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Google Ponders Mobile Payments
September 17 2007
A recently published patent is causing significant speculation that Google may be entering the mobile payment space with a simple system that utilizes SMS messages to effectuate mobile payment transactions. Coverage of the patent can be found at SEOptimize, as... read more700MHz Gets Open Access, but not Google's Wholesale
July 31 2007
Dailywireless.org just posted a detailed write-up on the just-announced FCC plans for 700MHz. While the FCC set “more open” requirements for the upper block of the 700MHz, they didn’t endorse a requirement for wholesale access, originally proposed by Google. This move forces the carrier to embrace device mobility and access… read moreJuly 26 2007
I heard about this announcement a few days ago at a presentation by two fantastic OLPC interns to the MIT Entrepreneurs Club, but it’s taken me a while to get around to tracking it down. The story was carried by Reuters on Monday evening: http://www.reuters.com/article/companyNewsAndPR/idUSN2336963020070723 OLPC has decided to release a… read moreJuly 11 2007
There’s a big debate in Washington right now over open access rules for wireless. It has started with an elusive interview with Chairman Martin conducted by USA Today on Monday. In addition, Frontline Wireless has been making a big press move against Chairman Martin, asserting that his proposal is part… read moreJune 19 2007
A friend just sent me an article from the Boston Globe about AT&T lowering the price of it’s entry-level DSL service (768k/128k ick) to $10. Right now it’s only for current landline subscribers (little help there), but they are supposed to lower the price of their dry loop offering in… read moreFunkFeuer: Wireless Fire Is Burning Up Vienna
May 23 2007
I had the opportunity to sit down for a chat with Aaron Kaplan, one of the principals of FunkFeuer, yesterday morning. FunkFeuer, which means “wireless fire” in Austrian, is a particularly interesting case of community networking. It’s always tough for open source community networking groups to split attention between serving… read moreMIT's OLPC Pushes Bounds of Mesh Networking
May 15 2007
I just dropped by the project showcase for MIT’s MAS.964 (graduate course for One Laptop Per Child). I was very impressed with the applications the students, professors, and lecturers are developing for the OLPC. In particular, I was struck by the work that’s been done on Mesh Networking under the… read moreMeraki Saves San Francisco's City-wide Wi-Fi Project
May 14 2007
MIT spin-out Meraki Networks has made a huge impact on the wireless community networking space through their bargain-basement open source-based wireless mesh network products. An out-growth of MIT’s Roofnet project, which provided wireless access to over 1.5 square miles of Cambridge in 2004 and 2005, Meraki’s network covering 1.5 square… read more
