EarthLink today acknowledged their current approach to that market is not working, according to MuniWireless, and altered their business plan somewhat. To insure a return on investment, Earthlink now wants “municipal government to become a meaningful anchor tenant.” Rolla Huff, EarthLink’s CEO made that announcement during EarthLink’s second quarter earnings call. Earthlink is now apparently [...]
Novatel Wireless is working with the Internet Connectivity Group to bring advertising to gas stations in the U.S., Canada and Mexico (pdf). The deal calls for ICG to use Novatel’s EV-DO Rev. A cards to allow gas stations to eliminate the hard wire needed to change digital signs at gas pumps. ICG’s digital advertising solution [...]
The first notebooks with embedded Wireless USB, Dell’s Inspiron 1720 and Lenovo’s ThinkPad T61 and T62p were announced this week, enabling cable-free connections to Certified Wireless USB hubs from D-Link and IOGear to eliminate USB cords. Another version is available in Toshiba’s Wireless UWB Port Replicator, available on three configurations of Portégé R400 series (right). [...]
Sprint is working with Google to bring Mobile WiMAX customers search, interactive communications and social networking tools though a new mobile portal, the company announced today. The collaboration between Sprint and Google will help spur new mobility and location-assisted services. Sprint says their pact with Google is a milestone and builds upon current WiMAX ecosystem [...]
The National Do Not Call Registry (www.donotcall.gov), managed by the Federal Trade Commission, gives you a choice about whether to receive telemarketing calls at home. The FTC says despite re-current E-mails, it is still not necessary to register Cell Phone Numbers. You can register your phone either via the Web or by calling 1-888-382-1222, directly. [...]
Adobe’s On AIR Bus Tracker is the Mashup of the Day. Adobe’s Bus is on a cross country tour (blog, schedule and videos). They’re promoting Adobe Integrated Runtime (AIR), previously referred to by its code-name of “Apollo”. It’s a cross-operating system tool that allows web developers to leverage their existing web development skills (such as [...]
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