Yesterday morning, many die-hard baseball fans got up extra early to watch the Red Sox/Athletics season opener in Japan, only to be given an even ruder awakening than the sound of their alarm clocks - a blank TV screen when they tried to watch the game. DirecTV (and some Comcast) customers missed most or all of […]
The long awaited winner of the 700MHz C-block auction is Verizon wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications and Vodafone. But before the laurel wreath is placed, I ask, “Who should really receive it?” Google pressed Verizon to reach the $4.74 billion figure, which triggers an open system according to the rules FCC set forth […]
Steve Lohr wrote a great article about the growth of Internet congestion on Thursday in the New York Times. In the article, Steve focuses on the Internet traffic jam from the consumer perspective but I was struck more by the issues Internet congestion raises on the business side. The fact that high-bandwidth services like video […]
On this date in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first telephone call. From a wire connecting two rooms in a Boston laboratory to a mesh of fiber and wireless networks covering (and above) the globe, we’ve certainly come a long way!
Steve Jobs is expected to unveil a software development kit (SDK) for the iPhone during a press event tomorrow, and I’ve been reading speculation this week on the exact details of the announcement, as well as hints of what’s to be developed.
Macworld cited a report that MySpace has obtained early access to the SDK and is […]
On Friday, Paul Taylor published a column in the Financial Times extolling the value of femtocells. While Taylor focuses mostly on the benefits femtocells bring consumers (e.g., better cell coverage at home and in the office, removal of the last real stumbling block to cutting your wireline connection), I was struck by the benefits to […]
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