Like many urban myths, we have come to believe that US is a broadband laggard. Often pundits hold up the shining examples of South Korea and Japan as countries that are miles ahead of the US. Media is quick to point out that even puny Singapore […] Read more »
Point Topic just released world wide broadband data – 2004 was a block buster year with a record new 50 million new adds for the year bringing the total to 150.5 m as of 31 Dec 2004. The penetration rates in Europe and other established economies […] Read more »
Sometimes you just love it when two things you love the most – Baseball and IPod – come together almost naturally – just like a win to the Yankees on the opening day. The New York Times notes that Randy ‘Big Unit’ Johnson prepared for his […] Read more »
{"source":"http:\/\/gigaom.com\/page\/2012\/wijax\/b959f4af7e82222223ac4cb50ea2d81d","varname":"wijax_64622a179cd5b1d7f7c4c5310cb40cb1","title_element":"h2","title_class":"widget-title","title_before":"%3Ch2%20class%3D%22widget-title%22%3E","title_after":"%3C%2Fh2%3E"}
Rafat Ali asks the question – is there a photo-blogging related buyout in the works? Good question. Jeff Clavier has something here when he narrows down buyers to CNet or Google. Between these two, they have bought a couple of companies related to photo-related services. Google […] Read more »
Net2Phone might not have a lot of big customers for its wholesale VoIP telephony products, but it seems it is having some success with smaller and medium sized operators. The latest, one being Atlantic Broadband, the sixteenth largest cable company in the US with over 400,000 […] Read more »
April Fools articles ran rampant on April 1 as they usually do, in fact I ran one here on jkOnTheRun. My intent with a spoof article like the one I wrote is to entertain and not to fool readers into thinking it’s a real story. I […] Read more »
BeOS was an alternative operating system that was designed from the ground up to be a good multimedia platform. The OS would boot in 15 seconds on any hardware and was rock solid in performance. It was a real shame when Be Inc. went out of […] Read more »
Every celebrity worth his (or her) bling bling is touting his iPod like a badge of honor. So what does a Microsoft do to get some street cred here? Team up with Sprite and launch TheScenario, a special site where ten deejays list the songs they […] Read more »
After a year of relative peace and growth, the wireless and wireline equipment business might be headed right into some heavy weather, thanks to Chinese equipment giant, Huawei. In my most recent column for Business 2.0, I had pointed out that a rapid consolidation in the […] Read more »
Like everyone else I have watched the more bars in more places advertising campaign by Cingular, touting its merger with AT&T Wireless, hoping for better coverage. Whenever I move out of downtown San Francisco, those claims ring hollow, and well I have observed an increased incidence […] Read more »
{"source":"http:\/\/pro.gigaom.com\/wijax\/a206c64880c8215b985ab24ebe90eafd","varname":"wijax_d269eebc26af5b39ec3c65bb7948e7ce","title_element":"h2","title_class":"widget-title","title_before":"%3Ch2%20class%3D%22widget-title%22%3E","title_after":"%3C%2Fh2%3E"}
Indian ISP, DishNet is going to start selling fixed wireless services within 60 days in eight major metros and eventually bring the total number of cities served to 38. The service offering is going to range between 128 kilobits per second to a full megabit per […] Read more »
Arkansas House has approved $14.3 million in tax breaks over the next two years to companies that provide broadband service — high-speed Internet — to underserved areas of the state. The bill was approved 69-20 and goes to the Senate, reports says. As part of the […] Read more »
By Dr. Abhishek Puri Local regulators are mandating that international bandwidth providers cut their prices, especially VSNL, the incumbent with virtual monopoly. This has unleashed a legal battle, but in the end the real winners of the price declines could be big bandwidth buyers – the […] Read more »
When pictures and information about the next version of Windows Mobile, code named Magneto, leaked onto the web many people (myself included) were less than impressed. A lot of people have been somewhat disappointed with the lack of whiz bang new features that you might expect […] Read more »
Sometimes too much of a good thing is not good! I was reading this story over on Apple Matters, and they point out that Apple is opening fourth store in Boston area. Each one an hour from Boston in driving time. They rightfully ask the question: […] Read more »
There is a lot of hope for mobile music and phone operators are counting on music to bring in the big dollars. I don’t think they can count their pounds, euros, dollars or dinars just as yet, because its not going to happen. There are just […] Read more »
Copernic has moved quickly to fix the problem with the Desktop Search application that was having problems on Tablet PCs. They have given me permission to post the download link to a new program build which fixes the problem with the flickering desktop bar. It is […] Read more »
Okay the headline is slightly misleading, but most consumers can get free wi-fi internet access in a limited test area in Dayton, Ohio. It it works then the experiment would be extended to other parts of the city itself. Proponents of the experiment say that this […] Read more »
I am thrilled to inform you readers that I have received a Microsoft MVP award. The Microsoft Most Valued Professional (MVP) program is best summed up on the MVP website: The Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Program recognizes and thanks outstanding members of technical communities for […] Read more »
