Wi-Fi Alliance Moves to Austin, and a TV Station Speculates
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TCS: Tech Central Station - The Alliance
Builder?
TCS: Tech Central Station - The Alliance
Builder?
09/20/2004 11:20 PMSo maybe Kerry isn't going to woo the rest of the world .. Read the
whole thing .. ALLIANCE
BUILDER
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Nokia moves to counter Apple-Moto music
alliance
Nokia moves to counter Apple-Moto music
alliance
08/09/2004 11:28 AMPartners with Loudeye/OD2
BusinessWeek speculates on PowerBook G5
BusinessWeek speculates on PowerBook G5
12/17/2003 09:37 AMDave Russell, director of product marketing for portables and wireless
at Apple, talked to Wired recently about the possibility of a
PowerBook G5...
Power Line: Steyn Speculates
Power Line: Steyn Speculates
09/20/2004 12:54 PMPower Line .. Powerline
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Business 2.0 speculates on future Apple
products
Business 2.0 speculates on future Apple
products
03/23/2005 07:25 PMPaul Sloan has written a feature article for Business 2.0 [paid sub...
Research company speculates Apple may
buy TiVo
Research company speculates Apple may
buy TiVo
01/03/2005 12:03 PMApple Computer may acquire TiVo during 2005 in a bid to become a major
player in the digital home, suggests a new report by Forrester
Research.
"The Battle For The Digital Home," a new report from Forrester
Research, Inc., evaluates ten industries, including consumer
electronics, PC, content, games, telecommunications, and cable, that
are vying for control of the digital home. It concludes that some
industries are better positioned for success, but all must focus on
capturing and controlling new revenue streams through key
cross-industry partnerships and acquisitions.
Because the digital home power positions traverse industry lines,
Forrester sees many partnerships forming during the next three years.
Potential digital home alliances include: Apple's acquisition of TiVo,
providing Apple with a service platform for TV and video on-demand; a
joint venture between the NFL and FOX to create an immersive
experience where sports fans can choose viewer-selected camera angles
and split-screen content; Sony's acquisition of Clear Channel to
combine Sony's music and devices business with Clear Channel's radio
stations to offer personalized time-shifted digital radio; Google's
acquisition of TV Guide's interactive program guide allows it to
deliver a best-in-class personalized media application – video search;
a partnership between Microsoft and BellSouth, Verizon, and SBC to
provide an operating platform for IPTV, and finally, Disney's
acquisition of Electronic Arts.
Want to setup your own Microbroadcasting
Station aka Pirate Station
Want to setup your own Microbroadcasting
Station aka Pirate Station
05/09/2004 05:09 PMI have always thought it would be cool to have my own mini-radio
station, well it seems it is much...
"Austin Bay"
"Austin Bay"
03/17/2005 02:50 AMFree Austin
Free Austin
11/10/2003 10:53 PMThis Austin Statesman story ran last week; if you missed it, it's
worth checking out: Austin has a thriving Wi-Fi community, many of
whom believe that hot spots should be free. One group of volunteers
that will set up a hot spot for venue, sometimes using donated gear. I
talked to Rich MacKinnon, the founder of Less Networks and a driving
force behind Austin’s free networks movement, and was impressed by his
passion and drive. While this article points out that the free hot
spots in Austin are often more crowded then the cafes where you have
to pay to get online, I still think that ultimately there will be
space for both free and fee. The trick will be offering something
worth paying for in the fee sites, such as added security or
guaranteed bandwidth....
Austin Becoming Wi-Fi Hot Spot
Austin Becoming Wi-Fi Hot Spot
06/13/2004 06:25 PMFree Wi-fi in Austin
Free Wi-fi in Austin
01/25/2004 09:52 PMFound this list:
Free Wireless Internet Access
Points in Austin, Texas
... and I figured everyone I knew needed to know where all the free
wi-fi spots were in Austin too.
Austin Bay at Instapundit
Austin Bay at Instapundit
07/13/2004 12:19 AMan answer for you ..
