It took a grueling two and half months, but the Federal Communications Commission auction of new 4G airwaves is finally over. The…
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NYC considers Bitcoin, Apple Pay as options to pay parking fines
You can buy an increasing number of goods of services with cryptocurrency Bitcoin and Apple’s new mobile payments platform Pay, but soon…
Read MoreHere’s how Sidecar took the lead in the carpool race
It’s been four months since Uber, Lyft, and Sidecar officially launched their carpool features. And although all three rideshare companies have marketed their new carpool…
Read MoreNYC unveils its pay phone Wi-Fi plan, promising 10,000 hotspots
NYC has selected CityBridge, a consortium of companies including Qualcomm and Transit Wireless, to replace up to 10,000 outdoor pay phones in all five boroughs with slick new internet stations called Links.…
Read MoreSquatters pounce on .NYC domain names, New York Jets and other names up for sale
The latest New York City "land rush" is already turning into a party for cyber-squatters, who have snapped up some familiar names. The episode shows, again, how the system is geared in favor of the domain name industry, rather than brands or the public.…
Read MoreGoogle, Cisco, Samsung circle NYC’s plan to turn payphones into Wi-Fi hotspots
Some 60 companies and organizations took part in planning meeting for the city's payphone Wi-Fi project in May. We won't know if Google is really serious about running the 10,000-hotspot network until the bids are in.…
Read MoreSquare plans major staff expansion in NYC and a new East Coast HQ
Square is going big in one of its most important markets, New York, moving into a new SoHo space this summer and hiring 350 employees.…
Read MoreShared Wi-Fi needn’t be anonymous: Gowex builds a social hotspot network in NYC
Spanish Wi-Fi provider has already built a 2000-hotspot network in NYC. Now its enticing businesses onto that network by promising them the ability to communicate with their customers.…
Read MoreSprint brings LTE to 45 more cities, continues slow rollout in NYC
In the race to deploy LTE networks nationwide, Sprint is in last place. It's now covering 230 cities and towns, but there are still some big metropolitan holes in its footprint.…
Read MoreUber’s “free” UberX weekend in Brooklyn a little confusing for first-time users
UberX's free rides promotion this weekend was free, fairly easy, but still more than I'd normally pay.…
Read MoreVerizon goes underground, joining NYC’s subway station coverage project
Three of the big four carriers have already started beaming their cellular signals into the depths of New York City’s subway system…
Read MoreHacktivist Richard Stallman takes on proprietary software, SaaS and open source
At a HackNY lecture, the McArthur genius explains the dangers of everyday software.…
Read MoreSprint’s LTE rollout finally makes its way to New York (parts, at least)
Brooklyn and the Bronx will get Sprint's new LTE service next week, but the other three boroughs will have to wait. Sprint is now playing catchup to all three of its nationwide competitors.…
Read MoreWhat we want to hear from T-Mobile Tuesday: the iPhone, LTE and the end of subsidies
Hype over T-Mobile's "Uncarrier" event on Tuesday is building. There are no guarantees about what exactly T-Mo will announce tomorrow, but here's what we expect -- and hope -- will come out of the NYC press extravaganza.…
Read MoreWhere will T-Mobile launch LTE first? Probably in these eight cities
Thanks to OpenSignal's crowdsourced testing app, we're getting an early preview of where T-Mobile's LTE will go live: Denver, Kansas City, Las Vegas, New Orleans, New York City, San Diego, Seattle and the Bay Area.…
Read MoreT-Mobile’s LTE network spotted hiding in the urban jungles of NYC
A GigaOM reader has recorded a sighting of T-Mobile's elusive LTE network in Astoria, Queens. The network still appears to be deep in testing mode and it certainly wasn't easy to find.…
Read MoreNYC and 13 more cities get T-Mobile’s iPhone-friendly upgrade
T-Mobile saved the biggest cities for the end of the year. T-Mobile revealed that it has completed its HSPA+ network upgrade in 14 more cities including metropolises like New York, Boston, and Dallas-Fort Worth. In those cities iPhones can now tap into T-Mo's 3G network.…
Read MoreTweeting fake news in a crisis — illegal or just immoral?
A New York man who used Twitter to send fake news reports during Hurricane Sandy is one of the city's biggest jerks. But should he also face criminal charges?…
Read MoreFirst London, now Paris: Metro gets free WiFi
Paris is following London by starting to provide free wireless access to subway travelers, thanks to a new initiative from WiFi service company GOWEX. With similar moves in New York as well, is this boost in transport connectivity a trend?…
Read MoreAT&T shows more free Wi-Fi love to NYC parks
AT&T announced on Tuesday it's extending free Wi-Fi to five more New York parks, part of the plan to bring Wi-Fi to 20 parks spread throughout the five boroughs of New York. Free Wi-Fi isn't just good will; it's a helpful tool in relieving cellular networks.…
Read MoreWhy the Guardian needs its American dream to come true
The Guardian's latest attempt to become a serious player in the American market is gearing up, with the launch of a new homepage for US readers. But after many failed attempts, can it ever succeed - or could its American dream turn into a nightmare?…
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