One day in March 2000, just days before the dot-com bubble began its journey back to earth, German engineer Thomas Alt first glimpsed the future of technology. “Do you know augmented reality?” his boss at Volkswagen asked. He did not. “Neither do I, but you are about to, because this will be your project,” he […]
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Comcast offers Verizon Wireless in more markets
Verizon Wireless and Comcast announced several more markets where they will be co-marketing each other’s services. Comcast has begun offering Verizon Wireless services in 10 markets in Michigan and in multiple markets across a number of southern states, including the cities of Augusta, Savannah and Snellville in Georgia. Earlier this year, Verizon Wireless agreed to […]
Verizon CEO: Video is ‘the future’ of wireless
Verizon’s top executive is aiming to use the company’s spectrum deal with the cable industry as a key entry point for what he sees as the next major part of its business: mobile video. LTE “opens up everything we’ve been talking about for a long time, and the cornerstone is video … that’s going to […]
Amendment for rural broadband attached to Farm Bill
Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) succeeded in attaching an amendment to the 2012 Farm Bill that would target loans and grants to continue extending broadband services to unserved and underserved rural communities. The amendment was hailed by broadband providers, but political handicappers believe there is little assurance the full Congress will pass any farm bill before […]
Verizon adds 46 LTE markets; total hits 304
Verizon Wireless continues plugging away at its LTE build-out, with 46 new markets and expansion in 21 others announced yesterday. The 46 new markets will go live on June 21. These latest markets bring Verizon’s total to 304, making the next-generation network available to two-thirds of the U.S. population. “Our aggressive 4G LTE network build-out […]
Sprint to settle messaging suit for $19M
Sprint will pay up to $19 million to settle a class-action lawsuit over charges for picture messaging. The 2010 complaint alleges that Sprint improperly charged customers for using their cell phones to send pictures and did not properly inform subscribers that the multimedia messages were not included in their texting plans. Sprint continues to deny […]
South Korea sees big demand for fastest mobile network
South Korea is forecasting blistering growth in the use of a network technology that gives the fastest speeds for connecting to the Internet from a mobile device. South Korea, already known for having the world’s speediest fixed-line broadband Internet, was not the first to use the fourth-generation mobile technology known as Long Term Evolution. The […]
ORNL wins 9 R&D 100s, bringing total to 173
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have received nine R&D 100 awards. The awards, presented by R&D Magazine, recognize the top 100 innovations of 2012 and are sometimes referred to as the “Academy Awards of Science.” “Congratulations to this year’s R&D 100 award winners,” said Energy Secretary Steven Chu. “The research […]
Wikipedia ‘edit wars’ show dynamics of conflict emergence and resolution
Wikipedia’s crowd-sourced content generation has made it the world’s largest encyclopedia, but this model also leads to “edit wars” when editors disagree. The dynamics of these conflicts provide an interesting window into collaborative content production and the emergence and resolution of conflicts in an online environment, all of which are explored in a paper published […]
Critical care specialist returns to head the pediatrics department
Dr. George Lister, a 1973 graduate of the Yale School of Medicine (YSM) and a former member of its pediatrics faculty, will return to campus as chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the school. Lister will also serve as chief of the Department of Pediatrics at Yale-New Haven Hospital (YNHH) and physician-in-chief at Yale-New […]