The latest markets in which Comcast has launched its new Xfinity Home service include the company’s Pittsburgh service area and its markets in Santa Barbara County. The introduction of the service in Ballard, Buellton, Lompoc, Los Olivos, Orcutt, Santa Maria, Santa Ynez, Solvang and Vandenberg Village in Santa Barbara County completes the rollout of Xfinity […]
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Dish chairman pushes FCC chiefs on spectrum rules
Dish Network Chairman and former CEO Charlie Ergen held a series of high-level meetings with FCC officials this week urging the agency to allow it to use 40 MHz of satellite spectrum for cellular services. Ergen and four other Dish Network executives on Tuesday met with all of the FCC’s commissioners, the head of the […]
T-Mobile readies 1900 MHz HSPA+ test network at Moscone
T-Mobile USA is testing an HSPA+ network on its 1900 MHz PCS spectrum at San Francisco’s Moscone Center, where Apple will hold its World Wide Developer Conference (WWDC) next week. In a statement, T-Mobile said the test network was deployed as part of a routine network upgrade inside Moscone Cente,r and timing ahead of Apple’s […]
Facebook rolling out central location for apps
There’s more to Facebook apps than “Angry Birds” and Pinterest, but many users wouldn’t know that because there hasn’t been a good, central way to find them. Facebook is trying to change that. Starting yesterday, Facebook is beginning to roll out its App Center to its nearly 1 billion users so they can find games […]
Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics introduces Compass Technology
Northboro, MA (June, 2012) Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics (SGPPL) HealthCare Markets introduces Compass Technology, a new co-development for silicone extrusion. Combining expertise in custom material compounding with high precision silicone extrusion and fluid modeling, Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics is able to design application specific formulations and products for optimized performance. Best-in-class tolerances in both material properties and […]
Driving without a blind spot may be closer than it appears
Math professor’s driver’s side mirror with a wider field of view receives a US patent PHILADELPHIA (June 7, 2012)— A side mirror that eliminates the dangerous “blind spot” for drivers has now received a U.S. patent. The subtly curved mirror, invented by Drexel University mathematics professor Dr. R. Andrew Hicks, dramatically increases the field of […]
Top Battery Innovator to Lead Energy Research at Brookhaven Lab
Prolific and award-winning inventor and electrochemist Esther Takeuchi joins BNL June 8, 2012 UPTON, NY – The hunt for renewable energy sources sits at the heart of the United States Department of Energy’s (DOE) mission, part of a plan to improve national security, diminish adverse environmental impact, and raise people’s quality of life. Equally critical […]
Comcast’s Xfinity Home App now available on Android devices
Comcast customers that use its Xfinity Home service can now control their systems remotely via selected Android devices with the company’s Xfinity Home app. Similar to Comcast’s Xfinity Home iPhone app, the Android version allows Comcast’s home automation customers to arm or disarm their alarm systems, control their home lighting remotely and adjust thermostat settings. […]
Sprint pulls online iDEN sales; retail to follow
Sprint is no longer selling iDEN phones on its website and will phase the devices out of stores this month, a spokesman for the company has confirmed. The move comes one week after the operator set a June 2013 hard stop for its iDEN network, which is being replaced by its Direct Connect CDMA-based push-to-talk […]
Citrix aims at mobile ops with Bytemobile buy
Citrix has acquired mobile video optimization provider Bytemobile. The deal is designed to give Citrix access to Bytemobile’s potentially lucrative customer base of 130 mobile operators in 60 countries. Bytemobile provides carriers with equipment and services to help them reduce the impact of data-intensive traffic, mainly video, on networks. Citrix, which specializes in enterprise mobility […]