News.com reports that Time Warner Cable has started testing Mobile service in Kansas City in tandem with its broadband and cable services. This is the four-play future, and signals problems for traditional phone operators with wireless assets. Regular reader Charlie Sierra keeps saying that this is […] Read more »
Hey anyone remember the funky ole BeOS which became such a darling of the hackers, and died a horrible death with Apple chose to buy NextOS and bring back Steve Jobs. Well looks like it is not dead after all, thanks to a German software start-up, […] Read more »
WiFiNetNews: “Train trade magazine reports that most rail riders will have Internet access in five to 10 years. The piece walks through developments of the last yea. Trinity Railway Express, which runs light rail in Dallas and Ft. Worth; and Caltrain, the San Francisco to San […] Read more »
Following up on my previous post on Yahoo, clearly there is a search engine cat-fight in the works. Kevin Fox of Google warns, “the game is a long one.” For instance Google added financial quotes as a feature to its offerings with much of a fuss, […] Read more »
Sources have revealed that Apple Legal has been in contact with The Apple Blog following this morning’s revelation of iHome and iNote, demanding that they remove all images and specifications of the aforementioned devices. Reaction to the news has been mixed, but most of the blog’s […] Read more »
Why is that some of the remotest places in US get some of the coolest technology? I have seen fiber networks in places where you can only find domestic beer, while in other remote hamlets, I have enjoyed a bandwidth gusher unmatched by urban America. I […] Read more »
Mirra, has finally nailed a nationwide deal with Best Buy, and has also announced two new drives and some price cuts on its lower end models. First the company churned out two new models – 160GB and 400GB drives and at the same time dropped the […] Read more »
Bill Burnham draws a parallel between today’s Microsoft and IBM of old, circa 1975. They have pretty much the same problems and people perceptions are nothing to write home about. Reading Burnham’s post, I found myself nodding my head in agreement, wondering if history is any […] Read more »
Today Griffin Technology announced they will be releasing a new attachment for the iPod Photo that will allow Nikon’s D70 digital SLR camera to be attached to the top of the iPod Photo. The iNikonD70iPodPhoto will allow the iPod Photo to act as a battery pack […] Read more »
Taking a note from the Knoppix book, Apple will be releasing a lite version of OS X – code named Kitty, in honor of their feline naming conventions – which will run from a bootable optical disc. Knoppix is a Linux distro that only runs from […] Read more »
The cellphones are getting too complicated, thanks largely due to problems of packing too many features into the phone. In the near future it is clear that the phone makers will have to work on coming up with user interfaces that pass the mom-test, yet retain […] Read more »
Following in the footsteps of the release of System 7.5.3 for free in January 1999, Apple has decided to give away Mac OS 9.0 operating system for free since it’s been replaced by Mac OS X, and not used by OS X’s Classic (Mac OS 9.2.2 […] Read more »
MPAA has been going after Bit Torrent sites and operators with a religious fanaticism, trying to shut down as many as it can. But it might be a losing battle, for now there are efforts to bring to the net decentralized bit torrent software. One of […] Read more »
Routers, Cupertino, CA.- April 1, 2005. In a hastily called press conference today held outside the Apple Store #1 in Cupertino Bill Gates stunned the computer industry with the announcement that Microsoft has filed an intent of a hostile takeover of Apple Computer with the SEC. […] Read more »
Motorola hasn’t figured out how to make its user interface human friendly. Which is surprising given that its a phone of choice of the soigne set, Pop Sugar reminds us. Nicky talks on it while she shops. Stamos gets so excited by his dates phone that […] Read more »
The Apple Blog has obtained, from reliable sources, information on an upcoming release from Apple of the much rumored home media center. It will be called iHome. The following images that we received from said source are believed to be a mix of official product photos […] Read more »
Sources tell us that Apple will be releasing, in the coming months, a sort of PDA. It will be entitled iNote. iNote will run a modified version of OS X called XNote. Many of the current Mac apps will be available (iCal, Mail, Preview, Safari, iPhoto, […] Read more »
Scott Sigler wrote a novel and sold it to AOL/Time Warner who published it in 2001 as an ebook that sold quite well. So well, in fact, that they intended to release it in paperback in 2002 until in a bout of cost cutting they shut […] Read more »
John Battelle had said earlier that all that good publicity around Yahoo is going to get under Google’s skin. Well looks like that skin is stretched pretty thin. Stung by the gigabyte-email-offering from Yahoo to match GMail, Google has announced that it is boosting email capacity […] Read more »
Most MCI shareholders are for the first time thrilled with Qwest’s latest offer. Q is now offering $27.50 a share, or about $8.9 billion for MCI, which in my opinion is $8.9 billion minus cash too much. Nevertheless that’s neither here or there, but still…. Carlos […] Read more »
They say when its too good to be true, it probably is! For a few years the break neck growth and gigantic momentum of UT Starcom has confounded many in the telecom space. It kept on winning business – everywhere from Vietnam to China to Africa […] Read more »
Follow @gigaom for more stories like this.
You're subscribed to our newsletter. If you'd like, you can update your settings
