March 12, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
Any idea how fast your broadband connection is? Do you care? The U.S. Federal Communications Commission does and thinks you might. So it’s decided to help.
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Tags: broadband, connection, FCC, measure, speed
February 12, 2010 by Valerie Helmbreck
We’re not No. 1 anymore, at least where IT’s concerned, according to the annual Connectivity Scorecard, a global study of “useful connectivity” that measures infrastructure, complementary skills, software and informed usage of IT around the world.
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Tags: Connectivity Scorecard, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, United States
December 28, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
Several online sites are publishing the codes airline passengers can use to get free in-flight WiFi, but with the recent terrorist attempt on Delta’s Amsterdam to Detroit flight, it could be tough to actually use them.
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Tags: Air Canada, airlines, Airtran, American Airlines, codes, Delta, free, inflight, United, Virgin America, WiFi
December 2, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
They started out slow, but Cyber Monday shoppers upped their spending by 8% this year, good economic news for retailers and good news for our consumer-based economy.
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Tags: cyber Monday, online, shop.org, shopping, spending
November 25, 2009 by Valerie Helmbreck
So what’s the worst thing you could call a good old American-style captain of industry? “Commie” springs to mind, and that’s just about what an Obama administration official called corporate opponents of proposed net neutrality rules this week.
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Tags: net neutrality
