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AT&T teams up with Boingo to offer free Wi-Fi in major international airports

By Matt Brian on April 9, 2013 09:37 am + 2 comments

AT&T has signed a deal with wireless internet provider Boingo to offer customers access to hotspots Continue reading…
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Google Fiber could expand to Austin as city preps for joint announcement next week

By Dante D'Orazio on April 5, 2013 03:31 pm + 156 comments

Google and the City of Austin, Texas have sent out invites to a press conference for "a very Continue reading…
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A video tour of television's fake parallel internet, from RoundSearch to YouFace

By Adi Robertson on April 5, 2013 02:37 pm + 21 comments

There's a long tradition of using "prop" domains in films, whether to avoid liability or better Continue reading…
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Microsoft creative director: 'I don't get the drama' over 'always-on' Xbox rumors

By Sam Byford on April 5, 2013 01:42 am + 565 comments

The rumors that Microsoft's next Xbox will require an "always-on" internet connection are gathering Continue reading…
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Tumblr and NYC nonprofit offer grants for 'internet art'

By Carl Franzen on April 4, 2013 04:06 pm + 2 comments

There's no shortage of internet-inspired art cropping up in galleries around the world lately, but Continue reading…
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Google's Eric Schmidt warns of 'dangerous period for the internet' in Burma

By Carl Franzen on April 1, 2013 12:00 pm + 25 comments

Google chairman Eric Schmidt is worried about the future of internet openness in Burma (also called Continue reading…
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For American gangsters, the internet is not much of a G thing

By Jeff Blagdon on March 28, 2013 02:29 am + 23 comments

What are America's gangsters doing on the internet? Not a whole lot, according to a recent survey. A Continue reading…
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After service disruption, Egypt arrests three divers severing undersea internet cable

By Sam Byford on March 27, 2013 08:22 pm + 27 comments

Recent internet service disruption in parts of Africa, the Middle East, and Asia may have been the Continue reading…
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Track Paul Miller's return to the internet with new countdown apps for iOS and Android

By Chris Welch on March 23, 2013 06:13 pm + 149 comments

Paul Miller's year-long hiatus from all things internet will come to a close at 12:00:01 AM on May Continue reading…
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The battle behind a more accessible web for the deaf and blind

By Bryan Bishop on March 22, 2013 06:42 pm + 16 comments

The web is an integral part of the way we reach out and communicate with one another, but navigating Continue reading…