TechAddress http://www.techaddress.com Providing the Latest User-Generated and Aggregate Technology News Tue, 18 Nov 2008 06:26:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 en Why the WiMax Deal Is A Disaster, Part II (Or, How Craig McCaw Snookered Eric Schmidt) http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/09/why-the-wimax-deal-is-a-disaster-part-ii-or-how-craig-mccaw-snookered-eric-schmidt/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/09/why-the-wimax-deal-is-a-disaster-part-ii-or-how-craig-mccaw-snookered-eric-schmidt/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 22:36:32 +0000 google intel Company & Product Profiles Comcast Time Warner Cable clearwire Sprint Nextel http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/09/why-the-wimax-deal-is-a-disaster-part-ii-or-how-craig-mccaw-snookered-eric-schmidt/ Source:TechCrunch
San Francisco based Zivity, a self described “community-powered showcase of female beauty,” will add a high profile technologist to their executive team next week. Napster co-founder Jordan Ritter, who was subsequently the CTO of Cloudmark and Columbia Music Entertainment (and a man who enjoys wearing sunglasses indoors), will join Zivity as chief technology officer.
Zivity continues […]Source:TechCrunch
TimeTube is a new mashup from Dipity, the interactive timeline site, that takes the mostly unsorted mess of videos that is YouTube and arranges them by date, offering a useful (and often unexpected) perspective on recent events.
Links to each video are situated across a horizontal timeline, with emphasis placed on the most popular videos (they […]Source:TechCrunch
The more I learn about the $3.2 billion deal announced earlier this week to salvage Clearwire’s and Sprint’s WiMax businesses by merging them together, the more I am convinced that someone got snookered. And that someone was Google CEO Eric Schmidt. Maybe he just can’t say “No” to visionary billionaires like Clearwire chairman […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/09/why-the-wimax-deal-is-a-disaster-part-ii-or-how-craig-mccaw-snookered-eric-schmidt/feed/ Schonfeld Talks About Clearwire/Sprint On Fox Business http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/08/schonfeld-talks-about-clearwiresprint-on-fox-business/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/08/schonfeld-talks-about-clearwiresprint-on-fox-business/#comments Fri, 09 May 2008 02:30:03 +0000 Company & Product Profiles clearwire Sprint http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/08/schonfeld-talks-about-clearwiresprint-on-fox-business/ Source:TechCrunch
Erick appeared on Fox Business last night to talk about the recent $3.2 billion WiMax deal between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire that’s expected to go through.
He tries to discuss the questionableness of the deal from a business standpoint despite the promises of WiMax as a technology. However, there’s clearly some frustration that Cavuto would rather […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/08/schonfeld-talks-about-clearwiresprint-on-fox-business/feed/ Why Google Invested in Clearwire http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/07/why-google-invested-in-clearwire/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/07/why-google-invested-in-clearwire/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 16:30:05 +0000 google Company & Product Profiles clearwire http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/07/why-google-invested-in-clearwire/ Source:TechCrunch
Google wants to usher in the world of wireless broadband so much that it is willing to spend vast sums to make it happen. It bid more than $4.6 billion in the recent FCC spectrum auctions (which it ended up not having to pay because it lost to Verizon), is backing the WiFi 2.0 […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/07/why-google-invested-in-clearwire/feed/ $3.2 Billion WiMax Deal Goes Through. Take Cover. http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/07/32-billion-wimax-deal-goes-through-take-cover/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/07/32-billion-wimax-deal-goes-through-take-cover/#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 06:30:03 +0000 google intel Company & Product Profiles Comcast Time Warner clearwire Sprint Nextel http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/07/32-billion-wimax-deal-goes-through-take-cover/ Source:TechCrunch
The deal to combine Sprint Nextel’s and Clearwire’s fledgling WiMax businesses that was rumored last March is finally expected to go through. Comcast and Intel are supposed to put in $1 billion each; Time Warner, $550 million; Google, $500 million; and regional cable provider Bright House Networks, $100 million. The new company, which […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/05/07/32-billion-wimax-deal-goes-through-take-cover/feed/ Why Cable And WiMax Shouldn’t Mix http://www.techaddress.com/2008/03/26/why-cable-and-wimax-shouldn%e2%80%99t-mix/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/03/26/why-cable-and-wimax-shouldn%e2%80%99t-mix/#comments Wed, 26 Mar 2008 18:30:03 +0000 google intel Company & Product Profiles clearwire Sprint Nextel xohm http://www.techaddress.com/2008/03/26/why-cable-and-wimax-shouldn%e2%80%99t-mix/ Source:TechCrunch
WiMax is going nowhere fast but that is not stopping a consortium of cable and tech companies from considering a plan to invest $3 billion more into a proposed bailout-through-merger of Sprint Nextel’s WiMax business (known as Xohm) and Craig McCaw’s Clearwire. The consortium that is reportedly being put together would include Comcast ($1 […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/03/26/why-cable-and-wimax-shouldn%e2%80%99t-mix/feed/ VCs Put $20 Million into Rural WiMAX http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/15/vcs-put-20-million-into-rural-wimax/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/15/vcs-put-20-million-into-rural-wimax/#comments Tue, 15 Jan 2008 15:30:20 +0000 mobile broadband infrastructure wimax clearwire Sprint DigitalBridge Towerstream http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/15/vcs-put-20-million-into-rural-wimax/ Source:GigaOM
DigitalBridge Communications, a provider of WiMAX-based broadband-to-rural communities, announced a $20 million Series B round of financing Monday, showing that some investors believe there might be gold to mine in them thar rural broadband markets. The new funding (which PE Hub says is closer to $23 million) joins the $17 million or so the company […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/15/vcs-put-20-million-into-rural-wimax/feed/ Drive-By WiMAX at CES http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/drive-by-wimax-at-ces/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/drive-by-wimax-at-ces/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 19:32:27 +0000 yahoo ebay mobile broadband skype intel wimax MOT clearwire YHOO S INTC Sprint Nextel Motorola CLWR Ces CES 2008 http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/drive-by-wimax-at-ces/ Source:GigaOM
In 2001, just 1.8 percent of households had an Internet-attached handheld device, according to a report issued that year by the NTIA. By the time Ipsos conducted its 2005 Face of the Web survey, 26 percent of Americans had surfed the web on a wireless device. Fast-forward to 2007, when it could be done using […]Source:GigaOM
After talking earlier this week about the speed bumps that U.S. WiMAX deployment faces, it only seemed proper to take a ride in the WiMAX-equipped vehicles that Motorola and Intel revved up at CES.

