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Submission + - MIT and Caltech's coding breakthrough could accelerate mobile network speeds (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: What if you could transmit data without link layer flow control bogging down throughput with retransmission requests, and also optimize the size of the transmission for network efficiency and application latency constraints? Researchers from MIT, Caltech and the University of Aalborg claimed to have accomplished this with stateless transmission using Random Linear Network Coding, or RLNC. The universities have collaborated to commercialize this promising technology through joint venture called Code On Technologies.

Submission + - California opens driverless car competition with testing regulations (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: Professor John Leonard tipped the audience that California just released rules for testing autonomous vehicles on California’s roads and highways. Californians will soon be seeing more autonomous vehicles than just those built by the Google X labs.

These vehicles offer great promise, such as freeing the driver’s attention for productivity or leisure, better safety and less congestion. It will be a while, though, before we see these vehicles on the road. Autonomous vehicles will move the Zip Car car-as-a-service concept forward when deployed, because a subscribers would simply summon cars using an app.

Submission + - Microsoft's Surface Pro 3 may replace Apple's lost iPad shipments (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: The Surface Pro 3 raises the question for the enterprise — why buy a notebook and a tablet?

Microsoft announced the Surface Pro 3 today, which aims to put the squeeze on enterprise tablet shipments. It’s a WinTel all-the-way tablet that is also an Ultrabook that looks like a very capable alternative to buying both types of devices. In light of Apple’s 16% year-over-year decline in iPad shipments last quarter, the potential for the pure-play large tablet market may be over estimated, because while touchscreens are important, keyboards are needed to get work done.

Microsoft’s Surface Pro 3 was designed to fit this opportunity, which Android and iOS tablets with accessory keyboards don’t address as well as a Windows 8.1 device does with a keyboard.

Submission + - XLTE leaves test phase as Verizon announces mobile data speed boosted (networkworld.com) 1

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: People who depend on their smartphones for mobile internet access might have guessed Verizon was upgrading its network in large cities like New York, San Francisco and Chicago before the announcement of XLTE this week. Verizon didn’t just turn on XLTE today; it’s been testing for months and you might have noticed.

At the Moscone Center for the RSA Conference, Verizon customers with an AWS-compatible smartphone saw LTE speeds at 53 Mbps downstream and 24 Mbps upstream and faster. This is counterintuitive because data-hungry attendees at tech venues like the Moscone Center use up the Wi-Fi capacity first, and then flood the 3G and 4G capacity. Experiencing these speeds during the RSA conference tipped Verizon's hand.

Submission + - Verizon would let the US internet come in second to Bulgaria (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: Without net neutrality, ISPs would destroy U.S. broadband speeds

Verizon argued for a slower internet, slower than most internet connections in Bulgaria in its Federal law suit against the Federal Communications Commission and net neutrality. In arguing for a snail slow internet Verizon challenged the very powers that underlie the draft net neutrality rules the FCC released last week for public comment.

Submission + - Will the FCC be able to enforce an open internet? (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: If the FCC can't make the large broadband providers comply with its rules, the country could experience another competitive debacle. Verizon prevailed in court last January and struck down the FCC’s ability to order an open internet, leaving the commission with fewer arrows in its quiver to protect and promote an open internet. In the words of the FCC:

"Today, there are no legally enforceable rules by which the Commission can stop broadband providers from limiting Internet openness."

During the next four months, the FCC will write these rules. But to make the rules work, the FCC will need to regulate cooperation among rivals and enforce compliance. The strength of what is yet to be written in the section that the FCC has captioned in advance as “Enforcement and Dispute Resolution” will determine the open internet of the future.

Submission + - Motorola declares war on the feature phone (networkworld.com) 1

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: According to Motorola,

"70% of mobile phone users in the world are still using feature phones that can’t unlock the full wonder of the mobile Internet, in many cases because they don’t think it’s worth the $337 for a smartphone (the average selling price globally in 2013)."

