There is a provision in Apple’s agreement with AT&T that obligates Apple not to include functionality in any Apple phone that enables a customer to …
Year: 2010
CTIA to FCC: We Allow VoIP, Chill on Net Neutrality
I was captivated by the CTIA’s comment filed recently in response to the FCC Notice of Inquiry (or NOI) on Wireless Competition. In this factoid …
Twitter is the Internet’s Fork
I’ve been reading David Pogue’s review of Google Buzz , as well as Mathew Ingram’s analysis at GigaOm. I will echo their sentiments: Buzz’s design …
By allowing innovation to be easily implemented at the edge of the network, the end-to-end design of the Internet has lowered technical, financial, and administrative …
Verizon Blinks
As we all know, Verizon went public on Tuesday with its agreement to allow Skype’s VoIP application to run on its network. There are still a few gotchas for Verizon subscribers who want the service, but in the world of telecom this is momentous. Faced with the FCC’s proposed rules for net neutrality and a new fifth principle of non-discrimination, Verizon (along with AT&T) has relented.
Before the Web and Twitter, restaurants were completely controlled by the press, and chefs and restaurants just had to sit back and take it,” said …
Twitter:The Great Equalizer
The Old West had the Colt .45, the New York restaurant scene has Twitter. The New York Times’ Julia Moskin tells how restaurateurs, chefs, and …
Google Goggles German Menu
You must see this demo of a prototype Android app that Google previewed at Mobile World Congress. It’s just the logical next step for Google …
The Fall and Possible Rise of Broadband UNE
You have to applaud Google–a software company– for taking it upon themselves to build an experimental, fiber-to-the-home (FTTH) network. With its deep pockets and access …
There’s a new visual design we code named Metro…Metro actually has it roots in Windows. Media Center on Windows was the first place we did …
Microsoft Thinks Differently
image courtesy of Gizmodo I’m over my winter malaise, and ready to look at the new Windows Phone 7 Series (WP7S) in a fairer light. …
MWC: Microsoft Shifts the Ground
Microsoft has introduced its new smartphone OS at the Mobile World Conference in Barcelona. It’s a complete tear down of Microsoft Mobile, and in its …
Video for a Snowy Friday Afternoon
It’s time to close down your Excel spreadsheets for the week. Take a journey back 300 million years ago courtesy of Space Rip and watch …
But a series of FCC decisions over the last six years years have allowed the incumbent LECs to refuse to provide competitors unbundled access to …
FCC to Weigh Unbundling Fiber:Win for Cbeyond
The FCC has decided today is weighing a request that would force cable providers and carriers to lease FTTH (fiber-to-the-home) lines to competitive carriers and …
Buzz Off! (for now)
It’s most likely a case of cabin fever and general grumpiness from shoveling my way out of the instant tundra that befell New Jersey. I …
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Apple and Microsoft are Dating
Silicon Alley Insider has the dish on Apple replacing Google with Microsoft’s Bing on the iPhone. No one’s taking any of this very seriously. Still …
We’re planning to build and test ultra high-speed broadband networks in a small number of trial locations across the United States. We’ll deliver Internet speeds …