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No love for Comcast here, but imagine that every home with a broadband connection could "share" a WiFi connection (firewall protected from your home network). This could be done perhaps via software or even as a small piece of hardware (think Chromecast) that was given out for free.

Data as you go. Data democratization?

"But someone must still curate all of this citizen journalism, and that's where a group called Video The Vote comes in. A member of a network of voting rights groups known as the Election Protection Coalition, Video the Vote wants anybody who notices voting problems to document the situation and bring the footage to its attention. "In an era of partisan voter purges, onerous ID requirements, and organized intimidation, it's not enough for citizens to just cast their ballots," says Matt Pascarella, Video The Vote's campaign director. In addition to collecting citizen uploads, he'll field a national network of his own videographers to target swing-state hotspots."

Personal/ private wireless access points and 3G hubs (smart devices such as Android phones, iPhone and tablets are permitted inside venues, but must not be used as wireless access points to connect multiple devices

Comcast considering a wifi powered mobile service that would work using a combination of Comcast's million+ wifi hotspots and leased cellular capacity from other operators.

Wearable tech

hot spotting is the VZ iPhone's exclusive new feature.

V-commerce video for online retailer Oki-ni. The video is fully shoppable. Click a hotspot while the video plays and it pauses the video and lists all of the items the models are wearing.