Google Proposes Innovative Radio Concept to FCC

The F.C.C. is preparing to auction off the use of airwaves within the 700mhz band, currently used for UHF, to hungry telcos and other media operators for the use of next generation digital signals. Google has recommended to the F.C.C. that companies who win a portion...

ASK Mobile GPS Provides a Glimpse of What is to Come

Today the official Ask.com Blog announced details of its local-focused mobile services called Ask Mobile GPS. When I read the offering provided by this 1st generation of local (GPS-driven) mobile service currently only available on specific Sprint phones, I was blown...

Google’s 600 Million Dollar Data Center

If you thought Google had enough data centers by now, then you thought wrong. Search giant Google, recently noted as the world’s most visited website, has announced today that it plans on spending $600 USD million on a new data center, about 50 miles from Tulsa in...

Firefox Users Can Now Digg on the Fly

Derek van Vliet, a well-known Digg personality, has created a plug-in for Firefox based on the new Digg API. The new plug-in allows you to automatically see how many Diggs a page has received or to Digg the page. Check out Derek’s blog posting or take the leap...

Google Offers Toilet WiFi

I just love April Fools Day! The foolishness really seems to come alive online and this year I take my hat off to Google – they really had fun with it this year with TiSP; Google’s new Toilet WiFi service. “Google TiSP (BETA) is a fully functional,...