Archive for September, 2008
AT&T Switches to from Dish to DirecTV
“There were growing signs in recent months that AT&T might choose DirecTV over Dish. In July, AT&T said it would terminate its contract with Dish but would continue to evaluate the prospects of a new partnership. In June, Dish disclosed that AT&T had requested that the satellite-TV company buy back $500 million in convertible debt [...]
Here Comes Google Android for T-Mobile
T-Mobile USA is introducing the high-profile device as it begins to upgrade its network nationwide to support third-generation broadband services. Google hopes that hundreds of phone models will be built around Android, giving the company another way to deliver advertisements and drive revenue.
AT&T Bandwidth Throtteling Could Lower Prices
AT&T said roughly 1% of its users make up 20% of total traffic.
Like Comcast Corp. (CMCSK, CMCSA) and Time Warner Cable Inc. (TWC), AT&T will be exploring ways to better control Internet usage by its customers. While the cable companies are looking at capping the amount of bandwidth a person has each month, Donovan said [...]
Google’s Chrome Browser Helps Consumers Reach the Cloud(s)
Nice article from Om Malik from GigaOm on BusinessWeek.com
A lot has changed in the past 10 years. For one thing, the cost of hardware and network infrastructure has declined sharply. Such a decline has led to what’s known as cloud computing, whereby companies like Amazon.com (AMZN) offer infrastructure on demand. That has, in turn, allowed [...]
Google’s Marissa Mayer on Google Innovation
Kelsey Blodget, associate producer at Beet.TV sat down for an extensive interview with Google Vice President Marissa Mayer.
GoogleApps Video
Google Helping to Push FCC to Open Spectrum
The Federal Communications Commission will have the final say in the battle between the broadcasters — which fear interference on the airwaves they’ll still be using — and the companies including Google Inc. and Motorola Inc. that want to share the television airwaves, using them for high-speed wireless service that could spur the development [...]
Broadband Internet Price War
Verizon Communications Inc., which last quarter became the first company ever to see a drop in DSL subscribers — some of whom went to its faster FiOS service — is now offering customers six months of DSL service free if they sign up for the company’s phone and Internet package. That makes the bundled package [...]
