Finding Google fiber in your own back yard
Instead of being jealous of towns getting Google Fiber, municipalities should look not to Google, but to local businesses that might want broadband badly enough to help play the same role. Read more »
Is tablet demand slowing down?
Corning, the maker of the hard-to-shatter Gorilla Glass put on the map by the original iPhone, saw a reduction in demand for its glass for tablets during the most recent quarter, according to financial analysts, sparking concerns that the market for tablets may be slowing down. Read more »
Huawei, Corning test 100G over 3,000 kilometers
This fall we have seen a number of companies announce their experiments and tests with 100 Gbps networks, especially over long haul networks. Today Chinese telecom behemoth Huawei showed off its latest efforts, conducted in partnership with Corning, a maker of optical cables and television glass. Read more »
Faster! Faster! Scientists Push 100 Terabit Speeds
Two research groups in the last few weeks have shown off 100 terabit per second speeds delivered over fiber connections. The advancement in speeds is both unexpected and necessary as we rely on broadband as the interconnect for our increasingly digital lives. Read more »
Boom: Forecast Calls for 180 Million Tablets by 2014
There is a tablet boom coming — if the vast displays of tablets at CES were not enough and Google’s Honeycomb didn’t impress you, well a key maker of tablet components is now forecasting a massive boom – 180 million tablets by 2014 versus 20 million in 2010. Read more »
How Smartphones Are Lifting Fortunes of an Old-Economy Gorilla
During the fiber boom, Corning became the darling of Wall Street. A decidedly old-school industrial era company that specialized in making glass, Corning is getting rich of another boom — this time from smartphones like the iPhone. And all that is thanks to its Gorilla glass. Read more »
Bad News: Corning Cutting 3,500 Jobs; Good News: Cheaper TVs
[qi:011] Corning, the company that makes the key component (glass) for LCD and plasma screens, today posted its fourth-quarter 2008 results, which included revenues of $1.1 billion and earnings per share of 13 cents, much lower than what Wall Street was expecting. Telecommunications segment sales — […] Read more »
