by Pivot
Month: June 2011
comScore: Nearly 75 million Americans Now Own Smartphones
In total, 234 million Americans aged 13 and up used mobile devices and 74.6 million owned smartphones– a 13% quarter-to-quarter increase– during the latest
Cloud Gaming Provider OnLive Celebrates Birthday, Friends Facebook
They just recently celebrated their first birthday, and announced a slew of accolades. The one that caught my eye was OnLive integration with Facebook. With the
FairPoint Launches New Corporate Website
Looking to continue turning over a new leaf, FairPoint launched a new website this week. It’s part of a corporate communications strategy to
SureWest Exploits Mediaroom 2.0 to Upgrade DVR, Future IPTV Capability
The new Mediaroom 2.0-based capabilities announced yesterday will be available only to SureWest Advanced Digital TV users in the Sacramento area
Comcast Launches Internet Safety Tools
Comcast announced today it has introduced new Internet safety solutions and resources for its Xfinity Internet customers for no additional fee
National Broadband Map: A Work in Progress
This week, ID Insight, an organization that independently tracks broadband availability, issued a formal critique of the map that attempts to quantify the map’s inaccuracies.
Is it Good or Bad to Rate High on Netflix’s ISP Rating System?
Netflix, the darling of the OTT world, has taken to rating ISPs, in the context of who’s best for streaming their content, regularly now. Interestingly,
SureWest to Expand FTTH Footprint
SureWest announced that its Board of Directors has approved adding 5,000 new homes to its 2011 capital plan, resulting in a total of 15,500 fiber home additions
Windstream Starts Small with Broadband Stimulus Project Ground Breaking
The first Windstream broadband stimulus project to get underway is a project near Prentiss, Miss. for which the company won $416,322.
Report: Wireless Internet Traffic Will Surpass Wireline by 2015
Cisco’s latest Visual Networking Index reveals how people worldwide are using the Internet-including a rise in machine-to-machine ad wireless communications
Over Half of Twitter Users Access it From Mobile Phones
More adult Internet users (13%) are using Twitter as of end May this year than was the case back in November 2010
Verizon Wireless Promotion Looks to Generate Apps Revenue from ‘Basic Phones’
Verizon Wireless announced a new offer for its millions of customers with basic phones: for $10 a month, customers will receive 75 MB of data use to browse the Web,
Roku Gets Angry, Looks to Casual Games
Roku’s biggest win with the casual gaming move is bringing Angry Birds to the TV