Instapundit
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Spyware Infiltrates Austin
Spyware Infiltrates Austin
02/01/2005 10:07 PMSpyware infections are on the rise in Austin, and software tools are
not enough. Local company Aces Technology Services explains the risks
and offers help. [PRWEB Jan 20, 2005]
Austin Park Gets Wireless
Austin Park Gets Wireless
05/20/2004 11:29 AMAustin Wireless City worked with the City of Austin to build a hotspot
in Republic Square Park: The two have also partnered for hotspots at
One Texas Center and city hall. Republic Square is the first of four
Austin parks to get wireless. The City of Austin is apparently really
supportive of Austin Wireless City projects, which will only encourage
more Wi-Fi in Austin....
More on Austin Apple Store
More on Austin Apple Store
03/06/2004 01:59 AMEarlier this week (2/23) ifoAppleStore.com posted
this:
I have updated information on the Barton Creek (Tex.)
store... it will be located in the "R" section of the
Austin mall, in space #8 on the upper level, in a space formerly
occupied by Fast Forward.
Still no word on when it'll open.
I leave for Austin in the morning.
I leave for Austin in the morning.
03/13/2003 10:26 AMI'm completely exhausted at the moment, and I'm sure I'll be moreso in
two days. But it'll be fun. BTW, in case you're interested, I'm not on
the shedule, but I have a guest appearance on
Craig Nevi
Free and Easy in Austin
Free and Easy in Austin
11/03/2003 11:13 AMAustin's free hotspot locations grow: This article implies that Austin
is unique, and while it does have an interesting confluence of several
trends -- and Schlotzsky's and Wayport are both headquartered there --
there are dozens of free locations in other large cities as well. It
seems to be more of a coalescing community attitude, however, that
free hotspots make more sense than for-fee ones that's provoked this
and similar articles. The Schlotzsky's survey, by the way, is months
old, but the company keeps bringing it out. They have both free
computer access (via Apple iMacs) and free wireless at their test
stores, and their survey showed that six percent of visitors to the
stores during the survey came because of wireless access. At $7 for an
average customer purchase, that equates to $100,000 in gross
additional revenue per store, not overall, as the article implied. But
Schlotzsky's should really revamp those numbers given the massive
publicity they've received and the length of the experiment. [via
Smart Mobs]...
Austin to New Jersey with Wireless
Austin to New Jersey with Wireless
05/03/2004 08:42 PMNew York Times staffer John Schwartz drives his daughter from Austin
to New Jersey in search of colleges and Wi-Fi: Schwartz is a keen
observer of the Wi-Fi scene, and he writes of his fairly easy process
of finding Wi-Fi hotspots along his long route. He includes a bit of
found poetry from the Flying J, one of the many thousands of truck
stops that are or will become hotspots over the next year: God Bless
America / Position Open / Wireless Available. Schwartz started in
Austin, and he also filed this article about the work being carried
out by Richard MacKinnon, Jon Lebkowsky, and a cast of dozens involved
in Austin Wireless City to spread free Wi-Fi across the town....
Austin Project Featured at SXSW
Austin Project Featured at SXSW
03/06/2004 01:49 AMThe Austin Chronicle takes a look at the Austin Wireless City
Project's initiatives around the SXSW music festival, which happens
next weekend: The project is offering free iTunes music to users of
the free hotspots set up by the project. In addition, the IC2
Institute, a research unit of the University of Texas, is making a
presentation during an Interactive Conference going on in conjunction
with the festival. The institute will talk about how everyday people
can benefit from connectivity. Howard Rheingold, who wrote Smart Mobs:
The Next Social Revolution, will also speak at the conference. Other
coverage of the Austin Wireless City Project's efforts include a story
written by its co-founder, Rich MacKinnon. He offers a really great
description of all the parties that benefit when a venue offers free
hotspots. He gives the example of a free hotspot at an Austin
restaurant and describes how a consultancy made money to install the
router, a printing company was paid to make new coasters touting the
free Wi-Fi, MacKinnon's company Less Networks pays a hosting facility
to support the hotspot and a PR firm is paid to promote the free
hotspots. He notes that even the big companies make money here,
including Kinko's which printed a new sign, CompUSA which sold the
access point, which was made by Buffalo, and SBC which provides the
DSL connection. The list actually goes on, offering a strong argument
for the business case behind free hotspots. [both links via Less
Networks]...
