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AnandTech - Apple iPhone 4S: Thoroughly Reviewed - 0 views

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BT Openzone - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia - 0 views

  • 4,000 wireless stations in the UK, located in public locations such as cafés, hotels, pubs, stations and airports; BT's network accounts for 40% of the UK's wifi hotspo
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Wi-Fi is drawing power from the mobile phone mast | Technology | guardian.co.uk - 0 views

  • Mobidia found 70% of smartphone internet traffic is carried by Wi-Fi
  • US, the total is two thirds
  • only Japan and Singapore show an even split between networks
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What is Video Streaming? | LongTail Video | Home of the JW Player - 1 views

  • video delivery mechanisms
  • three widely used ways
  • For longer videos, the downsides start to impact playback too much
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  • Progressive Download is the most widely used
  • easiest to implement
  • Progressive Download is supported by Flash, HTML5 browsers
  • bandwidth is wasted on data downloaded but not watched
  • simplicity of Progressive Download also has its downsides.
  • inability to change the quality of the video mid-stream
  • Progressive Download, RTMP/RTSP Streaming, and Adaptive HTTP Streaming
  • Progressive Download works fine for short clips (a few minutes).
  • RTSP/RTMP Streaming
  • RTMP/RTSP Streaming is widely used by professional media organizations like Hulu
  • if the connection speed drops below the minimum bandwidth needed for the video, playback will be continuously interrupted.
  • most widely solution is used is RTMP (Real Time Messaging Protocol)
  • HTML5 does not include a dedicated streaming protocol, nor does the iPad/iPhone
  • RTMP streaming can change video quality mid-stream
  • allows for optimal playback quality in the fullscreen and WiFi/3G scenarios
  • only deliver the frames of a video the user is currently watchin
  • has specific server and protocol requirements, which makes it less accessible and adds significant complexity and cost
  • Adaptive HTTP Streaming is a fairly new streaming format
  • Adaptive HTTP Streaming works by storing your videos on the server in small fragment
  • daptive HTTP Streaming leverages standard webservers, it is supported by webhosters and CDNs alike.
  • none of the Adaptive HTTP Streaming implementations work with regular MP4 files.
  • Adaptive HTTP Streaming will likely become the single video streaming method over time
  • live streaming is not possible,
  • o data is downloaded in advance and data a user has seen is immediately discarded.
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Google pleads for more unlicensed spectrum instead of more auctions - 0 views

  • oogle would really, really like to see the Federal Communications Commission open up a huge swath of unlicensed spectrum for mobile broadband
  • company's case for making more unlicensed spectrum available
  • Google senior policy counsel Rick Whitt o
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  • Whitt said that an all-licensed approach to spectrum wouldn't give carriers the spectrum they need to build out common infrastructure.
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FCC Grants Google Access To "Super Wi-Fi" Broadband Spectrum - 0 views

  • CC has given nine companies permission to manage and administrate the white space wireless spectrum
  • Companies like Google hope to turn the white space spectrum into a form of “super Wi-Fi.
  • White space spectrum has a longer wavelength, further reach and better penetration than traditional Wi-Fi signal
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  • Google, believe that it could be turned into a nationwide Wi-Fi networ
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Google's battle for wireless spectrum - CNET News - 0 views

  • 700MHz spectrum auction represents the last big chance that the United States has to create an opportunity for meaningful change in access to the Internet for the broadest set of people possible
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In-Stat - Wi-Fi Catalog - 0 views

  • Wi-Fi chipsets a
  • -Determine the overall value of the Wi-Fi chipset market
  • Wireless LAN (Wi-Fi) by Device, Q1’12 Forecast
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Wi-Fi Alliance: Press Releases - 0 views

  • stimate that Wi-Fi device shipments will continue to rise globally, surpassing two billion by 2015
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Wi-Fi Direct Promises Device-to-Device Connectivity: Tech News and Analysis « - 0 views

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More Than 1 Billion Devices to Have Embedded Wireless Networking Capability in 2011 - 0 views

  • ents, cell phones represent the largest category for embedded WLAN, with 512.8 million units set to ship this year. Mobile PCs will come in second at 230.1 million units.
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