Posts Tagged ‘internet connectivity

According to numerous reports, the Egyptian government has shut down Internet access for 80,000,000 people. The same goes for SMS communication. Internet Intelligence firm Renesys, which considers itself the authority in global, real time Internet intelligence, reported last night: In an action unprecedented in Internet history, the Egyptian government appears to have ordered service providers [...]

Worldreader.org is testing the idea that e-readers are libraries you can fit in your pocket. The non-profit is piloting a new campaign that would deliver e-readers, like Amazon’s Kindle, to children in Ghanaian schools. The e-readers will function as all-purpose textbooks by providing instantaneous access to the thousands of books now digitally available. E-readers require [...]

Nearly a quarter (21%) of all TVs shipped in 2010 had Internet connectivity and that is on track to grow to over 122 million in 2014, according to a new report from The NPD Group. Growth of connected TV was fueled by the Japanese market in 2010 and driven by high levels of broadband access. [...]

Fellow movie buffs out there, you’ll want to pay attention to this one as it’s going to put the pop in your popcorn: the folks out at Kaleidescape have just announced the upcoming release of their new Blu-ray server which will accommodate fully one hundred Blu-ray titles. Continue reading: Kaleidescape Offers Up 100 Disc Blu-ray [...]

The inventor of the web is not thrilled with the current state of his creation or the direction it’s taking. Tim Berners-Lee has released a new report at Scientific American, entitled Long Live the Web: A Call for Continued Open Standards and Neutrality, with the subtitle: "The Web is critical not merely to the digital [...]


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