NCSoft Austin to Colocate with Equinix
NCSoft Austin to Colocate with Equinix
12/09/2003 06:16 PMtheWHIR Dec 9 2003 5:36PM ET
Austin Works to Trump Starbucks
Austin Works to Trump Starbucks
02/19/2004 12:43 PMPartners in Free Wi-Fi, Austin Wireless, and Less Networks are
offering free music to hotspots users in Austin: The groups have been
working together to help local venues build free hotspots. The
offering starts today and will extend through the end of SXSW 2004,
the music festival. Hotspot users, who don't pay for access, will be
able to listen to more than 500 songs for free. Users must have the
iTunes player and the songs are available through Apple iTunes music
share. Less Networks sees this as a one-up on an earlier Starbucks
offering where visitors could listen to a CD for free. The groups have
built 25 locations in Austin since September and have 3,600 registered
users. Around 100 people log on to the networks every day. Workers
don't charge venues for the help in setting up the networks or the
software, which lets venues manage the hotspot....
The Austin Chronicle: Screens: The Hot
Spot
The Austin Chronicle: Screens: The Hot
Spot
06/14/2004 10:08 AMAustin is the Wi-Fi capital .. an article .. he builds .. More > ..
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Podcast: On Site with Wayport's CEO in
Austin
Podcast: On Site with Wayport's CEO in
Austin
03/19/2005 02:24 AM
During my
visit to Austin this week, I stopped by Wayport and recorded this
interview: David Vucina, CEO of Wayport, the leading
hotspot infrastructure builder, reseller network, and managed services
operator in the industry, lead me on a tour around their new facility
in Austin, Texas. I have to say it's quite impressive. I wondered
aloud why all the functions of the company were in one place:
warehouse, hotspot assembly, customer service, network operation
system, system management, and administration. But after taking the
tour, it was pretty clear: the company is more like a big IT
(information technology) department for hire than, for instance, an
Internet service provider.
There are times in this virtual world when it's useful seeing
firsthand how things are done. For instance, I was able to see the
assembly facility Wayport is using to prep the equipment that goes
into the field. They have a separate area for assembling custom
McDonald's boxes because they're putting so many of them together. The
assembly manager said that they had shipped over 400 hotspot boxes of
all kinds in a recent day. They're typically handling site surveys for
25 to 100 sites per week, and that isn't slacking off.
A customer service operator gave me a tour through their CRM software
that lets them slice and dice problems in a variety of ways, such as
all previous problems that hotel room or how that particular user
authenticated onto their network. This is typical stuff for any robust
customer service/technical support operation, but the tools are quite
nice and the Tier 2 reps have access to very level technical details
about the access point or access port.
In the 30-minute audio interview I recorded with Vucina, we talked
largely about the hotspot world, Wayport's position in it, and what
the company will do when the U.S. becomes largely unwired. We also
spoke about the nature of Wi-Fi in complement to 3G cellular data.
You can download the interview as a plain MP3
file [15 MB] or as a ZIP
archive of that file [11 MB]
Livejournallers save Austin mural
Livejournallers save Austin mural
01/08/2004 07:46 PMA mural on the side of a shop in Austin that was to painted over by
the new owners has been saved by a campaign organized by
Livejournallers.
Link
(
via Torrez)
Signing Sunday in Austin at SXSW
Signing Sunday in Austin at SXSW
03/08/2004 11:03 PMA reminder of my upcoming Austin signing, this Sunday:
I will be signing copies of Eastern Standard Tribe Austin at
the SXSW conference, immediately
following the Bloggie Award
Ceremony on the trade-floor.
