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• Hotspot 2.0 February 8, 2012
  Roaming between WiFi networks and cellular carriers will be getting easier, reports Marguerite Reardon at C/Net. The IEEE is developing 802.11u and the Wi-Fi Alliance has developed a Hotspot 2.0 initiative to enable easier roaming between hetrogeneous networks. Wi-Fi Alliance’s Hotspot 2.0 is certification program. It drew largely from 802.11u, which enhance […]
  Sam Churchill
• GigaOm Buying PaidContent February 8, 2012
  Om Malik says that, indeed, GigaOm is buying the assets of ContentNext Media from Guardian News & Media Limited. They are not disclosing the terms of the deal. They are buying the entire group of properties — paidContent.org, mocoNews.net, contentSutra and paidContent:UK. A representative of Guardian News & Media will join their board of directors [. […]
  Sam Churchill
• Windows 8 at MWC February 8, 2012
  Microsoft’s Windows 8 “Consumer Preview” is nearing release, says The Verge. The company is putting the finishing touches on the preinstalled application list. Microsoft will bundle in a number of Metro style applications including; Camera, Messaging, Mail, Calendar, SkyDrive, People, Photos, Video and Music. The Windows 8 Consumer Preview launch is slated f […]
  Sam Churchill
• iPhone Mixed Bag for Carriers February 8, 2012
  Sprint Nextel saw its biggest surge in new customers in six years, thanks to the iPhone, but that growth came at a hefty price, reports C/Net. Sprint activated 1.8 million iPhones in Q4, with 40 percent of those activations from customers new to Sprint. Sprint offers an unlimited data plan alongside the iPhone. Sprint now […]
  Sam Churchill
• Amazon + Viacom Streaming TV February 8, 2012
  Amazon today announced a licensing agreement with Viacom that will allow Amazon Prime members to instantly stream TV shows from MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, TV Land, Spike, VH1, BET, CMT and Logo. Amazon Instant Video offers downloads or streaming for a fee, while Prime Instant Video is streamed free with an Amazon Prime subscription. The […]
  Sam Churchill
• Canada to Get Apple’s iTV? February 7, 2012
  Canada’s Rogers Communications, one of Canada’s largest mobile, cable tv, and DSL providers and Bell Canada (BCE), the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone and DSL Internet services in much of Canada, are in talks with Apple to become Canadian launch partners for its much-hyped Apple iTV, reports the Globe and Mail. Apple’s television product […]
  Sam Churchill
• Chrome Browser for Android February 7, 2012
  Google has launched a public beta of the Google Chrome web browser for Android. It’s available from the Android Market for phones and tablets running Android 4.0 and up. Google says Chrome for Android Beta is focused on speed and simplicity, but it also features seamless sign-in and sync so you can take your personalized […]
  Sam Churchill
• Meru AP Goes to 1.3 Gbps February 7, 2012
  Meru Networks recently announced the availability of the a new outdoor Wi-Fi access point that is said to provide more than 10 times the data throughput of the company’s previous outdoor access points. The Meru OAP433e (pdf), a three-radio, three-stream 802.11n outdoor access point, reportedly delivers 1.3 GB/s throughput for about $2,000 a pop (less […]
  Sam Churchill
• StoryBundle: DRM-free E-book Bundle February 7, 2012
  Jason Chen has left Gawker Media to launch an e-bookstore of his own, StoryBundle, reports Paid Content. Chen will sell bundles of DRM-free e-books under a pay-what-you-want plan. He imagines the average price of a bundle will be around $5. Readers pay what they want for a bundle of e-books and decide which percentage of […]
  Sam Churchill
• Sound Triggered Mobile App February 7, 2012
  Fashion Week, held in February and September in New York City, is one of four major fashion weeks held around the world. This year, Made Fashion Week, one of two major Fashion Week venues in New York this week, is using a mobile apps for iPhone, iPad and Android designed to listen for specific sound […]
  Sam Churchill