Internet Availability by Country
The Internet has arguably had the biggest impact of all modern inventions. But though many can access it with the touch of a button, for others it is a luxury that few can afford. Using data from the Internet Live Stats, SoftwareInsider visualized the percentage of Internet users by country, or Internet penetration, as of […]
Biggest test in U.S.-Cuba talks: the Internet
Contrary to what the headlines suggest, the biggest test of President Obama’s move to normalize relations with Cuba will not be whether the two countries agree to set up embassies in their respective capitals, nor whether there is an avalanche of U.S. tourists to Cuba, but whether Cuba will accept U.S. help to expand Internet […]
RIM finally unveils 4G LTE tablet, with Aug. 9 launch
The BlackBerry PlayBook will be available to Canadian customers first, the company says. It will be available in the U.S. and other territories “in the coming months.” After a long wait, Research In Motion has unveiled its 4G LTE BlackBerry PlayBook. The device will be available to Canadian customers first and come with 32GB of […]
Google science fair entrants focus on health, environment
Google held the final round of its second annual international science fair on Monday morning, hosting 15 contestants from around the world between the ages of 13 and 18. The science fair this year has grown considerably as not only did Google receive thousands of entries from more than 100 countries, but the program now […]
Google unveils Nexus tablet made by Asus and Project Glass pre-orders
The device is made by the Taiwanese company Asus rather than the firm’s own Motorola hardware unit. It runs the new Jelly Bean version of Android. An 8GB version will be sold for $199 (£127) from mid-July pitching it directly against Amazon’s Kindle Fire. The firm also showed off its internet-connected augmented reality glasses revealing […]
Dutch bank hit with record fine for passing money through U.S. financial entities on behalf of Cuban and Iranian clients
In the largest fine ever assessed against a financial institution for violating U.S. sanctions on Cuba and Iran, Netherlands-based ING Bank will pay $619 million to the U.S. government, the Justice Department announced Tuesday. ING agreed to pay the fine for secretly moving more than $2 billion through U.S. financial institutions in 20,000 transactions from […]
LightSquared Files For Chapter 11
Wireless Internet provider LightSquared has filed for Chapter 11 protection. LightSquared, the ambitious 4G wireless venture recently poised to bring lightning-fast Internet to the masses, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection earlier today. Government tests found that LightSquared’s signals interfered with GPS reception, a setback LightSquared was never able to recover from. In an official […]
Plan to park in South Florida? Raid the piggy bank
Jay Rooney seeks out street spots, takes public transportation and stays away from valet — anything he can do to avoid the high cost of parking. “I love downtown, I love Brickell. I don’t go as often as I would just because parking is too crazy,” said the 27-year-old. “I used to work on the […]
More than 600,000 Macs infected with Flashback botnet
Russian antivirus company says half the computers infected with malware designed to steal personal information are in the U.S. — with 274 located in Cupertino. More than half a million Macs are infected with the Flashback Trojan, a malware package designed to steal personal information, according to a Russian antivirus company. The company — Dr. […]
South Florida home prices rise as inventory falls
Home prices in Miami-Dade and Broward counties jumped for the third consecutive month in February despite flat or declining sales volume, as the inventory of listings dwindles, real estate figures released Wednesday show. Realtors say that heightened demand for bank-owned properties and an improvement in the processing of short sales has resulted in rapid absorption […]
Miami Beach board game company expanding, adding new items
Inside a sunny, living room-like office near Miami Beach’s Lincoln Road, Eric Poses lays out his board game Loaded Questions and pulls out a card: “What would you do if you wanted to annoy someone?” Poses, the founder and president of the game company All Things Equal, happily explains how the game works — the […]
Terri Dial, former Citigroup exec, died in Miami
Terri Dial, whose work on the reshaping of Citigroup Inc. in 2008 culminated a three-decade banking career that made her a much-watched woman in business, has died. She was 62. She died Tuesday in a hospice in Miami, said a friend and family spokeswoman. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer. In 27 years at […]
T-Mobile expands 4G network and services, announces Galaxy S Blaze 4G
As a long time T-Mobile customer I have a lot of interest in their future and services so I spent some time with them at the CES. I was encouraged by their expanding 4G network, Bobsled Messaging and Calling expansion, free service practices, and the new Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G. Expansing 4G network T-Mobile […]
Future data center expansion will be happening in developing markets.
Future data center expansion will be happening in developing markets like China, Brazil and Argentina, but such locations may not meet the requirements of data centers today and the requirements that will be necessary in the future. In fact, these five regions may not be the most obvious places to build a data center, but […]