Pandora Raises Monthly Fee For Ad Free Music
Pandora Media Inc will raise fees for its ad-free service by $1 a month to almost $5 a month in May, a move to cover the increasing cost of licensing tunes that may annoy some longtime fans of the...
View ArticleFederal Judge Blocks Typo Keyboard Sales As Fight Continues With BlackBerry
A California judge has granted BlackBerry’s wish to temporarily stop sales of an iPhone keyboard made by start-up Typo Products while the two firms spar over copyright infringement allegations....
View ArticleMobile Broadband Providers May Share U.S. Military Spectrum
The U.S. military may have to share its radar frequencies with mobile broadband providers under a plan the Federal Communications Commission is developing under the name Citizens Broadband Radio...
View ArticleSprint And Spotify Team Up
Spotify has announced its first partnership with a mobile carrier in a bid to boost subscriptions and get more people to listen to its online streaming music service. The deal with Sprint means that...
View ArticleIs Intel Heading Into The Automobile Space?
"Our goal is to fuel the evolution from convenience features available in the car today to enhanced safety features of tomorrow and eventually self-driving capabilities," said Doug Davis, Intel VP, IoT...
View ArticleYouTube To Debut Weekly Radio Show On Sirius
YouTube is making a foray into radio with a weekly show on satellite radio service Sirius XM that will feature the online video website’s most popular and emerging artists, the companies said on...
View ArticleBose Sues Beats Over Patent Infringement
Headphone maker Bose has filed a patent-infringement lawsuit against rival Beats Electronics, which Apple recently agreed to purchase in a US$3 billion deal. In its complaint, Bose alleges that the...
View ArticleBrits Sleeping Less, Spending More Time On Mobile Gadgets
It appears British people are now spending more time using smartphones, browsing the Internet on tablets and watching television than they do sleeping, thanks to the availability of broadband in the...
View ArticleStanford University Develops Ant-sized Radios
Scientists at Stanford University have assembled ant-sized radios that could one day help track patients’ temperatures, turn on coffee makers in the morning and prevent forgery. A Stanford engineering...
View ArticleEricsson Exiting Modem Business
Ericsson, the world’s largest mobile network equipment manufacturer, is shutting down its modem business, shutting a loss-making unit with the departure of about 1,000 staff. The decision comes amid...
View ArticleGoogle Exploring Ultra Fast Wireless Internet
Google Inc is gearing up to test new technology that may provide the foundation for a wireless version of its high-speed “Fiber” Internet service, according to telecommunication experts who scrutinized...
View ArticleFCC To Explore Next-Generation Wireless Networks
U.S. Federal Communications Commissioner Jessica Rosenworcel, on Friday, stated that U.S. regulators will look “to infinity and beyond” to harness new technology that can help build a new generation of...
View ArticlePandora’s Listeners Decline
Pandora Media Inc, owners of the leading Internet radio service, reported a lower-than-expected increase in listeners in the third quarter, sending the company’s shares down 6 percent in extended...
View ArticleFCC Delays Low-frequency Airwaves Auction Until 2016
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission expects a major auction of low-frequency airwaves to be delayed until early 2016 from mid-2015 because of its complexity and a pending court challenge, an FCC...
View ArticleAmazon Acquires Rooftop Media, Expands Digital Content
Amazon.com Inc is set to acquire online comedy service Rooftop Media, a small deal that underscores the Internet retailer’s broader ambition of becoming a media and entertainment powerhouse. Amazon is...
View ArticleAmericans Will Have To Wait For Fastest LTE Speeds
LTE’s theoretical maximum download speed will increase to 450 Mbps next year — but most users won’t be able to take advantage of it, as many mobile operators simply don’t have enough radio spectrum....
View ArticleMedia Company Intends To Test Drones For Gathering News
A U.S. media company said it intends to be among the first broadcasters to roll out news-gathering drones once the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) issues new policies governing the unmanned...
View ArticleEricsson Goes After Xiaomi
Xiaomi has responded to Bloomberg but it declined to say too much until it has access too all of the information.
View ArticleAutonomous, Connected Cars To Be Hot Topics At CES
Cars that can park themselves, cycle helmets that can communicate to avoid collisions and the looming show down between Apple’s CarPlay and Google’s Android Auto will all be hot topics at International...
View ArticleInternet.org Aims To Provide Free Services To 100 Countries By Next Year
Internet.org, which is already offering free Internet service in six countries, has a rather aggressive goal to connect to 100 countries in the next year. “We like big, ambitious goals at Facebook,”...
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