Motorola’s new parent company Lenovo has a strong market position with computers and smartphones in the high-growth markets of Asia, where the Moto E will meet the needs of first time smartphone users and the Moto G is an affordable choice for consumers that want to tap the area’s fast-growing 4G LTE networks. Let’s see if Lenovo can exploit Motorola’s first-rate product designs and tradition of durable, value-priced devices into a position within the top five smartphone manufacturers in the developing markets.

Submission + - A Microsoft smartwatch would derail Nadella's plans (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: The eruption of news about a Microsoft smartwatch this week based on recently released patent filings is extremely disconcerting. With the Apple World Wide Developer Conference approaching next month, there is much speculation that Apple will announce the iWatch. In response, did Nadella lose confidence? Was it a moment of Nixon-like paranoia that led to the Watergate break-in, or a moment of Clinton-Lewinski machismo that pushed Nadella into the smartwatch business?

Submission + - Inflight Wi-Fi: Not just a business-class perk anymore (networkworld.com) 1

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: AT&T's new class of inflight broadband is designed for the always-on mobile consumers that take 3 billion flights per year.

It looks like AT&T is trying to capture a new and much larger category of consumers who want to be constantly connected with their mobile devices, compared to the professional group that has to be connected with their notebooks. This larger group wouldn’t pay $29.95 for slow internet access, but many more will pay less to stay connected on fast broadband.

Submission + - What's behind Amazon's reported dive into the smartphone business? (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: There is a hint of what Amazon’s reason for branding a smartphone might be in The Verge’s analysis of BGR’s reported images and features of an Amazon smartphone. The Verge reported that the Amazon smartphone has glass on both sides. This brings a business model into focus that makes sense for Amazon’s content-centric business.

Submission + - Facebook shows maturity at F8 conference (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: At Facebook’s f8 software developer conference, Mark Zuckerberg conceded that though it did not have the same ring to it as "Move Fast and Break Things," he was changing the company mantra to one that reflected the company’s maturity:

“Move Fast with Stable Infra[structure].”

Facebook's made two big points — first and foremost bet on the Facebook Audience Network because of Facebook's successful track record building significant ad revenues from its mobile news stream.

Second, adopting a Googley "do no evil" campaign with its new Facebook login the company became an advocate for personal privacy to counter the prevailing suspicions about the company.

Submission + - Google's rumored Silver Project could make Android more useful (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: This evolution of the Android ecosystem in the case of the Silver program could be considered in the same light as Microsoft and Intel’s plug ‘n play initiatives, which aimed to simplify the interoperation of PC hardware with self configuration. A year ago, before smartphone apps such as Google Now started to demonstrate the importance of context, lags and inconsistencies between smart mobile devices weren’t as noticeable because not as many apps used sensors. But with context becoming important, consistency is critical.

Submission + - Lessig Launches a SuperPAC to End all SuperPACs (mayone.us)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Lawrence Lessig has announced plans to kickstart a SuperPAC big enough to make it possible to win a Congress committed to fundamental reform by 2016.

Submission + - MIT students to receive $100 in Bitcoin (networkworld.com)

Submitted by smaxp
smaxp writes: Bitcoin's openness is a great tech challenge to MIT students to build applications that use Bitcoin

The MIT Bitcoin Club is handing out $100 in the cryptocurrenty to MIT undergrads next September. The club’s co-founder Jeremy Rubin gave a pretty convincing reason for the giveaway:

"Giving students access to cryptocurrencies is analogous to providing them with internet access at the dawn of the internet era."

Submission + - MIT students to receive $100 in Bitcoin (networkworld.com)

Submitted by colinneagle
colinneagle writes: The MIT Bitcoin Club is handing out $100 in the cryptocurrenty to MIT undergrads next September. The club’s co-founder Jeremy Rubin gave a pretty convincing reason for the giveaway:

"Giving students access to cryptocurrencies is analogous to providing them with internet access at the dawn of the internet era."

That gets at the main point, which is to encourage the students to test the technology and come up with applications for it. Even with the Mt. Gox debacle and the other issues surrounding Bitcoin's stability and value, its potential as a technological platform remains massive.

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