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POPSGet On The Google "Internet Bus" There are library buses, dental buses, hair salon buses and now Internet buses--courtesy of Google India. Google's Internet-equipped bus has been touring rural India for several weeks, chatting up the wonders of the Web. Is this an effective approach to bridging the digital divide? If so, it would be easy to replicate.
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POPSGoodbye DSL, Hello HSI (High-Speed Internet) In this WSJ story about one of Verizon's CMO's retiring, I found this nugget telling: Verizon is substituting the term "high-speed Internet" for DSL in its marketing because it sounds zippier. (DSL stands for "Digital Subscriber Line" -- easy to understand, but not very exciting.)
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POPSInternet Growth Slowing, Warns The Economist Internet traffic is growing 50-60% per annum, down from 100% (a few years ago), says a University of Minnesota computer scientist. The danger: the slowdown could ding ISP revenues and innovation, generally. The article also says the exaflood is passe. Next up: the zettaflood!
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POPSBlackBerry Hits The Sky Starting Tuesday, BlackBerry users will be able to check email via Wi-Fi on JetBlue flights when the carrier becomes the first U.S. domestic carrier to offer free in-flight email and IM. Is this a boon for BlackBerry addicts that want to be connected 24/7 or another sign of the encroachment of technology into our (formerly) personal space?
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