internet

New addition to Google Maps – bike directions

Published on: 14th March, 2010

Google has added biking directions to Google Maps. This largely requested feature allows navigation using not only bike trails but also marks and uses roads already known as being bike-friendly. It includes both roads with bike lanes and those that are simply recommended for cyclists. Maps even consider hills or roads with heavy car traffic [...]

Free wireless Internet access possible in the United States

Published on: 14th March, 2010

According to a statement released by the FCC, the possibility of providing free wireless access to the Internet is in discussion for the United States. A draft broadband plan was discussed at the recent Digital Inclusion Summit, exposes a series of strategies meant to expand to 90 percent the number of connected Americans, compared to [...]

Virgin Media will soon offer 100Mbps Internet service

Published on: 1st March, 2010

On February 25, 2010, Virgin Media has officially announced that it will soon begin offering 100Mbps broadband service to the British market, somewhere before the end of this year. According to Virgin, this speed is possible thanks to the fiber optic network, used at the same time with DOCSIS 3.0 cable access. Coventry will also [...]

Mini Countryman will get Internet radio and data from iPhones

Published on: 25th February, 2010

Mini, BMW’s sub-label, has recently declared that the 2011 Mini Countryman will be among the first cars to benefit from tight application-level integration with Apple’s iPhone. An optional central computing system, also known as Mini Connected, will be included in the semi-rugged compact. This will communicate with the iPhone through two different native applications. A [...]

FCC – efforts to increase the speed of Internet in the United States to 100Mbps

Published on: 23rd February, 2010

Julius Genachowski, chairman of FCC, has launched an effort to increase the speed of Internet access in the United States to 100Mbps or even higher. The initiative is named “100 Squared” and would provide at least 100Mbps access speed to about 100 million homes in the United States. Genachowski did not provide a timeline for [...]

Blu-ray players with extra Internet features from LG

Published on: 9th January, 2010

LG has suggested at its CES plans that it would update its Blu-ray players. The company did not give details of the hardware included in the players but claimed significant expansion of the online features apart the already existing Netflix, CinemaNow, YouTube and Pandora options. According to the Korean company, the players would let users [...]

Firefox 3.5 has become the most popular browser, surpassing Internet Explorer 7

Published on: 23rd December, 2009

According to recent data fro StatCounter, it seems that the most popular single version of a web browser is Firefox 3.5, which has surpassed Internet Explorer 7. During the last week of measurements, Mozilla’s browser has had 21.93% of traffic, just a little over Internet Explorer 7, which has had only 21.2%. In what overall [...]

McDonald’s to offer free Internet access in the near future

Published on: 19th December, 2009

McDonald’s has recently confirmed that its customers will soon benefit from free Wi-Fi hotspots. The company will drop the $3 fee for two-hour of Internet use somewhere in the middle of January, as its desire is to transform the stores into places where clients are encouraged to stay for a longer period and use their [...]

Chevrolet cars with 3G Internet connection

Published on: 15th December, 2009

On December 14, 2009, Chevrolet followed the trend between US car manufacturers and added roving Internet access to its cars.
An after-sale option of an Autonet router, providing 1.5Mbps connection, is now available for various Chevrolet models: Avalanche, Equinox, Express, Silverado, Suburban, Tahoe and Traverse. The option shares a 3G link over a local Wi-Fi hotspot, [...]

MySpace and iMeem have concluded the deal

Published on: 13th December, 2009

MySpace has completed the buyout of the music streaming service iMeem. This happens after two months of negotiations and the transaction has been closed for under $1 million. As a consequence, MySpace Music bought iMeem’s assets and the latter will be shut down, all its customers being steered towards MySpace Music, which offers services such [...]

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