Howard Stern is Threatening to Leave Sirius XM
(AP- Deborah Yao) Howard Stern is threatening to leave Sirius XM Radio Inc. now that the shock jock and the satellite radio provider are getting set to enter contract talks in 2010. That threat probably seems less daunting to Sirius than it once would have. Sirius originally wanted Stern so badly that it gave him … Read more
Biden Announced Stimulus Money for Broadband
DAWSONVILLE, Ga. (AP) – Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday announced the first $182 million in federal stimulus money for 18 projects to expand high-speed Internet networks in rural areas and other underserved communities. Biden spoke at Impulse Manufacturing, a technologically advanced metalworks plant in north Georgia whose business has been held back by the … Read more
Verizon’s Response to FCC
Verizon Wireless to FCC: smart phones more costly http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=MRL22XWF – Julian
A New Kind of Musical Ensemble?
Here’s an interesting way to use your iPhone. This is a New York Times report on the Stanford Mobile Phone Orchestra (MOPHO) http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/05/technology/05orchestra.html And here’s a video by Stanford University of the MOPHO program: – Julian
China’s Nuclear Power Plants a Concern?
Do we need citations in this report? Is the reporter injecting his own opinions in this report? Whose agenda is he following? Public agenda? Media agenda? No agenda at all? http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/16/business/global/16chinanuke.html – Julian
GAO: FCC Must Improve Wireless Industry Oversight
Makes me wonder if this has to do with AT&T’s customer dissatisfaction reports. http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=N73FSVid – Julian
Give Me Some Traffic!
Tiger Woods’ latest stories have given a boost to Internet traffic. http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=qPUD0nC3 – Julian
Tell Me if You Can’t Hear Me
AT&T releases iPhone app empowering their iPhone customers to report poor signal reception. The funny question is: If I don’t have reception at all, how can I report it? Here’s an interesting PCWORLD report on the “Mark the Spot” app. http://www.pcworld.com/article/183912/atandts_mark_the_spot_iphone_app_admits_coverage_woes.html – Julian
Driving While Dialing
DRIVEN TO DISTRACTION: Promoting the Car Phone, Despite Risks Long before cellphones were common, industry pioneers were aware of the risks of multitasking behind the wheel, but still marketed their product to drivers. http://s.nyt.com/u/i1s – Julian
FCC Wants Verizon to Explain Fees
FCC wants Verizon to explain why they raised termination fees on smart phones. http://m.apnews.com/ap/db_16036/contentdetail.htm?contentguid=abayVyVi – Julian
