http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/ Innovations, trends, and dustups in the world of tech en-us Copyright 2007 The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:27:33 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.16 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss bwwebmaster@businessweek.com 10 Why did Verizon Wireless announce it'll open up its network now? There are several reasons, from trying to influence approval of the XM-Sirius merger to trying to lower prices in an upcoming wireless auction. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/why_did_verizon.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/why_did_verizon.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat wireless Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:27:33 -0500 Classical music lovers like myself are finally getting some respect in the digital world. One of the oldest companies in the music business, Deutsche Grammophon, now a division of Universal Music Group, announced it was making a catalog of 2,400... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/roll_over_beeth.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/roll_over_beeth.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat Digital Music Tue, 27 Nov 2007 16:09:12 -0500 Space Data has developed a new way to build wireless networks: with weather balloons. Sure, this approach seems out there. But the military is already using it. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/space_data_buil.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/space_data_buil.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat wireless Wed, 21 Nov 2007 17:57:54 -0500 Reader doog has an interesting comment on my colleague Rob Hof's post on Amazon.com's Kindle e-book reader: "Wake me up when the hardware costs no more than the price of, say, an iPod Shuffle, I can get titles at a... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/why_not_paper_e.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/why_not_paper_e.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat Amazon.com Mon, 19 Nov 2007 18:40:45 -0500 Several financial analysts came out with reports today warning Google to back off from participation in the upcoming wireless airwaves auction on its own, without a partner. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/googles_wireles.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/googles_wireles.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat wireless Mon, 19 Nov 2007 15:53:56 -0500 I'm as interested as the next gadget watcher to see if Amazon can fulfill the sweeping promise Newsweek outlines for its Kindle e-book reader, coming out Monday. (BusinessWeek wrote about it a couple months ago. TechCrunch and Engadget liveblogged the... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/will_amazoncoms.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/will_amazoncoms.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat Amazon.com Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:57:45 -0500 Earthlink's Nov. 16 announcement that it will "consider its strategic alternatives for its municipal wireless business" means the end of what little hope was less for ubiquitous free or nearly so Wi-Fi service in U.S. cities. Some projects in progress,... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/why_muni_wirele.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/why_muni_wirele.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat wireless Sun, 18 Nov 2007 15:20:03 -0500 Or should I just call it poker? With fresh speculation in the Journal today, as well as BusinessWeek, that Google may be preparing to go it alone in a bid for the 700 MHz spectrum up for auction in January,... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/googles_high-st.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/googles_high-st.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat Google Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:48:17 -0500 Helio, the money-losing wireless service started by SK Telecom and EarthLink, appears to be changing its market tactics: The company may have stopped going after only the high-end of the wireless market. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/helio_shifting.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/helio_shifting.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat wireless Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:45:36 -0500 Until recently, at least three or four of every 10 multimedia phones I've gotten to play around with were poorly designed. That's changed now, as Samsung, HTC and others have finally figured out how to tack music and video capabilities onto phones without making them too difficult to use. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/hellooany_bad_c.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/hellooany_bad_c.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat wireless Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:51:44 -0500 I was only semi enchanted with the Secret Diary of Steve Jobs blog. Steve is overexposed, to put it mildly, so why would anybody want more of him? But after Forbes editor Daniel Lyons came out as Fake Steve in... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/fake_larry_elli.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/fake_larry_elli.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat blogging Wed, 14 Nov 2007 16:22:44 -0500 That's what Saul Hansell suggests in his blog post about Google and Yahoo leveraging their email systems to create social networks. On the surface, it makes a lot of sense, given the huge numbers of email accounts and the wealth... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/will_email_real.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/will_email_real.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat social networks Wed, 14 Nov 2007 15:57:55 -0500 The Federal Communications Commission, politicians, broadcasters, newspaper owners, and a variety of self-declared consumer groups are all devoting a tremendous amount of time and effort to a fight that looks more and more like a Civil War reenactment: lots of... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/back_to_the_fut_1.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/back_to_the_fut_1.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat media Fri, 09 Nov 2007 13:22:58 -0500 Wow, for an announcement that was supposed to explain how Facebook is worth $15 billion, the company's Social Ads debut the other day sure got a lot of negative reaction--not least because of the appearance of arrogance by Facebook execs... http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/the_facebook_ba.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/the_facebook_ba.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat Facebook Thu, 08 Nov 2007 10:51:19 -0500 Until now, U.S. wireless carriers have done little to encourage customer loyalty. Well, that's changing, as Sprint Nextel is preparing to unveil a consumer rewards program. http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/coming_up_wirel.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2007/11/coming_up_wirel.html?campaign_id=rss_blog_techbeat wireless Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:11:10 -0500