News tagged with dial up service

Pandora gains point to healthy Internet IPO future

(AP) -- Internet radio station Pandora Media's IPO struck the right chord with investors Wednesday despite the static in the overall stock market.

Technology / Business

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Dialing back: Cost-cutters return to slow-speed Internet

With his work hours cut and an investment portfolio in the tank, Arnold Zimmerman is considering the unthinkable: ditching his blazing-fast cable Internet service and going back to dial-up.

Technology / Telecom

created Mar 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A no-tech world is no place to be

I felt desperate as I drove. My second trip to Starbucks in four hours; how pathetic was this? But I had to have a fix. Caffeine? Sure, I'd take some. But that wasn't what I really needed. I was there, again, as I would ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (3) | comments 2




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AT&T customers surprised by 'unlimited data' limit

(AP) -- Mike Trang likes to use his iPhone 4 as a GPS device, helping him get around in his job. Now and then, his younger cousins get ahold of it, and play some YouTube videos and games.

Technology / Telecom

created 13 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 4

Review: Super Bowl online decent, won't replace TV

(AP) -- The television set won't be the only place to watch video of the New York Giants and the New England Patriots this Sunday. For the first time, U.S. football fans will be able to watch the Super Bowl ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 31, 2012 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

UN sets stage for blazing fast new mobile devices

(AP) -- A United Nations telecom meeting has approved the next generation of mobile technology, which experts say will make devices 500 times faster than 3G smartphones and eliminate the wait time between the tap of a finger ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Functionalized graphene oxide plays part in next-generation oil-well drilling fluids

Graphene's star is rising as a material that could become essential to efficient, environmentally sound oil production. Rice University researchers are taking advantage of graphene's outstanding strength, ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Dec 08, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Study shows many older Floridians have no backup plan after hanging up their keys

Florida is home to one of the highest percentages of residents ages 65 and older in the United States, but very few of them have thought ahead to a time when they will no longer be able to drive a vehicle safely or considered ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Dec 02, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 5

AOL revamps AIM in hopes of stanching user exodus

AOL is giving its AIM instant-messaging software a new look and new features in hopes of stanching an ongoing exodus of users who have turned to texting and other online messaging services.

Technology / Software

created Nov 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Netflix shares tank amid backlash and defections

(AP) -- Netflix shares plunged 35 percent Tuesday after the one-time Wall Street favorite revealed a massive departure of subscribers angered by price increases and other questionable changes at rental service that was created ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Netflix loses 800,000 US subscribers in tough 3Q (Update)

(AP) -- Netflix jolted its shareholders again with a third-quarter financial report that portrayed a company in crisis.

Technology / Business

created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 7

Web-radio specialists reel in traditional-radio clients

Like Levi Strauss, who got rich selling goods to immigrants during the Gold Rush, the founders of Triton Digital are making their fortune by providing the technology to radio companies wanting to mine digital gold.

Technology / Business

created Oct 12, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Review: Offline Gmail app good for casual use

Google's new software for using Gmail without an Internet connection comes across as a throwback to an era when we weren't connected all the time and on all sorts of devices, from phones to iPads.

Technology / Software

created Oct 07, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2


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