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Minnov8 Gang 87: More Buzz About Mobile
Though the Gang discusses several topics this week (in the midst of the typical summer doldrums for new releases) the buzz covered is mostly about mobile. There are some interesting strategic moves being made by Best Buy with Clearwire—coming to the Twin Cities this Fall—as well as updates to Android mobile with Froyo and more. [...]
Continue reading...Newsbytes for Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Tuesday, May 4, 2010
Newsbytes is a collection of links to articles and posts from around the ‘net of interest to Minnov8 readers: Apple sells 1 million iPads in 28 days. Took iPhone 74 days. Plus, Minnesota-based analyst Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray estimated that Apple sold about 300,000 units over the weekend, similar to the 300,000 Apple sold [...]
Continue reading...Did The Ultra High-Speed Broadband Taskforce Blow It?
Thursday, April 1, 2010
Just over an hour ago I received an email blast from the Minnesota Ultra High Speed Broadband Task Force (you can see it after the jump) with a letter from the Task Force Chair, Rick King, lauding their achievement. While I’m a fan (and friend) of the member who represented the Twin Cities metro area, Mike [...]
Continue reading...YouTube Interview with FCC Chairman Genachowski
Thursday, March 18, 2010
Here’s a followup to the post Why the FCC Broadband Plan Matters and worth a few minutes watching it:
Continue reading...Why the FCC Broadband Plan Matters
Sunday, March 14, 2010
On Tuesday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is delivering their Broadband Plan to Congress. Most of us in the tech community are anticipating the plan and are eager to read it in its entirety when released. Within this plan, the FCC has the unenviable task of encapsulating the complexities of the markets, technologies, other country’s use [...]
Continue reading...Comcast: Faster Services = More Control
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
Comcast’s recent launch of a 100Mbps business class service for $369.95 per month will provide a great option for small to midsize businesses, at the same time I’m troubled because the continued acceleration of broadband speeds at low prices equals even more Comcast control of our local internet broadband access. What happens when Comcast is [...]
Continue reading...Comcast Launches 100Mbps Tier in MSP
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
The Twin Cities is the first market in the nation to enjoy Comcast’s newest high speed offering: 100 megabit per second business class service, leveraging their investment in DOCSIS 3.0, a cable internet standard. Their new service offering delivers up to 100 Megabits per second (Mbps) downloads and up to 15 Mbps uploads for $369.95 per month. [...]
Continue reading...FCC Launches Blogband
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
At Minnov8, we recognize that the most fundamentally important driver and catalyst of internet and web innovation is broadband. With big pipes and significant carrying capacity, entrepreneurs and innovators like you find ways to capitalize on it and people use the internet more when they enjoy high speed and ubiquitous access. With that innovation comes [...]
Continue reading...FCC Launches Broadband Site
Tuesday, July 7, 2009
The Federal Communications Commission has launched Broadband.gov, a website that’s focused on all of the data and initiatives being gathered as the Federal government marches toward a National Broadband Plan 225 days from now (via BlandinOnBroadband). The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (Recovery Act) was signed into law on February 17, 2009. The [...]
Continue reading...U.S. Home Broadband Adoption Hits 63%
Monday, June 22, 2009
Readers of Minnov8 are skewed toward those highly interested or involved in internet and web-centric technology and services. As such, the latest findings of the Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project will be of significant interest. These findings illustrate a departure from the stagnation in home high-speed adoption rates that had prevailed from [...]
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