kick has largely focused on issues like installing solar panels for its offices and offering biodiesel commuter shuttles to its employees, the search company just joined a broader green push with members of the computing industry. At Google HQ Tuesday morning,
Google, along with Intel and a dozen or so tech companies [...]

Broadband by the Beach: Pacifica WiFi

Katie Fehrenbacher, Tuesday, June 12, 2007 at 12:45 AM PT Comments (5)

MuniFi’s been getting shelled in the press, mostly because of some under-utilized deployments. That hasn’t deterred cities from taking the plunge, particularly small communities where the investment in the network is modest compared to mega-million dollar projects underway in Philadelphia.
Yesterday, we took a little day trip to the South San Francisco beach town of Pacifica, [...]

Cyworld USA to go mobile next year

Katie Fehrenbacher, Friday, June 1, 2007 at 11:49 AM PT Comments (2)

We hadn’t talked to the Cyworld US team in awhile, so we stopped by their San Francisco offices this week to play catch up. The South Korean social network that launched in the U.S. last August, told us they are planning on launching a mobile application for the U.S. market in the first quarter of [...]

Google to Buy Geo-Tagging Site Panoramio

Katie Fehrenbacher, Thursday, May 31, 2007 at 11:10 AM PT Comments (13)

More geoweb tools for Google. Geo-tagging photo site Panoramio announced on its blog this morning that it will be acquired by Google for an undisclosed sum. Google posted the news on its blog last night.
The company is a one and a half year old startup based in Spain. Co-founder Eduardo Manchón writes:
“The integration of photos [...]

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