ZTE blasts past the speed barrier with field test of 1.7Tbps data transmission
That bank-breaking 150/35Mbps FiOS connection you’re so proud to call your own? Yeah, it looks like dial-up next to the searing terabit speeds recently achieved by ZTE’s optical network. The Chinese telco, mostly known stateside for its mobile handsets, has successfully completed an experiment designed
TED expands its reach with streaming talks on Netflix
You can already watch TED talks on any number of devices via the web or the various apps available, but the oft-debated conference / organization has now added another fairly big feather to its cap: it’s streaming on Netflix. That includes around 200 talks to start with, which have been grouped into
Film Discovery Startup Prescreen Adds Netflix Founding Exec Mitch Lowe To Advisory Board
Last month, we covered the relaunch of Prescreen, a curated, on-demand video platform. The company, which was founded by ex-Groupon and Zoosk execs, launched last November with the goal of giving movie lovers an easy way to discover independent films, and, in turn, offering filmmakers and producers an
Amazon Launches Kindle App Update for New iPad Retina Display
Amazon has released a Kindle app update that’s optimized for the high-resolution Retina display of the next-generation iPad.
The app aims…
10 March Madness Brackets That Have Nothing to Do With Basketball
If you want to talk the talk when it comes to March Madness, but don’t have the slightest interest in or knowledge of college basketball, the In…
New Roku HD shows up at the FCC, looks like a fusion of current boxes
If a recent FCC pit stop is to be believed (and it should), Roku’s third-gen HD box may very well be on its way. Physically, the miniature device keeps the same form factor as its siblings save for the purple splash on its base — much like a color-flipped LT. Still, the main highlight isn’t its minimal
New iPad Teardown: ‘It’s Really Just a Giant Battery’
You may be busy preparing your line-waiting strategy for a new iPad on Friday morning, or plotting the fastest route to your local Wal-Mart to p…
Confirmed: ICS coming to the Nexus S in the next few weeks
Own a Nexus S or Nexus S 4G? Wondering when you’ll finally get to enjoy a tasty bite of Ice Cream Sandwich? One our trusted sources has confirmed that Google is not abandoning you, and that an official Android 4.0 update for last year’s Nexus is expected to drop in the next few weeks — for reals this
How Iceland Is Rebuilding Its Economy With Social Media
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — While visiting Iceland for an online marketing conference last week, I found myself in the president of Iceland’…
Amazon to Offer $10 Gift Card for $5 Next Week
Amazon will use a two-for-one gift card offer next week to get consumers to check out AmazonLocal, its daily deals service.
On Tuesday, March 20…