It's 5:15 pm and your 4:30 conference call is showing no signs of closure. Your son's Little League game starts across town at 6:00, but you're chained to your desk, watching the traffic pile up outside and imagining the look on his face when...
Nokia sale of Here to automakers expected to close in first-quarter of 2016
Nokia Here mapping and navigation unit seems to be gaining traction with government bodies as evidenced by recent adoption by the Georgia, Alabama and Missouri departments of transportation.
The agencies are using the...
Based on recent filings with the Federal Communications Commission, Google plans to follow on the release of its new OnHub router with more Wi-Fi devices.
Although very little information can be gleaned from the paperwork, the Google filing specifically calls out a "802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi Access...
This week I'm talking to Daniel Buchanan of VARDNet. Daniel's startup is working with the University of Tennessee football team to develop VR quarterback training. We'll look at some of the hardware and software available for these projects.
https://youtu.be/TNlW9km6dfA
5 things to know for Thursday, Sept. 17
1. Verizon Communications CEO Lowell McAdam told investors that the changing wireless business model is likely to impact earnings. The carrier recently launched new data plans that offer "buckets" of data, and later had to clarify its...
Latest potential cities are Irvine, San Diego and Louisville
Google Fiber is up and running in three major metros, in various stages of planning and construction in six more and, with a Sept. 10 blog post, the list of potential Google Fiber cities has grown...
Is partnership with rail service setting stage for larger service rollout?
As service providers and venue owners race to support connectivity in crowded public spaces, Google appears poised to make major inroads into the India market through a partnership with RailTel.
RailTel runs a large transportation...
5 things to know today
1. Samsung and Verizon Wireless plan to test LTE-enabled femto cells in unlicensed spectrum. Verizon Wireless has been a leader in the movement to extend LTE to the unlicensed spectrum used for Wi-Fi. The companies expect the LTE-U enabled small...
Samsung feels the pressure, Apple and Verizon prepare for product launches
5 things to know today ...
1. Samsung is preparing to cut thousands of jobs, according to a Korean news source. (Update 9/10: Samsung says it is not cutting jobs, but will instead relocate certain...
Alliance for Open Media also includes Cisco, Intel, Microsoft and Mozilla
The way people consume video content is rapidly changing, as the cord-cutting movement gains momentum, cable subscriptions are declining while streaming platforms like Netflix, Hulu and others with massive libraries available on demand become...
Researchers report Wi-Fi hack, Ericsson to build LTE in Delhi for Bharti Airtel
5 things to know today in mobile and wireless
1. Researchers say a popular Wi-Fi router is vulnerable to hackers. Some models of Belkin's N600 DB Wi-Fi routers can be taken over by...
Google could face up to $6B in fines if found in violation of European laws
WASHINGTON – The battle between Google and the European Commission intensified this week with Google giving its formal reply to the commission’s statement of objections, in which the regulators outlined...
Apple continues its march into the enterprise
Just 13 months after announcing a partnership with IBM, Apple has teamed up with Cisco to continue pushing its iOS operating system into the enterprise. Both collaborations are meant to tailor enterprise offerings for Apple devices. In this...
Technology powerhouse Google will begin to test its fully autonomous self-driving cars outside of its home base in Mountain View, Calif., for the first time with the addition of Austin, Texas, as a connected car testbed.
Google made the announcement over the weekend with a...
T-Mobile US targets cheaters, CommScope closes on TE, Apple threatens mobile ads
1. T-Mobile US is taking aim at customers that it says cheat the system on LTE data. CEO John Legere said in a blog post that about 3,000 people on T-Mobile US' unlimited data...
A sharp selloff on Wall Street hit wireless companies on Monday morning. Verizon Communications, AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile US all saw their stock prices take a hit, with T-Mobile US falling the most and AT&T the least.
T-Mobile US may be the biggest loser today, but...
Belgium data center struck causing errors on Google Compute Engine persistent disks
Four lightning strikes affecting the power grid around the Google Compute Engine data center in St. Ghislain, Belgium, caused a small data loss and a number of persistent disk errors.
Google uses persistent disks as...
Editor’s Note: RCR Wireless News goes all in for “Throwback Thursdays,” tapping into our archives to resuscitate the top headlines from the past. Fire up the time machine, put on the sepia-tinted shades, set the date for #TBT and enjoy the memories!
Merger closes, integration...
OnHub router developed with TP-Link; ‘fast, secure and easy to use’
Google on Tuesday announced a new router, OnHub, that it said is built to support the latest in video streaming, while saving users the savvy fix of unplugging and plugging the unit.
The OnHub router...
There has been industry speculation for years that Apple would take on a connected, autonomous vehicle project. Now, based on documents obtained by The Guardian, those rumors gain credence as it appears Apple is scouting locations to test a self-driving vehicle.
On Aug. 14, The...
Android names new OS, FCC rules on Dish discounts, and Project Ara runs late
5 things to know today:
1. Dish Network's partners owe the government more than $3 billion – the Federal Communications Commission has voted to deny the discounts these groups used when bidding for...
Lenovo plans to cut 3,200 jobs
Less than a year after buying Motorola Mobility, China's Lenovo has said that it will cut 3,200 jobs on the heels of a steep drop in sales of Motorola phones. Lenovo said that most of the cuts will be...
Officials want a private partner to deploy the infrastructure and manage the service provisioning
Officials in New Delhi, India, are considering offering residents up to 1 GB per month of free Wi-Fi access, with the first phase to deploy public Wi-Fi in government and private...
In a post to the company’s blog, former Google CEO turned Alphabet CEO Larry Page announced the name change and restructuring as a vehicle for streamlining operations and driving accountability.
“Alphabet is mostly a collection of companies,” Page wrote. Alphabet is a holding company that...
