Verizon Boosting FiOS Top Speed to 300Mbps
Posted by PCWorld
Verizon Communications is putting the pedal to the metal on its FiOS service with a new 300Mbps option next month, offering a majority of its customers a wild Internet ride, though it hasn't said how much that ride will cost.
The company said Wednesday it will refresh its portfolio of services next month, introducing four new speed tiers. The most eye-catching will be the top plan, with 300Mbps (bits per second) downstream and 65Mbps upstream. With that grade of service, subscribers will be able to download a two-hour high-definition movie in 2.2 minutes and upload five minutes of HD home video in 31 seconds, according to Verizon. The fastest FiOS service now is 150Mbps downstream and 35Mbps[...]
Continue ReadingThe company said Wednesday it will refresh its portfolio of services next month, introducing four new speed tiers. The most eye-catching will be the top plan, with 300Mbps (bits per second) downstream and 65Mbps upstream. With that grade of service, subscribers will be able to download a two-hour high-definition movie in 2.2 minutes and upload five minutes of HD home video in 31 seconds, according to Verizon. The fastest FiOS service now is 150Mbps downstream and 35Mbps[...]
Pinterest Rival Fancy Brings Social Commerce To iPhone & iPad, Announces 1 Million Users
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Pinterest rival Fancy, which thinks it has figured out social commerce (or at least, before Pinterest did), is announcing today that it has reached 1 million users as well as an average of $50,000 worth of commerce through its service each week. To help further grow its shopping platform, which initially debuted in February of this year, the company has also updated its iOS application. The app doesn’t just support browsing and liking images (you “fancy” things, actually) as before, but adds the ability to purchase items directly from the app itself[...]
Continue ReadingMary Meeker Weighs In On The Facebook IPO: Bankers “Did The Best They Could”
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The fallout from Facebook’s initial public offering earlier this month continues to play out in the media, but according to some of the most senior players in the financial space, any negative aspects of the social network’s stock market debut may not have really been the fault of the company or even the bankers who managed it.The latest big name to offer this opinion is Mary Meeker.In an on-stage conversation at the D10 Conference in Southern California where she presented her latest report on the state of the Internet, the current Kleiner Perkins partner and longtime Wall Street analyst was asked what she would have done differently about the Facebook IPO had she been involved[...]
Continue ReadingMary Meeker’s eye-popping annual Internet Trends report hits the web
Posted by VentureBeat
Mary Meeker, a partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, has released her latest compilation of eye-popping data concerning trends on the web and in mobile. Meeker’s analysis and data points are well-known for giving a comprehensive overview of what’s happening now in tech.
Meeker presented the report this morning at the All Things Digital conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
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Continue ReadingMeeker presented the report this morning at the All Things Digital conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.
Related stories:
Meeker data: Mobile web growing fast, but monetization is piss poor
Meeker’s stats show how Asia is kicking our butt
Specifically, the report indicates that Web growth remains high and that mobile adoption is still at an early stage. It also highlights current economic trends in[...]
Nest smart thermostat to be sold in Apple retail stores
Posted by VentureBeat
The Nest smart thermostat may soon by sitting on an Apple store shelf near you, an appropriate move for a company created by the former senior vice president of Apple’s iPod division.
iLounge is reporting that the thermostat, which has gained much popularity in the connected-home-device category, will be sold at Apple stores for the same price on its website, $249. The thermostat proved that popularity when it was first made available for purchase. It quickly sold out of available pre-orders, and left people waiting into 2012 for their orders to be filled. Currently, Nest is available online, in your local Nest-approved stores, and in home improvement giant Lowes. The company also ann[...]
Continue ReadingiLounge is reporting that the thermostat, which has gained much popularity in the connected-home-device category, will be sold at Apple stores for the same price on its website, $249. The thermostat proved that popularity when it was first made available for purchase. It quickly sold out of available pre-orders, and left people waiting into 2012 for their orders to be filled. Currently, Nest is available online, in your local Nest-approved stores, and in home improvement giant Lowes. The company also ann[...]
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