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- Podcast: AlwaysOn Summit, virtual worlds, green data centers and more...
- This week on the Dan & David Show I am on the Stanford University campus at the AlwaysOn Summit and David is in his headquarters outside of Boston. I give David some of the highlights from the conference, including the state of virtual worlds, social networking, green data centers and...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Utility computing, Telecommunications, Software Infrastructure, Social networking, Second Life, SaaS, Hardware Infrastructure, Green Tech, General, Facebook, Datacenter, Dan &, David Show
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Predicting the next phase of the Internet
- Will the Internet still be here in 20 years? Of course it will, but that was the question asked of Nick McKeown, associate professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Stanford; Andy Bechtolsheim, co-founder of Sun; and Phil McKinney, vice president and CTO of the Personal Systems Group at...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Security, SaaS, Personal Technology, iPhone, General, Broadband
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Google faces uphill climb forging wireless deals
- Google's wireless plans are coming into focus, but it will face a big hurdle: Convincing wireless carriers that it is a partner and not a foe.The Wall Street Journal reports today that Google is approaching numerous wireless carriers like T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless with prototype handsets embedded with its search...
- Tags: Yahoo, Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Mobile, Google, General
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- Why the FCC's 700Mhz auction matters
- The Federal Communications Commission's auction of 700 Mhz wireless spectrum can easily be portrayed as a he said, she said fiasco. But the bigger picture is worth watching. Google dangles $4.6 billion to prod the FCC to opening up wireless spectrum. Verizon agrees sort of. AT&T doesn't. Everyone wonders what...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Verizon, Telecommunications, Mobile, Hardware Infrastructure, Google, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-31
- Verizon FiOS: Beware that first bill
- Despite my initial euphoria about Verizon's FiOS service--no outages and everything is just swell so far--the bill eventually comes due. And that first one is a zinger. In a nutshell, Verizon charges you full freight for the first two months and then the promotional service you signed up for kicked...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Verizon, Telecommunications, General, Broadband
- Blog posts 2007-07-30
- Twitter lands VC funding
- Twitter has landed an undisclosed amount of venture funding from Union Square Ventures and now it can proceed with its to-do list: Grab more users, develop its platform and find a business model.That last point is likely to get some attention today, but a snazzy business model isn't required--at least...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Mobile, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- Comcast may be seeing subscriber pressure
- Comcast reported its second quarter earnings Thursday and the financials results were fine. The subscriber numbers, however, may indicate increased competition. The cable giant reported a profit of $588 million, or 19 cents a share, on revenue of $7.7 billion, which was up 31 percent from a year ago. The...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, General, Broadband
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- iPhone: Coming to a corporation near you?
- Apple CFO Peter Oppenheimer says the iPhone can be a hit for business customers with "a very little bit of help from the corporate IT department."That statement made on Apple's third quarter earnings call was notable on a few counts. First, Apple's iPhone is clearly positioned as a consumer device,...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Personal Technology, Mobile, IT Management, iPhone, General, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-26
- Before you read too much into AT&T's iPhone activations...
- AT&T reported its second quarter earnings on Tuesday and the headline grabber appears to be the fact that Ma Bell activated 146,000 iPhone subscribers in two days. But there are a few caveats before the "iPhone is disappointing" chorus gets going. For starters, AT&T's activations account for only two days...
- Tags: Telecommunications, General, Wired & Wireless, Apple, Mobile
- Blog posts 2007-07-24
- 3G: Are we there yet?
- Ericsson and Texas Instruments said Monday that they are teaming up to develop custom technology and chips for 3G devices. My reaction--other than I'm overwhelmed with the acronyms in the statement--is this: How long do we have to hear about 3G? So far the answer seems to be at...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Telecommunications, Mobile, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-23
- Google dangles $4.6 billion in front of the FCC
- Google said Friday that it would bid a minimum of $4.6 billion for the federal government's upcoming wireless spectrum auction--if the Federal Communications Commission creates an open wireless platform. The wireless spectrum auction, which covers the 700 megahertz band, is expected to garner interest from numerous players such as wireless...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Government, Google, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-20
- AT&T paying Apple $3 a month for every iPhone customer?
- The details of AT&T's iPhone revenue sharing pact with Apple are secret, but one thing is certain: It's bound to be lucrative for Steve Jobs & Co.Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster issued a research note Thursday that puts some estimates on the AT&T-Apple revenue sharing deal.According to Munster AT&T is...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Personal Technology, iPhone, General, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- WiMax goes mainstream: Sprint, Clearwire to build national network
- Sprint and Clearwire are pooling resources in a venture that could take WiMax nationwide.The two companies said Thursday that they plan to build a national WiMax network. The partnership, which is a 20-year agreement with three 10-year renewal terms, will enable a "broader and more efficient deployment of a mobile...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Telecommunications, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-19
- Vodafone: We're not buying Verizon
- The Financial Times reports that Vodafone is pondering a $160 billion acquisition of Verizon. Vodafone says yeah right. But a weak dollar could make the deal possible.Welcome to merger Monday.Vodafone said in a statement:Vodafone notes press speculation that it is considering a possible offer for Verizon Communications. Vodafone wishes to...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Verizon, Telecommunications, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- The Verizon FiOS installation: The key points
- As noted Friday, Verizon FiOS was installed in a package deal with telephone, Internet access and television service at my home. Here's a gallery right walking through the main parts of the installation process for folks that may be considering FiOS. Dan Bricklin had a detailed installation walk-through in 2005...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Verizon, Telecommunications, Microsoft, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Broadband
- Blog posts 2007-07-16
- Podcast: Oracle's customer-inspired 11g, Larry gets FIOS, Samsung's gadgetfest, VMware's IPO, and more
- This week on the Dan & David Show, my colleague Larry Dignan fills in for Dan Farber who is on vacation and the first order of business is a review of Oracle's 11g announcement. Larry was present for the festivities earlier this week in NYC and sees merit...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, VMware, virtualization, Verizon, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, Personal Technology, Open Source, Office 2.0, Microsoft, Intel, Google, General, Enterprise 2.0, EMC, Dan &, David Show, Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Stupid FioS broadband tricks
- The Verizon installer just left and I now have FioS--installation took about four hours and it was painless. I'll follow up Monday with all the details, but overall I'm just a bit giddy with more speed. So what do you do with 15 kbps downstream? You gloat. You smile. And...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Verizon, Telecommunications, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Worldwide online population: 772 million
- Comscore reported its global Internet traffic rankings and noted that there were 772 million people online in May. In April, the online population was 766 million.That tally sounds like a lot--until you consider there are 6.6 billion people on earth, according to the Census Bureau. Comscore defines the Internet population...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Web Technology, Google, General, Facebook
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Comcast's catch 22
- Comcast is in a tough spot: It has to upgrade its network to compete with incoming competition from Verizon FioS. But to do those upgrades it has to have outages.And these outages tend to alienate customers. On the bright side at least my opening sentence on this post about Verizon...
- Tags: Broadband, General, Telecommunications, Verizon, Wired & Wireless
- Blog posts 2007-07-12
- Start the Zander countdown: Motorola warns (again)
- Motorola issued a profit warning Wednesday and the latest misstep can't be good for the tenure of CEO Ed Zander. The latest stumble: Motorola sees second quarter sales of $8.6 billion to $8.7 billion. The company had predicted $9.4 billion. Meanwhile, Motorola sees a loss from continuing operations of 2...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Motorola, Mobile, Hardware Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-11
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