December 07, 2007

Wi-Fi in Philadelphia hits snags

3 years after the Mayor of Philadelphia announced they would be the first major U.S. city to have it's own wireless network, the project with Earthlink is delayed by delays and cost overruns.

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Google + iPhone = ?

Google, following its history as it continue to take over the world, has developed a new application for the iPhone.

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Information Renaissance, Take 2

Before I posted my first blog on the Information Renaissance, I did not research the topic because I wanted to post a non-biased idea of what I thought that it might be. Now after googling "Information Renaissance," I've made an interesting discovery.

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My Definition of the Information Renaissance

The Information Renaissance is not a concept that has been concretely defined by Merriam-Webster or an established event in history such as the European Renaissance. In my opinion, it has a somewhat fluid definition, similar to that of Web 2.0

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The not-so-glamorous portion of the European Renaissance

Unfortunately, while there was so much going on in the Renaissance related to art, science, music and architecture, there was also the death of anywhere between 1/4 and 1/2 of Europe's population during this time.

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December 06, 2007

European Renaissance ...the art and architecture

The Renaissance, as you may well know comes from the French for "rebirth." The European Renaissance occured between the 14th and 17th centuries.

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Ford ... joining the information age?

Ford (www.ford.com), in a partnership with Microsoft, is offering a new system in its vehicles (2008 line) that allows you to sync your phone and music with the car and then use both with it's voice activated system. The Name? FordSync. (www.syncmyride.com)

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In-Flight Net?

JetBlue Airways has decided it's going to start testing limited free in-flight e-mail and instant messaging for its passengers. JetBlue is testing this as other airlines are renewing their own efforts to offer in-flight internet.

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