OS 2 0 for BlackBerry PlayBook unveiled today
WOW! Tablets are in the news today! The long-awaited BlackBerry OS 2.0 for the PlayBook was released today by RIM. This software version is definitely a cut above the older version as it provides a lot of new features PlayBook users have been clamoring for. One feature is a unified inbox. You ...
Microsoft has Office app for the iPad
An app for the iPad that allows you to edit Microsoft documents, spreadsheets, slideshows and the like would be cool. There are times that you may want to read and modify Microsoft docs, especially with the explosion of businesses getting iPads for their employees. Even though the iPad does not have ...
Cheaper NOOK Color Tablet will be revealed tomorrow
A new and less expensive NOOK Color Tablet will début tomorrow, February 22nd. Barnes & Noble has decided to issue another tablet with pricing that can compete with Amazon’s Kindle Fire. The present NOOK Color Tablet is priced at $249. With the Kindle Fire selling on Amazon today for $199, people ...
AT&T announces some 2011 accomplishments in Jacksonville Florida
AT&T released some figures today showing their investment in broadband expansion and upgrades for several markets. From the looks of it, there were quite busy. The Jacksonville, Florida area had close to 300 network upgrades in 2011. Two new cellular broadband sites were activated. Around 150 sites had new high-speed fiber ...
Google sends out email reminders to Latitude users
Google has been through the ringer as far as privacy issues go. It seems like just about everyone is questioning them on their privacy policies. Broadband Expert has written about Google’s troubles, the last being the time they were recently hauled in front of Congress to try and explain their ...
The rumors about an Internet Shutdown in March are true if you are infected with DNSChanger
Without the Internet, your smartphone immediately turns into a pumpkin as Cinderella’s carriage did at midnight. Well, not quite a pumpkin; it will still work as a dumb cell phone, so it may as well be a member of the squash family. The most popular date being voiced is March 8th ...
FTC tells EPIC to get lost and go away
If you think you can change government through watchdog and consumer groups, think again. At least that seems to be the case when the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) is involved. EPIC (the Electronic Privacy Information Center) filed suit against the FTC demanding that the FTC investigate Google and the ...
AT&T installs wireless broadband support along Highway 36 in Missouri
U.S. 36 is known as the American Genius Highway. You can even tour and find places that involve great genius ideas that include General John "Black Jack" Pershing, JC Penney, Mark Twain, Pony Express and Walt Disney. Despite the genius moniker, it lacked adequate wireless broadband support. Now, that has been ...
Verizon Wireless to purchase Plateau Wireless
Verizon Wireless does not have any presence in the southwestern rural New Mexico area. So when the opportunity arose to purchase Plateau Wireless from Plateau Telecommunications, they made an offer that couldn’t be refused. Well, it could be refused if the FCC disallows the purchase, but that seems unlikely. Plateau Telecommunications ...
Classrooms now available on the cloud with learning expanded to any device
If you have ever set up, supported or run a school computer lab you will know about the time-intensive work and expense required to keep it running. Crashed hard drives, viruses, and wear and tear on the systems beyond comprehension all add to the mayhem. How nice it would be to ...
