Sandy outage: 25 percent of cell masts in its path

Sandy downed 25 percent of cell masts, says FCC
ZDNet (blog)
Sandy downed 25 percent of cell masts, says FCC. Summary: The worst storm to hit the U.S. in living memory has downed around a quarter of all cell masts across the ten states affected by Sandy, the federal regulator said on Tuesday. Zack Whittaker ...

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iPhone user loyalty drops: Europe, United States users less loyal | BGR: "iPhone user loyalty also dipped slightly in the United States, with 88% of iPhone owners saying they’d buy an Apple smartphone in the future, down from 93% last year. Paul Brown, the director at Strategy Analytics’ User Experience Practice, said that Apple’s loyalty numbers may have taken a hit because of “negative press prompted by a perceived lack of recent innovation.” Strategy Analytics’ press release is posted below."

Google Nexus 4 - Why I'm saying goodbye to Verizon
ZDNet
The iPhone 5 is a great size, but there are lots of reasons I want to stick with Android (the most significant of which is that I simply don't like the look and feel of iOS). And, more to the point of this story, I've been somewhat limited in my ...

Archos announces 80 Cobalt 8-inch Android tablet PC
ZDNet (blog)
While the iPad Mini, Surface RT, and Google Nexus 10 are keeping consumer tabletprices over $300, other manufacturers have a chance to swoop in and capture those looking for tablets at bargain prices. The new Archos 80 Cobalt looks like one of those...

ZDNet (blog)

Android Tablet Market Share on the Rise
Tom's Hardware Guide
Android's market share increase through tablets is, of course, spearheaded by the likes of Google's own Nexus 7 and the Amazon Kindle Fire, as well as a slew of other devices powered by the platform. Google added to the lineup of Android-powered ...

LG Nexus 4 versus Samsung Galaxy S3: Which one is the right one for you?
Mobile Magazine
The new LG Nexus 4 has arrived, and with it comes a question about whether or not the new Nexus upstages the previous flagship device that is the Samsung Galaxy S3. While both devices have some similarities, there are some pretty key differences here...

Mobile Magazine

The best tablet for you? Here's a guide to help choose
Salt Lake Tribune
Ever since the iPad was introduced in 2010, manufacturers from Motorola to Samsung have tried to muscle into the market by coming up with their own versions of Apple's blockbuster tablet, but all with less-than-stellar results. Photos ... Operating ...

Samsung outs the Galaxy Premier, launches in Russia first
CNET
According to Samsung, the handset is running Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and includes all kinds of extras, including Bluetooth 4.0 support, near-field communication, and a 1.9-megapixel front-facing camera. It comes with 8GB or 16GB of onboard storage, ...

HTC Desire C now available from Cricket with Android 4.0
PhoneDog (blog)
The Desire C follows the One V, which arrived in early September, as HTC's second smartphone in Cricket's lineup. With a price tag that shouldn't put too much of a hurt on a customer's wallet, the Desire C looks like a device that could be worth ...

Seven worthy iPad mini alternatives for under $250
TabTimes
Apple's much-anticipated 7.9-inch iPad mini has finally been unveiled and goes on sale Friday. But the iPad mini is far from the first smaller tablet and for several reasons, including the $329 starting price, it may not be right choice for everyone ...

TabTimes

Microsoft Uses Office To Push Windows Phone 8
InformationWeek
Now Microsoft has released Office for Windows Phone 8 in an attempt to make Windows Phonethe best mobile platform for using Office. Microsoft provides Lync and OneNote on iOS, Android and Symbian, but on Windows Phone 8 you also get Outlook, ...

Android 4.2 camera, gallery ported to Galaxy Nexus running Jelly ...
By Steve Dent
So, you're loving the new gallery and camera options we saw on Jelly Bean 4.2 and have no intention of waiting for that OS for your former flagship Galaxy Nexus? A certain dmmarck on Android Central's forums has sorted that out, and you ...
Engadget

Nexus 4 coming to O2 UK next month | Android Central
By Alex Dobie
Android Central British mobile network O2 is the first UK carrier to confirm that it'll be offering the LGNexus 4 when it arrives next month. O2 doesn't offer any specific release date on its "coming soon" page, but with the Nexus 4 arriving on the ...
Android Central - Android Forums,...

Google's Nexus 4 Set to Shake Up China's Android Smartphone ...
By Josh Ong
The aggressive pricing of Google's new Nexus 4 smartphone poses a competitive threat to mid-rangeAndroid handset makers in China's pre-paid market.
The Next Web

American smartphone, tablet and TV buyers often change minds ...
By Dusan Belic
The conventional wisdom says that smartphone, tablet and to some extent TV buyers are well informed, and that once they enter the store, they know what they want. That apparently is not the case with a significant percentage of US-based ...
IntoMobile

Archos 80 Cobalt Android Tablet Announced | Geeky Gadgets
By Roland Hutchinson
Archos has added another new Android tablet to its range with the launch of the Archos 80 Cobalttablet, and the device comes with a 8 inch display with a resolution of 1024 x 768 pixels and a 4.3 aspect ratio. The Archos 80 Cobalt is ...
Geeky-Gadgets

Nexus 10 product shots Here are a few shots I took of our… - Google+
Nexus 10 product shots Here are a few shots I took of our latest device, the Nexus 10 (https://play.google.com/store/devices). I took these photos to…
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Have Internet, Will Travel: Ugandan Woman Brings ... - AllThingsD
By Ina Fried
Asia Kamukama encountered plenty of obstacles in her quests to get an education and bring computing to rural villages. But only after traveling to D: Dive Into Mobile did she encounter her first hurricane.
AllThingsD

US Cellular expands LTE to more than 30 new markets
CNET
U.S. Cellular is expanding its 4G LTE coverage area to more than 30 new markets on Monday, extending the carrier's footprint for the high-speed network to more than half of its customers. The rollout will bring LTE to select cities in Iowa, Wisconsin ...

