Cell Phones
Sonic.net sells wireless network and abandons free Wi-Fi projects
Sonic.net, a company known for providing 1 Gbps service over fiber to residences for $70 a month, has decided to concentrate on what it does best: fiber and wireline broadband. They sold their entire wireless infrastructure. CDS Wireless is the happy buyer of the wireless infrastructure. Located in Santa Rosa, California, ...
Philadelphia man targeting cell phone users on SEPTA busses
From my home town of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania comes a rebel of sorts. Some may even call him a vigilante and he is gunning for cellphone users that disturb his bus rides. His name is Eric and he bought a cell phone jammer to make his morning commute more peaceful. Any time ...
Would you believe nearly six billion mobile subscriptions at end of 2011?
The International Telecommunications Union (ITU) has collected some interesting statistics for the past year. Take cell phone usage, for example. The world population was around 7 billion at the end of the year. The end of 2011 estimate of 5.9 billion cell phone subscriptions just boggles the mind. This definitely points to ...
NTSB recommends complete cellphone ban when driving
The NTSB (National Safety Transportation Board) has just recommended a total ban on cellphones while driving. The only exception they have made is for emergencies only. The NTSB’s recommendation is just that, a recommendation. It is up for the states to make the decision and decide if they want to go ...
Will ‘Return of the WebOS’ play in 2013?
Broadband Expert just wrote about Meg Whitman’s announcement concerning the WebOS operating system. She revealed to the world that HP’s OS was going to be converted to an open-source project. Meg also said that HP was definitely out of the smartphone business for good. On top of that, she told everyone ...
UK scientists make living computer gates
We have all seen the science fiction movies showing computers being implanted in living beings like dogs and even humans. We have also seen artificial limbs and hands that are controlled by implanted electrodes connected to microcontrollers. Now scientists have done the opposite: creating a computer gate from something living. It ...
No link found between cell phone usage and cancerous brain tumors
Back at the end of May I wrote about the WHO (World Health Organization) saying: I really hate to beat up on a world organization, but this report looks like a group of scientists trying to keep money coming in for “further study.” In other words, years spent studying this issue ...
Boston Book Festival gets Towerstream wireless broadband
The City of Boston in Massachusetts holds an annual book festival. This year, the Third Annual Boston Book Festival will take over the Copley Square area. The city likes to bring a “culture of literature” to the city and encourage people to read more and share in “the power of words.” The ...
Is the iCloud more important than the iPhone 5?
There have been tons of articles on the next generation iPhone. Whether it is the iPhone 5 or whatever name they give it, the speculation will be over in a little more than ten hours. I would have expected the iPhone 5 launch would be the most important news of the ...
