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HTC Google Chrome Tablet On Verizon In November – To be offered subsidized with long-term Verizon contract

Published on August 18, 2010 By Don

We’ve already noted that Motorola is building an Android-based tablet to be sold by Verizon later this year, with functionality tied to FiOSTV. Now come reports that HTC is building a Chrome-driven tablet computer for Verizon that will launch on November 26. Tablet mania has clearly infected many ISPs, who will either be offer TV [...]

AT&T: Wireless Is ‘Different’ – In which AT&T gives that speech about growing wireless demand. Again.

Published on August 16, 2010 By Don

As we noted last week, AT&T stayed largely quiet when Verizon and Google announced their network neutrality agreement, not wanting the deal telecom tango to be seen as a plan hashed out by only the debate’s wealthiest participants (which it was). So, even though the framework gave AT&T everything they wanted (no wireless neutrality, a [...]

UTOPIA and Brigham City, Utah cited on Ookla’s broadband NetIndex report

Published on August 6, 2010 By Don

UTOPIA may be struggling to find a new financial footing, but users that reside in Brigham City, Utah are now getting the fastest connection speeds in the state. According to Ookla’s recent NetIndex report, one that compiles download and upload speed indexes of the world’s broadband services, Brigham City, Utah customers were able to get an [...]

iPhone 4: What now?

Published on July 15, 2010 By Don

Sony launches a line of HD camcorders with interchangeable lenses, Google creates a site to help you get your fiber, and Apple plans a Friday event to discuss the iPhone 4.

Is Google Sweet on UTOPIA?

Published on July 10, 2010 By Don

The Salt Lake Tribune reports today that Google had a few UTOPIA executives come out to their offices last month to discuss how UTOPIA operates. The article insinuates that this may mean that UTOPIA is near the top of the heap in Google’s search for a location to build a fiber-optic network. As tantalizing as [...]

Apple’s FaceTime: The Beginning Of The Dumb Pipe Revolution – Your phone company is becoming less important, and that’s a good thing.

Published on June 25, 2010 By Don

Like many people, we spent a good chunk of time this week playing with an iPhone 4, and specifically with Apple FaceTime — given that poor AT&T coverage meant we were unable to make calls from the area we were in — about an hour outside of New York City. The video calling feature, which [...]

Where?s Nuvont?

Published on June 21, 2010 By Don

I used to have a contact at Nuvont, but he went unresponsive about a year ago leading me to think that maybe he’s no longer with the company. I figured the company went through some downsizing after the sale of their customers on iProvo, but this link that popped up in my Google Alerts doesn’t [...]

Where’s Nuvont?

Published on June 20, 2010 By Don

I used to have a contact at Nuvont, but he went unresponsive about a year ago leading me to think that maybe he’s no longer with the company. I figured the company went through some downsizing after the sale of their customers on iProvo, but this link that popped up in my Google Alerts doesn’t [...]

Apple’s New Apple TV: Tiny And A Hundred Bucks – Expect Google and Apple fisticuffs in your living room

Published on May 28, 2010 By Don

Engadget has the scoop on Apple’s next incarnation of Apple TV, which actually looks more interesting than their original, somewhat underwhelming product. According to anonymous tipsters likely countering all that Google TV discussion, Apple’s next AppleTV device will be about the size of an iPhone — and will cost just a hundred bucks. It looks [...]

Google In Trouble For Refusing To Hand Over Wi-Fi Data – International privacy problems heat up further…

Published on May 27, 2010 By Don

Google recently found themselves in hot water after it was found that their Street View vehicles were accidentally collecting snippets of Wi-Fi traffic from unsecured hotspots. Google’s now facing lawsuits and international pressure from privacy regulators, who can’t seem to make up their mind whether Google should delete the data to protect privacy — or [...]