I will geek out a bit after the jump, but the bottom line is that Wednesday’s brief broadband cruise provided public proof […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/drive-by-wimax-at-ces/feed/ Wireless Auctions Aren’t for Wimps http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/wireless-auctions-aren%e2%80%99t-for-wimps/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/wireless-auctions-aren%e2%80%99t-for-wimps/#comments Thu, 10 Jan 2008 15:30:23 +0000 google mobile goog articles at&t clearwire T Aloha Partners Frontline Wireless Craig McCaw http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/wireless-auctions-aren%e2%80%99t-for-wimps/ Source:GigaOM
Frontline Wireless’ decision to bow out of the 700 MHz auction proves that in the Wild West of spectrum speculation, only the bold need apply. Frontline dropped out of the auction after finding it difficult to raise enough money to cover a $128 million up-front payment on the spectrum.

Backers of Frontline included former FCC […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/10/wireless-auctions-aren%e2%80%99t-for-wimps/feed/ Intel: WiMAX PC Card by June http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/08/intel-wimax-pc-card-by-june/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/08/intel-wimax-pc-card-by-june/#comments Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:32:13 +0000 mobile broadband cisco intel wimax CSCO MOT Uncategorized clearwire S INTC Motorola john chambers Paul Otellini Ces CES 2008 http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/08/intel-wimax-pc-card-by-june/ Source:GigaOM
Frontline Wireless is apparently out of the 700 MHz auction, according to reports from RCR Wireless and the New York Times, as well as an email note from our telecom analyst pals at Stifel, Nicolaus. According to the reports, the startup, which counted former FCC chairman Reed Hundt and VC John Doerr among its backers, […]Source:GigaOM
Intel Executive VP Sean Maloney, at CES here in Las Vegas, said the company will have a “middle-of-[this]-year-release” for its WiMAX PC Card, a device that could help accelerate end users’ embrace of the nascent wireless technology.

Despite some recent bumps in the road for WiMAX, top executives from major WiMAX backers Intel, Sprint Nextel and […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/08/intel-wimax-pc-card-by-june/feed/ More Speed Bumps Ahead for WiMAX http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/05/more-speed-bumps-ahead-for-wimax/ http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/05/more-speed-bumps-ahead-for-wimax/#comments Sat, 05 Jan 2008 17:30:41 +0000 mobile broadband intel wimax MOT clearwire T S Motorola CLWR Ces CES 2008 INCT http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/05/more-speed-bumps-ahead-for-wimax/ Source:GigaOM
One of the promotional gimmicks planned for next week’s CES show are rides around Vegas in a car with mobile WiMAX Internet access, courtesy of WiMAX backers Intel, Clearwire and Motorola. While the demonstration of real mobile WiMAX is a big step forward for the nascent wireless technology, you have to wonder if the market- […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2008/01/05/more-speed-bumps-ahead-for-wimax/feed/ Google’s Grand Mobile Ambitions http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/16/google%e2%80%99s-grand-mobile-ambitions/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/16/google%e2%80%99s-grand-mobile-ambitions/#comments Fri, 16 Nov 2007 11:33:03 +0000 google mobile wimax clearwire CLWR http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/16/google%e2%80%99s-grand-mobile-ambitions/ Source:GigaOM
DivX  acquired Aachen, Germany-based MainConcept for $22 million with another $6 million in earn outs and placing a big bet on  the H.264 video compression technology, which unlike DivX’s own technology is an open standard. With the deal, DivX is acknowledging that the open standard H.264 is becoming a codec of choice when it […]Source:GigaOM
The Wall Street Journal’s report about Google’s big mobile plans is one that covers all bases, and leaves you where you started from: scratching your head. The Journal says Google may or may not buy a carrier; invest in a carrier; partner with a carrier, and/or may bid for spectrum. Aka, anything is […]

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]]> http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/16/google%e2%80%99s-grand-mobile-ambitions/feed/ Sprint and WiMax startup Clearwire have ended … [Wireless] http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/09/sprint-and-wimax-startup-clearwire-have-ended-wireless/ http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/09/sprint-and-wimax-startup-clearwire-have-ended-wireless/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2007 23:37:29 +0000 wireless wimax clearwire gary forsee Sprint http://www.techaddress.com/2007/11/09/sprint-and-wimax-startup-clearwire-have-ended-wireless/ Source:Valleywag

Well, these Facebook pages for celebrities and products are really going to work out well, now, aren’t they? You can now become a fan of “God,” a move which is going to thoroughly delight Campus Crusaders everywhere. But get ready for some holy wars. There are, as of this post, three different gods to choose from. This is a violation of the First Commandment. But even worse? It’s a violation of Facebook’s terms of service.

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Sprint and WiMax startup Clearwire have ended plans to form a joint venture. Supposedly the “complexities of the transaction” and the ouster of Sprint CEO Gary Forsee torpedoed the deal. This leaves a nationwide WiMax rollout for either company very much up in the air. [WSJ]

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