Switch and the Super|Nap: The Story of the World’s Highest Density Data Center

Bert Latamore | September 21st

[Editors note: Wikibon co-founder and CEO David Vellante interviewed Jason Mendenhall, Executive VP of Switch (http://www.switchnap.com/) a co-location and cloud infrastructure provider, which has built the Super|Nap, the world’s highest density data center in Las Vegas. In

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MetroPCS’s LTE Network Goes Live, Just for the MySpace Crowd. Good For Them.

Kyt Dotson | September 21st

Right now, in the midst of other 4G roll-outs, MetroPCS has launched the Samsung Craft handset and their first LTE network in Las Vegas. However, as some have noted, this is a no-frills operation that...»

Promoted Tweets Get Personal

Kristina Farrah | September 21st

Shiva Rajaraman, Twitter product manager announced today that the company is updating its Promoted Tweets functions, making them more personalized, based on user activity. Launched last April, Promoted Tweets allows advertisers to purchase keywords that will...»

If Big Finance Wants to Switch from BlackBerry to Android/iPhone They Should Roll Their Own Networking Apps First

Kyt Dotson | September 21st

There have been some rumblings in the industry, especially th finance and big banking, of allowing employees to use their own phones for intra-office communication—in this case: allowing them to use iPhones or Android...»

Omidyar Network Advocates Government Transparency and Economic Empowerment with $55M Investment

Kristina Farrah | September 21st

Philanthropic investment firm Omidyar Network takes another step towards a positive future, as the company announced a fund of $55 million at the Clinton Global Initiative annual meeting in New York today. "We are at the...»

India Demands Access to BlackBerry Email Too

Sarwat Jabeen | September 21st

Seems like RIM ain't getting off the hook that easy. RIM has been in a lot of trouble regarding their secure and encrypted email and messaging service. Many countries seem to believe that this secure...»

AT&T Introduces Satellite-enabled Smartphone

Art Lindsey III | September 21st

In an effort to increase it’s already substantial business phone footprint, on Tuesday, AT&T released what it calls “Satellite Augmented Mobile Service”.  Such  service will allow customers to stay connected when traditional cellular services are down, and the

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Nokia Reclaiming the Market: Is it Possible with Elop and Delays?

Maria Deutscher | September 21st

As the company expands the market for smartphones on a daily basis, Nokia’s main competitors, including Apple and Android devices, have minimized this Finland-based company’s share of the market from 45 percent to only 37.4%...»

HP Brings the Android Tablet and Apps to the Printer

Maria Deutscher | September 21st

Hewlett-Packard is the computer manufacturer with at least a dozen products in every gadget-related store. With the launch of the latest generation of its TouchSmart desktop computers and newly introduced Apps Center, it seems...»

A two-way Internet

Tom Foremski | September 21st

It's easy to forget that we are still in the very early stages of the Internet -- a basket of technologies that continues to evolve and affect nearly every aspect of our business and personal lives.

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