Blake Krikorian’s Next Act Is Live: $99 Home Automation App For Android
Since he left EchoStar (NSDQ: SATS), Slingbox inventor Blake Krikorian has been working on a home automation app, meshing his experiments wi… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 05-09-11: Skype; Rovio IPO; Apple Nuance; US Cellular 4G
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Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: more Skype partnering and merger speculation, this time with Microsoft; (NSDQ: MSFT) An… Read more »
Sprint: What iPhone? We’re Picking Up More Subscribers Than Ever Before
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For those who thought that Verizon getting the iPhone would be too much of a blow to Sprint’s numbers this quarter, the number-three mobile… Read more »
Sprint, Clearwire Ink New Deal Over 4G Pricing With $1 Billion In Cash
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Sprint (NYSE: S) and Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) have decided to re-up their partnership to the tune of $1 billion over the next three years, pro… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-19-11: EU 4G Spectrum; White iPhone 4; MCV; Nokia 3D
Our look at some of the big stories in mobile today: the EU opens GSM frequencies for 4G services; Sony* Ericsson (NSDQ: ERIC) reports earni… Read more »
T-Mobile Parent Deutsche Telekom, France Telecom Announce New JV In Europe
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It’s not a full-out merger, but another example of how operators trying to cope with the huge rise in data usage and the pressure of price c… Read more »
Comcast Subs Who Pay For Speed Can Now Download HD Movie In 5 Minutes
Holy broadband, Batman! Comcast’s long-anticipated Extreme 105 Mbps broadband service launched today in major markets across the U.S., poten… Read more »
New CNBC Online Video Player Emphasizes Sharing And Searching
After years of offering impressive growth rates but little substance in terms of actual revenues, online video is actually starting to produ… Read more »
KIT Digital Shopping Spree Continues, Buys ioko365 For $91.4 Million
Online video services provider KIT Digital is paying $91.4 million for 100 percent of the stock in cloud-based content manager ioko365. This… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 04-04-11: iPhone 5 Sony; TimeWarner; Ericsson v ZTE
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Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: some more possible leaks on the iPhone 5, and a possible Sony (NYSE: SNE) Honeycomb tab… Read more »
Video Ad Net TidalTV Raises $30 Million For Global Plans
Along with analytics providers, online video remains one of the hot places for VC firms to place their bets. That trend has already sent mil… Read more »
Kansas City Will Be First Place To Get Google’s High-Speed Broadband
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Apparently, the over-the-top proclamations, polar bear jumps, and city re-namings did not work: Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has chosen Kansas City,… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 03-29-11: RIM; Best Buy WiMax; NFC
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Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: reports of RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) looking at investing in India; Best Buy starts up its WiMax… Read more »
The Mobile Lowdown 03-24-11: Sprint; Bing; Best Buy; Smartphone Stats
Our look at some of the big stories today in mobile: Sprint (NYSE: S) wants to take its AT&T/T-Mobile complaints to Washington; Bing updates… Read more »
RIM PlayBook: Starting At $499, Is It A Viable 2nd Or 3rd Tablet Brand?
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After months of anticipation, today RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) finally confirmed prices for its PlayBook tablet and a retail strategy to sell it: the… Read more »
AT&T Acquiring T-Mobile For $39 Billion; Let The Scrutiny Begin
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While everyone else was waiting for news that Sprint (NYSE: S) was about to merge with T-Mobile USA, AT&T (NYSE: T) had a different deal in… Read more »
Al Franken Warns Of ‘Outright Disaster’ Over Net Neutrality
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Democratic senator Al Franken has issued a rallying cry to “innovators and entrepreneurs” at SXSW to fight back against Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA… Read more »
Clearwire Shakeup: CEO Morrow Resigns, Chairman Stanton Interim CEO
In just the latest round of turmoil to hit WiMax high-speed wireless provider Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR), the company’s CEO and two prominent ex… Read more »
The Underestimated Over-The-Top Device: The PC
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Attention Google (NSDQ: GOOG) TV, Apple (NSDQ: AAPL) TV, Boxee, Tivo, XBox, Bravia: It’s no use. Make way for an old-fashioned solution to i… Read more »
Outlook For Cloud-Based Video Storage Is, Well, Cloudy
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If Hollywood had its druthers, we’d all be buying–not renting–movies and TV shows by the bushel. But some new research from In-Stat offers… Read more »
Big Movie Studios Lose Copyright Suit Against Australian ISP
While content companies certainly aren’t happy about the amount of pirated content flowing over the internet, suing U.S. internet service pr… Read more »
Hogging Bandwidth Could Crack Netflix’s Piggy Bank
If there’s a downside to the staggering amounts of broadband traffic Netflix (NSDQ: NFLX) is responsible for generating, it’s the boundless… Read more »
Orange, T-Mobile JV Losing Customers; France Tel Says 2011 Outlook Stable
When France Telecom’s Orange and Deutsche Telekom’s T-Mobile merged forces to become Everything Everywhere in the UK, the promise was for sc… Read more »
Ooyala And Yahoo Japan Team Up To Capture Online Video Market
Ooyala has struck a deal with Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Japan as both the online video platform and the portal look to add more broadcasters, publi… Read more »
Future Not So Clear For Clear: Clearwire To Shut Down Retail Operations?
