Archive for the ‘Services’ Category
Friday, January 22nd, 2010
Nokia announced it will introduce a new version of Ovi Maps including free walk and drive navigation tools, a move the handset giant claims could nearly double the size of the current mobile navigation market.
Posted in Gadgets, Google, Mobiles, Nokia, Services, Smart Phone, Trends | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, August 18th, 2009
Verizon Wireless completed its first successful Long Term Evolution (LTE) Fourth Generation (4G) data call in Boston based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard; the company also announced that it had earlier completed the first LTE 4G data call based on the 3GPP Release 8 standard in Seattle. While Verizon ...
Posted in First, Future, Internet, Networking, Nokia, Research, Services, Technology, Telecoms, Trends | No Comments »
Wednesday, April 8th, 2009
At the end of 2008, approximately 19 per cent Internet connections around the world were at speeds greater than 5 Mbps — a 21 per cent increase over the average global connection speed at the end of 2007.
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UPDATE : For the latest report(2009-2010), click here: Broadband Internet Speeds 2009-2010: The ...
Posted in Computers, Internet, Networking, Research, Services, Software, Trends | 29 Comments »
Friday, March 21st, 2008
Emirates has become the first commercial airline in the world to provide in-flight mobile telephony service to passengers, the company said.
The first authorized mobile phone call from a commercial flight was made Thursday at 30,000 feet on board an Emirates Airbus A340-300 aircraft flying from Dubai to Casablanca in ...
Posted in First, Gadgets, Mobiles, Services, Sky, Trends | No Comments »
Saturday, December 15th, 2007
The New York Stock Exchange is investing heavily in x86-based Linux systems and blade servers as it builds out the NYSE Hybrid Market trading system that it launched last year. Flexibility and lower cost are among the goals.
"What we want is to be able to take advantage of technology advances ...
Posted in Computers, Linux, OS, Open Source, Services | No Comments »
Saturday, December 8th, 2007
Google Maps for mobile phones has announced a new feature called My Location.
My Location is a new beta technology from Google that uses cell tower identification to provide you with approximate location information, so it will work on phones without GPS. Simply fire up Google Maps for mobile, press [0], ...
Posted in GPhone, Gadgets, Google, Internet, Mobiles, Services, Smart Phone, Video | No Comments »