March 15, 1:30PM, at the book signing area of the
SXSW
Interactive Festival Trade Show & Exhibition on the third floor of
the Austin Convention Center.
If you're not a registered attendee at SXSW, you can get a free
trade-floor pass here.
Link"Austin columnist Molly Ivins "
"Austin columnist Molly Ivins "
12/05/2003 10:14 AM"Austin Bay sends Glenn Reynolds"
"Austin Bay sends Glenn Reynolds"
07/13/2004 03:22 PMMy talk from the EFF-Austin party audio
My talk from the EFF-Austin party audio
03/13/2003 11:28 AM
Wiley Wiggins was kind enough to capture (and host!) the audio off my
16-minute talk at the EFF-Austin/EFF/ACTLab/Polycot party at SXSW. Can
you spot the time I said "NSA" when I meant "SS?"
16.5MB MP3
Link
Discuss
(
Thanks, Wiley!)
City Of Austin Migrating To
OpenOffice.org
City Of Austin Migrating To
OpenOffice.org
12/17/2003 10:45 AMAn anonymous reader writes "NewsForge.com has a story up this morning
about the City of Austin and the results of their pilot program on
OpenOffice.org. The ...
Apple planning Austin, TX retail store
Apple planning Austin, TX retail store
01/17/2004 10:38 PMThe Austin American-Statesman notes that "it looks like Apple is about
to open a store in Dell's back yard."...
Austin considering shift from Microsoft
to free software
Austin considering shift from Microsoft
to free software
12/18/2003 02:12 AMMiami Herald Dec 18 2003 1:47AM ET
Austin tests desktop Linux waters
Austin tests desktop Linux waters
12/19/2003 06:19 PMZDNet Dec 19 2003 5:37PM ET
Austin Wireless City Announces PC Deal
Austin Wireless City Announces PC Deal
04/09/2004 03:57 PMThe Austin Wireless City Project, which builds hotspots for local
venues free of charge, is talking about a deal it has with Image
Microsystems: Image Micro takes old computers that would otherwise be
headed for landfills and refurbishes them. It has donated 50 of the
computers to Austin Wireless City. After those 50 donated computers
are used, Image Micro will start loading Less Network's server
software onto the computers. Venues can buy the bundled hardware and
software, which serves as an AP, for $199. Previously, Austin Wireless
City loaded the software but this new development saves time for the
project, which already has a waiting list of 90 establishments hoping
to get hotspots....
Apple to open Austin, TX store on June
12
Apple to open Austin, TX store on June
12
06/04/2004 10:47 AMRon Johnson, Apple's senior vice president for retail, has confirmed
that Apple will open its Austin, Texas, retail store on June 12 in the
Barton Creek Square mall...
Intel close to clearing Austin 'eyesore'
Intel close to clearing Austin 'eyesore'
04/21/2004 06:18 AMOffloads unfinished chip design centre
BRS Group Selling Austin Data Center
BRS Group Selling Austin Data Center
04/21/2004 02:29 PMtheWHIR Apr 21 2004 6:41PM GMT
Notes and Tips: Austin Apple Store
Notes and Tips: Austin Apple Store
04/16/2004 10:28 AMThey're hiring for another Apple Store coming to Austin.
Kentucky Drops Utah 62-52 in Austin
Semis (AP)
Kentucky Drops Utah 62-52 in Austin
Semis (AP)
03/26/2005 01:51 AMAP - Regardless of whether Kentucky goes on to win the national
championship, the Wildcats accomplished something Friday night no team
has done all season: stymie Utah's Andrew Bogut. Primarily using two
7-foot backups and lots of help from smaller guys, the Wildcats
harassed Bogut into the poorest shooting game of his All-American
season and showed off their depth, spreading their scoring in a 62-52
victory in the Austin Regional semifinals.
4 camera pods put in place to watch
Austin neighborhood
4 camera pods put in place to watch
Austin neighborhood
04/16/2005 07:34 PMChicago Tribune Apr 16 2005 9:25PM GMT
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