4G World: The Need For More Spectrum
InformationWeek
4G World in Chicago this week is highlighting many of the wonders that the fourth-generation of mobile broadband technology is bringing us. But it also bringing to sharp focus the capacity and spectrum issues that are bedeviling the industry. At the ...

NYSE Floor Traders Struggling With Internet, Cell Service
Businessweek
The New York Stock Exchange opened its market on time by running on power from generators following the longest weather-related shutdown in more than a century. Brokers on the NYSE floor experienced limited Internet and mobile-phone connections ...

Hurricane Sandy wallops Internet commerce just as hard
Chicago Tribune
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - From Fab.com to Amazon.com Inc and eBay Inc, e-commerce companies scrambled on Tuesday to get goods to buyers on time after Hurricane Sandy tore a swathe of destruction across the U.S. northeast. The storm -- which ...

Hurricane Sandy proves that an Internet economy is far from reality
Washington Post
As far as the country has traveled toward online commerce, the economy still depends very much on physical highways, not just Internet highways, as well as century-old networks for physically moving people and goods. Jim Dinegar, president of the ...

Britain's first 4G network switches on
Independent Online
The service, which offers internet downloads of music and video up to five times faster than 3G networks, is being sold alongside a fibre-optic broadband package and promises to transform the use of video on mobile handsets. Downloading a feature ...

Independent Online

Internet usage rocketed on the East Coast during Sandy: report
ZDNet
In the run-up to Hurricane Sandy, Internet usage on the East Coast was 114 percent above the typical traffic for a Monday in October, according to a Canadian networking equipment company. Sandvine, a deep-packet inspection provider to Internet service ...

The WiMAX Forum® Extends WiMAX Advanced Roadmap to Support Multiple ...
Sacramento Bee
"As a leading operator to deliver Malaysia's fastest 4G mobile broadband network and the world's first converged voice and data (Voice over WiMAX) services, YTL strongly supports further advancements in the WiMAX standards," said Ali Tabassi, COO of ...

MetroPCS Launches World's First Rich Communication Services for LTE
eWeek
MetroPCS was the first U.S. carrier to launch a Long Term Evolution (LTE) 4G network, and on Oct. 31, it announced the added distinction of being the first in the world to launch Rich Communication Services (RCS) on a 4G LTE network. ... 5.0 standard ...

Superstorm Sandy wreaks havoc on internet infrastructure — Cloud ...
By Barb Darrow
Data center sites and colocation centers in and around New York City are struggling to stay online with varying degrees of success. And there are reports of intermittent issues with undersea cables crossing the Atlantic Ocean. Hurricane Sandy ...
GigaOM

NYSE Internet Outage - Business Insider
By Matthew Boesler
But the real problem is right now there is no Verizon service or wifi in the exchange. The exchange itself is up and running, but the guys are basically trading blind. Their Bloomberg terminals are down. They don't have internet access.
Clusterstock

Apple removing delivery dates for LTE iPad mini preorders | 9to5Mac
By Jordan Kahn
2 launch date set for the Wi-Fi only models. It didn't take long for Apple to ... As noted in the tweet below, several readers have noticed Apple has now removed the shipping date for their iPad mini LTEpreorders. Previously, Apple provided a ...
9to5Mac

AT&T launches new 4G LTE network locations | Android Central
By Andrew Martonik
A Wi-Fi enabled device required. Other restrictions apply. See www.attwifi.com for details and locations. AT&T 4G LTE Available In Knoxville And Surrounding Counties. Customers to benefit from ultra-fast mobile Internet on the latest LTE ...
Android Central - Android Forums,...

Share your Wi-Fi with everyone, tech rights groups urge | Digital ...
By Andrew Couts
Unlocking your Wi-Fi router for public use could help usher in a new age of online privacy and innovation, according to the newly launched Open Wireless Movement. But anyone thinking of joining the good fight needs ... “We envision a world where sharing one's Internet connection is the norm,” said Adi Kadmar, an activist with the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), one of the Open Wireless Movement's founding groups, in a statement. “A world of open wireless would encourage ...

Internet Gains Most as Campaign News Source but Cable TV Still ...
With the election less than two weeks away, Americans are following the presidential campaign more closely on nearly every news platform than they were ...
www.journalism.org/.../social_media_doubles_remains_limite...

10,000,000,000,000,000 bytes archived! | Internet Archive Blogs
On Thursday, 25 October, hundreds of Internet Archive supporters, volunteers, and staff celebrated addition of the 10,000,000,000,000,000th byte to the ...
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