Apple is set to unveil its next-generation iPad at an event in San Francisco today. Analysts and news outlets also have speculated that the company could take the wraps off of a new Apple TV product, but in the world of Apple announcements, nothing is certain. Some of the rumored upgrades to this next-generation iPad […]
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Google aggregates content into Google Play Store
Google yesterday launched Google Play, a media hub that aggregates all of its many content storefronts – Google Music, Android Market, Google eBookstore – into one central entertainment hub. In a post on Google’s official blog, Jamie Rosenberg, the company’s director of digital content, emphasized Google Play’s ability to sync content across multiple devices. “Google […]
Cox’s Brennan to retire; Campbell will replace him as new COO
With Leo Brennan set to retire in May, Cox Communications promoted Jill Campbell to Brennan’s former roles of executive vice president and chief operating officer. In her new role, Campbell will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations and ensuring companywide alignment with competitive strategies to enhance marketplace execution and service delivery to Cox’s 6 million […]
HomeFusion makes Verizon Wireless ‘cantenna’ a reality
Verizon Wireless today introduced HomeFusion Broadband, a new service that will bring wireless LTE service into the home as a primary broadband connection for those in areas with limited options. Customers can choose several usage-based plans, beginning at $59.99 per month for 10 GB of data, or $120 per month for 30 GB of data. […]
N.Y. Gov. proposes $25M for rural broadband
Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to devote $25 million of a job creation fund to expand broadband Internet access to rural upstate and underserved urban areas of New York that could create jobs and potentially provide far more cellular telephone coverage to the Adirondacks. Cuomo is working with legislators to devote $25 million from the $75 […]
Apple to get Android data from Google, Motorola
Google and Motorola Mobility have been ordered to hand over information to Apple about the development of the Android operating system. A Chicago judge yesterday sided with Apple, which said the information is “highly relevant” to its patent suit against the Illinois-based smartphone maker. Judge Richard Posner also ruled that Google and Motorola Mobility must […]
Verizon, cable ops defend AWS sale
Verizon Wireless defended its $3.9 billion purchase of spectrum from four cable companies against critics of the deal in documents filed with the FCC on Friday, and it continued to insist the Commission exclude a marketing side deal from its review of the transaction. The acquisition, announced shortly before the failure of AT&T’s merger with […]
FCC puts Dish LTE on ice
The FCC cleared Dish Network’s satellite spectrum acquisition Friday but put the company’s wireless plans on the back burner, denying a waiver to use the airwaves for a land-based next-generation LTE-Advanced network. The decision is a major setback for the company, which had pushed the agency to quickly grant it a waiver for flexible use […]
Suddenlink finishes 20 Mbps data rollout in Arizona
Suddenlink Communications has largely completed the launch of its 20 Mbps broadband service in the former NPG Cable systems it bought last year. The recent additions to the 20 Mbps roster were Payson, Pine and Strawberry, Ariz. Suddenlink, the nation’s seventh-largest cable operator, previously upgraded former NPG data services for most of its Arizona customers […]
Memory Lane – Mix message
It’d be easy to dismiss the mix tape as a passing fad among pre-digital college kids were it not for the revolution we now know it foreshadowed. The legendary singer Bing Crosby died in 1977, the same year YouTube co-founder Chad Hurley was born. But through the lineage of media technology, the two are practically […]