Jason Brown, a Portland developer, was often foiled by the bus-arrival estimates generated by TriMet’s TransitTracker, reports the Oregonian’s transit columnist Joseph Rose. Inspired by real-time transit maps, like the SF Live Bus app and accompanying website in San Francisco, the 23-year-old Portland web developer has created PDXLiveBus, “the coolest real-time TriMet map in the [...]
Portland Maine has a new BookMobile that features wireless Internet service and a computer powered by solar panels. The 24-foot-long bookmobile cost roughly $166,000 and was paid for through a combination of private money and library funds. The compact, colorful van is capable of carrying 1,500 books. It delivers them to city neighborhoods that don’t [...]
Aereo which has just won a major court battle against TV networks, expects to take its fight to the next level soon, using similar techniques to rebroadcast cellular channels, according to sources close to the industry. Aereo is said to be partnering with Tracfone and Dish Networks to provide free cellular service between major cities [...]
Ibiquity and the WiMax Forum have announced the formation of a “5G” task group that will bring WiMax to AM radio. Using the AM broadcasting band enables WiMax to take advantage of “skywave” propagation, covering hundreds of miles at night. Using the medium wave band, from 531 kHz – 1,611 kHz, AM radio was the [...]
Range Networks formally introduced today its executive management team to deliver a complete open source software version of the cellular system. Range Networks says it is the world’s leading provider of American-made commercial open source cellular systems and is slashing the cost to own and operate mobile networks. Range can build the core of a [...]
Ubuntu is going to become the reference architecture for a Linux distribution, backed and developed by the Chinese government, reports The Register. Canonical will work with China’s National University of Defense Technology, and China Software and Integrated Chip Promotions Centre (CSIP) to develop a Chinese-flavored version of the popular Linux distribution. This software will help [...]
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