Telcos have got a something to think about now as there are talks of a national broadband infrastructure. Plans are underway to bring wireless/landline services to regions with less or no service. Congress and the new government plan to spread communications accessibility throughout the country, whereas cable companies wait to see what broadband download speed the FCC puts forward. This is particularly because telcos would receive tax credits for increasing their infrastructure.
Archive for December, 2008
Santa Clara, California based company Provigent, has raised $10 million in the fifth round of funding. The amount will be spent to develop chips for 4G cellular base stations and wireless applications along with extending the sales internationally.
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Blinkx, the video search provider has announced the release of a new online video ad unit called Un-roll. According to the video search provider the new ad unit first loads a branded curtain while the video is buffering. Once the curtain opens, an overlay launches while the video is being played.
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This Christmas week brought goodies for Apple as it say it’s browser market shot up 36%. This was released by a report from Net Applications. This doesn’t actually translate to sales going up, on the other hand it shows how many people actually bought a new iPhone in late December or around Christmas.
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Facebook, after an year of beta testing, has postponed the launch of its own payments system for users and application developers. The payments system was similar to PayPal.
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According to a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has said that the company will incur $70 million as restructuring cost in the fourth quarter. The filing also sees the layoff of employees which was announced to be 500 but reached close to 600.
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Telonu brings a different kind of job site, one that provides a look into layoffs. It basically functions by letting users write a review, sharing and discussing their views about company layoffs. Telonu’s social focus of ‘Layoff Talk’ can be used to vent out anger, but there’s a rating system through which useful comments are separated from the ‘angry’ ones. Hang around Telonu if you’re in mood for letting it all out.
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A revised plan for a free wireless broadband service has been put forward by Kevin Martin, the chairman of Federal Communications Commission. This version of the plan removes the controversial porn filtering requirement – and has yet to get acknowledgment from four other members of the board. Martin states:
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