Chicago Announces Free WiFi in Parks
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled today an ambitious plan to establish Chicago as a fiber hub and provide free Wi-Fi in public spaces. The city kicked off its “Chicago Broadband Challenge” by turning...
View ArticleBike Sharing Enabled by AT&T
AT&T* and Social Bicycles (SoBi) today announced that AT&T will enable their launch this fall of a bike sharing service in California, Idaho and New York. Social Bicycles have an integrated...
View ArticleSolar-Powered Shipping Containers
The Solar Powered Internet School — a product of Samsung’s corporate-social responsibility initiative — has solar panels on the roof that can generate nine hours of electricity a day, says C/Net. It...
View ArticleHughes Wins Mexican 11,000 Site Net
Hughes Network Systems announced today that it has signed a contract with the Mexican Ministry of Communications (pdf) to supply and build an 11,000-site broadband satellite network that will span the...
View ArticleCar Sharing Apps
RelayRides has acquired Wheelz, says TechCrunch, making it the leading, peer-to-peer car sharing marketplace. San Francisco-based RelayRides was launched about five years ago, and connects people who...
View ArticleInside Google’s Loon Project
At AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems 2013 is the center of the universe for drones this week in Washington, D.C. It offers more than 100 technical sessions, panels and workshops with top speakers and leading...
View ArticleMinnowBoard: Embedded Atom Processing
Cheap, tiny computers, including the Raspberry Pi, Arduino Due, and BeagleBone, can be used by creative developers for all sorts of things. One thing these platforms have in common is an ARM processor....
View ArticleSolar-powered Wireless ISPs
Solar-powered Wireless ISPs are springing up like mushrooms thanks to cheaper solar panels, more efficient gear, and better monitoring. The WISP conference last week had sessions on power backup,...
View ArticleFacebook Buying Drone Company
TechCrunch has heard that Facebook is buying Titan Aerospace, makers of near-orbital, solar-powered drones. They can fly for five years without needing to land and Facebook may use these high-flying...
View ArticleAerohive AP1130: Apocalypse-Proof AC Router
Aerohive Networks, a leader in Wi-Fi and cloud-managed mobile networking, today announced a new outdoor Gigabit Wi-Fi 802.11ac access point designed to provide highly resilient network access in...
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