AT&T still not prepared to handle tethering on Apple iPhone
AT&T had admitted that they are still not prepared to offer tethering capabilities on the iPhone smartphone on their network.
The company recently enabled the MMS functionality on the iPhone after upgrading their networks to handle the potential overload on the system.
However, their network is [...]
Bing, Live.com and Hotmail blocked in China
Microsoft has confirmed that several of their web properties are currently blocked in China.
Microsoft’s just launched Bing search engine along with Hotmail webmail service and Live.com are all blocked.
Microsoft said: “Microsoft’s Bing.com, Live.com and Hotmail.com are among several Internet services that have been blocked for customers in China. [...]
Digg to soon feature improved searching
Searching is hot. Twitter is working hard on making their search more useful and now Digg has revealed that they are working on an improved search for the popular online destination.
Popular technology blog TechCrunch has posted a screenshot of one such demo search which shows a much improved layout [...]
Social networking is now more popular than email on the web!
Nielsen Online has reported that social networking has overtaken email to become the fourth most popular online product.
Social networks and blogs are used by almost two-thirds of all worldwide online users.
John Burbank, CEO of Nielsen Online spoke about their research: “Social networking [...]
AT&T to spend USD 1 billion on global network expansion
US based telecom giant AT&T has announced that they would be spending about $1 billion in 2009 to build out its global network.
These funds would also be used to expand the services for business customers.
The company said that the funds would be used on several [...]
OpenDNS promises protection from Conficker
OpenDNS has announced that they are partnering with Kaspersky Lab to help them protect the users of their service from Conficker worm.
Conficker is also known as Downadup and Kido and it is currently one of the most widely spread malware on the web.
OpenDNS said in a blog post about [...]
Chinese mobile companies to spend $41 billion on 3G network
The Chinese government has said that the mobile service operators in the country would spend about $41 billion on the 3G network being established in the country.
These funds would be spend over the next two years as the country gets updated to newer mobile internet technologies.
The [...]
Nokia to make it easier to access Ovi.com service
World’s leading mobile phone maker Nokia has said that they are working on making it easier for their customers to log into their online service network Ovi.com.
The company aims to have a single login mechanism on this service which combine various features some of which require [...]
Cox Communications confirm plans for Wireless Services
Cox Communications has now confirmed that they are indeed going to launch wireless services in the U.S. In 2009.
They are collaborating with Sprint Nextel while they setup their own network.
The company is aiming to provide wireless services in addition to their existing bundle of television, telephone and wired broadband [...]
Technorati Engage self-service advertising network launched
Blog search engine Technorati has announced that they have acquired AdEngage.
They are now launching a new self-service advertising network named Technorati Engage.
It is targeted at bloggers and social media networking sites.
Technorati wrote in a blog post about AdEngage:
AdEngage has been running since 2004, serves more than 12 billion ad [...]
