The U.S. Broadband Stimulus plan has set aside $100 Million to subsidize satellite services, reports Space News. The vast majority of stimulus funds so far have been awarded to terrestrial wireless and fiber-optic projects. But industry officials say a federal program, set to begin this spring, will set aside at least $100 million to bring [...]
Google Earth for Android is the fastest mobile version of Google Earth yet, according to Google’s Mobile Blog, with a smooth framerate and a 800 x 480 screen. Google Earth is now available on the Android Market, say the Android Guys. As of right now, it doesn’t show up for Android 1.5 or 1.6, but [...]
LTE pioneers TeliaSonera, NTT DoCoMo and Verizon Wireless, will all use different frequency bands for their respective LTE networks, explains TechWorld. So for roaming in the U.S, Japan and Europe to work, modems will have to support 700MHz, 2100MHz and 2600MHz, with more bands to be used in the future. That will be a challenge [...]
Sports photographer Kari Kuukka, based in Porvoo, Finland, posted an interesting essay on Changing Technology and Social Media on his blog. My [Canon] 1D Mk4s produce something like 48mb files and my [Canon] 5d Mk2s 60mb files. I carry a MacBookPro and over a 1TB of memory with me on external drives. Yes, that is [...]
Last week at TED, Wired Magazine demoed the Wired Reader. In this video (below), Adobe and Wired explains why the tablet is such a groundbreaking opportunity for magazines (although it doesn’t explain why Flash isn’t available on the iPad). The content was created in Adobe InDesign, as is the case for the print magazine, with [...]
According to Forbes, Sprint will get a WiMAX handheld this summer. The handset is said to be “dual-mode”, automatically switching to Sprint’s 3G network in areas where 4G isn’t available. It’s not known what kind of smartphone this might be, but the speculation is the HTC Supersonic will become Sprint’s first WiMAX phone. The HTC [...]
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