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Looks like Clearwire (NSDQ: CLWR) may have found a way out of its cash bind, and its impasse with main investor Sprint: according to a repor… Read more »
Consumer Backlash Forces Canada To Ditch Internet-Metering Plan
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Plans to charge for internet access based on usage — known as metering — get tossed around from time to time in the U.S. But if Canada’s e… Read more »
O2 Building Free WiFi Network Across The UK. What’s The Catch?
A great boost for wireless data here in the UK: mobile operator O2 has announced that it will be investing £10 milion ($16 million) in a Wi… Read more »
Orange Bets Big On Video, Buys 49Pct Of ‘French YouTube’ Dailymotion
Orange, the French telecoms operator, has entered into exclusive negotiations to take a 49 percent stake in the online video company Dailymo… Read more »
Verizon Sues FCC To Block Net Neutrality Rules
The FCC’s new net neutrality rules, voted in last month, haven’t even gone into effect yet, but they’re already being challenged by Verizon.… Read more »
Updated: DOJ’s Approval Of Comcast-NBCU Contingent On Giving Up Role In Hulu
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Maybe it’s just as well that Jeff Zucker is leaving NBC Universal (NYSE: GE) when Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) takes over. Zucker and former News C… Read more »
Verizon Chooses Sides, While Level 3 Keeps Fighting With Comcast
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Verizon says it supports Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) in the cable giant’s ongoing face off with Level 3 over who should bear the cost of increased… Read more »
RIM: 1M Playbooks Will Be Shipped Q1 As Co. Plays Down Weak Battery Claims
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The PlayBook hasn’t hit the shelves yet but RIM (NSDQ: RIMM) is bullish on how fast it will move once it does: the company is apparently loo… Read more »
Updated: Leave Video At Home: T-Mobile UK Slashes Data Cap To 500MB
One more operator is cracking down on mobile data use, and this one is going straight for the jugular. In what is sure to be a hugely unpopu… Read more »
@ CES: Tivo’s Tom Rogers Sizes Up Cable And Competition
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As CES has confirmed, the world has woken up to the potential of over-the-top TV. To which Tivo CEO Tom Rogers might say, what took everyone… Read more »
@ CES: Genachowski: Spectrum Crunch Crippling Wireless
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The government needs to free up more spectrum to help boost the economy and avoid consumer backlash, warned FCC commissioner Julius Genachow… Read more »
The Morning Lowdown 01.04.11
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» Still in the middle of a long turnaround amid constant rumors that parent News Corp (NSDQ: NWS). wants to sell it off, MySpace… Read more »
Mobile Bits: Sprint/Clearwire; Motorola Split; China/Skype
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– Sprint/Clearwire: The tumultuous times at Clearwire continue. Sprint (NYSE: S) today said that it would not be buying debt from Clearwire… Read more »
Net Neutrality: The Mobile Takeaway
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My colleague Joe Mullin has done a thorough read of the key issues in today’s FCC vote on net neutrality. The bulk of decision-making seemed… Read more »
FCC Pushes Through Net Neutrality–And Draws Fire From Right And Left
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In case anyone was still in doubt just how much Republicans dislike FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski’s Net Neutrality plans, this morning’s h… Read more »
FCC Set To Approve Net Neutrality Rules
Net neutrality has been talked about in tech circles for years, and now the government is finally going to act. New rules proposed by the FC… Read more »
