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Fear, food and the internet of things at SXSW
Unfortunate timing means I’ll miss a huge chunk of this year’s South by Southwest Interactive festival happening in my hometown of Austin,…
Read MoreGoogle Fiber coming to four more cities
Update: Google has since confirmed that it will expand to 18 cities within the four metro areas below, with construction to start…
Read MoreGoogle is starting to sign up Fiber customers in Austin
Google is getting ready to roll out its Fiber gigabit internet service in Austin, Texas, and is now asking individuals and small businesses in South and Southeast Austin to sign up.…
Read MoreYelp unveils up-and-coming cities after analyzing 61 million reviews
Some surprising cities are on the up-and-up, according to Yelp review data.…
Read MoreAT&T begins rolling out gigabit speeds in Austin
AT&T has begun upgrading Austin residents to gigabit service -- making it the second provider after Grande Communications to bring FTTH to Austin residents.…
Read MoreGoogle delays Austin fiber launch plans and offers a look at future service areas
Google Fiber won't start connecting customers in Austin until much later this year. A local news station has discovered that and where Google has so far applied for permits.…
Read MoreMiles and miles of tech, creativity and marketing at SXSW
In the seven years since Twitter made it big at SXSW Interactive the event has grown attendance five fold. But in 2014 attendance is expected to be flat while the events are farther apart.…
Read MoreAereo will launch its internet TV service in Austin next week as Supreme Court date looms
Internet TV provider Aereo is forging ahead with its expansion even as the fate of its service lies in the balance. The Supreme Court will hear if the service is legal less than three months from now.…
Read MoreAustin startup M87 wants to turn your phone into a shared node on the 4G network
M87 has developed software that allows smartphones to hop across each other’s radios to get the best connection to the network. M87 founders gave Gigaom an exclusive look at how the technology works.…
Read MoreAustin is getting wired for Google Fiber
Google(s goog) posted a little update on its Fiber blog noting that it’s wiring Austin for fiber over the next few months,…
Read MoreMarketplaces, data and healthcare shine at Austin’s Techstars Demo Day
Big data, the internet of things, digitizing medicine and even more marketplaces to drive efficiency all were themes at Tuesday's Techstars Austin demo day.…
Read MoreAT&T’s gigabit network will go live in December … with 300 Mbps service
AT&T says it will open its gigabit network on Dec 1, but for the first six or seven months residents will only get 300 Mbps speeds.…
Read MoreThe TechStars startup empire expands to Austin with new program
TechStars has opened a new startup accelerator program in the capital of Texas, roughly 90 miles up the road from its TechStars Cloud program in San Antonio. With SXSW and Google Fiber, Austin is hot.…
Read MoreTime Warner Cable sees the Google Fiber threat and offers Austin free Wi-Fi
Not only does Austin eventually get Google Fiber, but as of last night, Time Warner Cable customers in the area will get free Wi-Fi around the city. Ain't competition grand?…
Read MoreProvo, Utah is the next stop for Google Fiber
The city of Provo, Utah is the next home for Google Fiber. The news comes a little over a week after Google announced its intentions to build a fiber network in Austin, Texas.…
Read MoreAT&T and Google’s plans to give Austin a gigabit is an experiment. Is it a good one?
With both AT&T and Google planning a fiber-to-the-home, gigabit network in Austin the stage is set for a test of broadband deployment models that could determine how fiber is rolled out elsewhere.…
Read MoreTexas Fiber: Google brings gigabit internet to Austin (roundup)
Here's a roundup of all our coverage from Google's decision to bring its Google Fiber project to Austin, Texas.…
Read MoreLive blog: Google Fiber comes to Austin, Texas
I'm live-blogging the Google Fiber announcement in Austin, Texas, starting at 9am PT today. Austin's getting gigabit broadband, y'all!…
Read MoreThe downsides of a gig: what other towns have learned after getting a gig
As Austin readies for the announcement of Google Fiber, it's worth thinking about what responsibilities and new demands come with a gigabit network. There's still a lot of work to be done.…
Read MoreA quick look at Google Fiber pricing v. the incumbents
As Google Fiber heads to Austin, Texas, a quick look at the pricing reveals that GooFi may be harder to sell to happy AT&T customers, but is way cheaper than Time Warner Cable.…
Read MoreAs Austin readies for Google Fiber, here’s why you need a gig: even if you don’t think you do
Google Fiber will come to Austin, Texas, making it the second city to get the search giant's gigabit network. Here's why you should be as excited as I am.…
Read MoreGoogle and the City of Austin are hosting a shindig. Could Austin be getting a gigabit network?
Google and the City of Austin are planning an event next Tuesday to show business leaders, "something new" that's coming to the city. Could it be a Google Fiber gigabit network?…
Read MoreIsis: Salt Lake City mobile wallet users average 5 transactions a week
The carriers' mobile payments initiative may have gotten off to a slow start, but an Isis official executive its trial a success in Salt Lake City as customers become active users of the service.…
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