Pando Networks, which specializes in cloud-based media delivery, has completed a six-month “Nationwide ISP and Network Study” to determine the fastest and slowest Internet speeds and download success rates for each U.S. state. A side-by-side comparison of the 10 states with the fastest Internet speeds and the 10 states with the slowest speeds reveals...
The FCC released its first-ever “Measuring Broadband America” report (PDF) on Tuesday, offering consumers a detailed look at the performance of the 13 biggest ISPs. The good news is that most ISPs actually deliver their bits within 80 percent of the advertised speed. Even during peak hours, when America is busy streaming movies from...
Last year Google launched the ability to make phone calls from Gmail, although it was largely restricted to the US market. From today the service has been opened up further, with support for 38 languages and 4 payment currencies. Payment can be made in Euros, British pounds, Canadian dollars or U.S. dollars and it...
UK ISP Virgin Media has revealed that it’s currently in advanced talks to launch a free London-wide WiFi network. According to a report in today’s Telegraph newspaper, Virgin Media’s Chief Executive Neil Berkett has told investors that the company was in “quite advanced negotiations” with London councils over the plans, noting that a roll-out...
There’s a battle going on inside of your supermarket. It’s a battle where brands are fighting for position, clawing their way to the ideal shelf spot. Along the way, these brands are missing out on valuable information that they could use to find out how to better market themselves. GoSpotCheck is taking a unique...
Appistry, a St. Louis–based software company, has closed a $12 million Series D round for its family of distributed computing products. Along with the new money, which came from St. Louis VC firm eXome Capital, the company also appears to have changed its corporate messaging — from that of a cloud-computing vendor to that...
Vodafone Australia lost 375,000 customers in the first half of 2011 after customers left the mobile operator because of its poor mobile reception, the Sydney Morning Herald reports. The operator – which is jointly owned by Hutchinson Telecommunications Australia and UK-based Vodafone PLC – is facing a $96 million downturn in profits with a...
HP has just released a new over-the-air update to the TouchPad, WebOS 3.0.2, that improves the OS slightly including improved auto-correction, the inclusion of wallpaper support, and improved photo handling. The update will appear automatically for TouchPad owners and most devices should receive the update in the next few hours. In related news, the...
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It’s not unheard of for startups get sold off on auction sites, but raising your first funding via one? That’s a little different. Polish startup MyGuidie offered a 1% stake in the company on the country’s eBay-esque site Allegro – and even threw in an iPad 2 for the lucky top-bidding angel investor too. MyGuidie...