Check Out the FCC’s Useless Broadband Competition MapFriday, February 12, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media The FCC released data today detailing the spread of high speed Internet across the nation through the end of 2008, including a map. So why are we spending $350 million to create such a map in the broadband stimulus bill? Because the FCC map is worthless. Read more |
Google and Social: Like Nerds at the DanceFriday, February 12, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Google has been struggling to make sense of the social web and integrate it into some of its products, but the reaction to Google Buzz is another indication of how the company continues to focus on features rather than real human experience. Read more |
Your Guide to the Vancouver Olympics OnlineFriday, February 12, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media The flags, the speeds, the gates, the snow, the ice, the blades, the luge, the twirling adolescents -- get psyched! The Vancouver edition of the Winter Olympics are starting today. Want to follow along online? Here are a few key resources. Read more |
How Greentech Will Affect The 2010 California Governor RaceFriday, February 12, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Love him or hate him, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger represents large shoes to fill. But with the upcoming gubernatorial election in November of this year, Schwarzenegger will be replaced by a leader that will be tasked with shaping one of the most aggressive U.S. states in terms of greentech regulation. Read more |
Google vs. AppleFriday, February 12, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Related content from GigaOM Pro (sub req’d): With the iPad, Apple Takes Google to the Mat Infographic by Column Five Media Read more |
Mobile World Congress: Don’t Call It a Phone ShowFriday, February 12, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Over the last few years Mobile World Congress, the mobile phone industry trade show, has experienced a shift from being about mobile phones to being about always-on connectivity. Mobile broadband has changed the value of the mobile ecosystem and thus the players who care about it. Read more |
Google Maps Now Has a “Labs” Feature TooFriday, February 12, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Google Maps now has a series of "labs" features, allowing users to enable or disable enhancements such as aerial imagery (in certain locations only), as well as drag-and-zoom, smart zoom, location-based features, a satellite-imagery guessing game and other new options. Read more |
Why I am Excited About the iPadFriday, February 12, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media The minute I touched the iPad at the Apple event, I knew my idea of computing had been transformed, irrevocably and irreversibly. With iPad, I see a clean slate to reinvent pretty much how we think of media, information and in fact the whole user experience. Read more |
Google Listens to Critics and Tweaks BuzzThursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media After a number of Google Buzz users complained that the service was exposing their email and GTalk contacts to the outside world without making it clear it would do that, the company has made changes to make privacy and other settings more obvious. Read more |
So Where Else in the World Can You Get 1 Gbps to the Home?Thursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Google yesterday announced Google Fiber, an experimental network that would connect between homes to the Internet at speeds reaching 1 Gbps. Here is a list of places around the world where you can get 1 Gbps connections to your home. Read more |
Don’t Let Good Become the Enemy of GreatThursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Why do so many Apple products succeed when their competitors do not, even though they have more features? Because the company focuses its design thinking on several features that really matter, and ignores everything else, says Gmail creator and FriendFeed co-founder Paul Buchheit. Read more |
Time Warner Cable to Boost Broadband in Texas, Ohio and New York?Thursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Time Warner Cable plans to expand its DOCSIS 3.0 broadband upgrades in portions of Texas, Ohio and upstate New York during the first half of this year, according to Light Reading. All I can say is bring on the 50 Mbps service and faster upstream speeds. Read more |
Deals Heat Up in Facebook Gaming SpaceThursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Things seem to be humming along in the Facebook game market: Zynga, the leading Facebook game company, with popular apps such as Mafia Wars and Farmville (whose users recently sent half a billion valentines to each other in 48 hours), has agreed to acquire fellow [...] Read more |
Opera 10.5 Beta: The Fastest Browser on EarthThursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Opera Software today released the beta of Opera 10.5 for Windows. The big improvement in this new release is a new JavaScript engine; Opera claims that it is eight times faster -- and my tests show that claim is justified. Read more |
Sponsor post: Sponsor post: Atimi Software Joins ATT Business Alliance Channel Program as an Apple Ecosystem Elite MemberThursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Atimi Software Inc. has joined the AT&T Business Alliance Channel program as an Elite Member in the Apple ecosystem providing mobility solutions. It joins a small number of firms supporting AT&T’s U.S. business customers. Atimi is one of the leading iPhone development firms in North America. Read more |
Would You Use a Payment System Built by Pirates?Thursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Pirate Bay co-founder Peter Sunde has launched a micropayment service called Flattr. The service, which is now in beta, is designed to help users and fans pay programmers, software designers, musicians and other artists for their work easily. But micropayments are a tough problem to solve. Read more |
Skyfire Bets on WebKit for Mobile BrowsersThursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media SkyFire is joining the WebKit bandwagon with the acquisition of kolbysoft, which makes the Android Steel browser. The company may be able to build a better mousetrap, but convincing Android users to download an additional browser will be a tough sell. Read more |
Apple Looks to Corner the Video Market With 99-Cent TV ShowsThursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Apple just a few years ago became the leader in online music sales by offering a cheap, easy way to purchase songs and an attractive device on which to listen to them. Now, by halving the price of TV shows sold through iTunes, Apple is looking [...] Read more |
Google Is Being Evil, Music Bloggers SayThursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Music bloggers are upset because they say Google deleted their blogs without warning as a result of DMCA claims about songs they posted. But some of the bloggers say they were given the tracks they posted by record labels themselves as a promotional effort. Read more |
Aspera’s iPhone App Sends Fat Files With EaseThursday, February 11, 2010Source: GigaOM | Category: Media Aspera today launched a version of its rapid file transport software for the iPhone, which will allow iPhone users to squeeze their picture and video files through the crappiest connection that AT&T may have to offer. The software makes 3G file transfers three times faster. Read more |
