Posts Categorized: networking

Bot Wars: Why Big Tech Companies Want Apps To Talk Back To You

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Description: Can a new wave of chatbots from Facebook and Microsoft upend apps as we know them, or is that just wishful thinking? Source: Fast Company Date: April 22, 2016 The rise of conversational “chatbots” begins with a claim you might initially dismiss as preposterous. “Bots are the new apps,” Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella declared during… Read more »

Beekeeper, the mobile-first communications platform for blue-collar and service workers, raises $5M

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Description: Beekeeper, the Switzerland and U.S.-based startup that provides a mobile-first communications platform for employers that need a better way to communicate with blue-collar and service-oriented workers, has beefed up its coffers with $5 million in new funding. Source: Tech Crunch Date: April 15, 2016 Founded back in 2012, Beekeeper has its roots in a mobile… Read more »

802.11ah WiFi will penetrate walls more easily and use less power

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Description: Walls and floors can seriously limit the range of your wireless network, but the WiFi Alliance thinks they’ve come up with a fix. Their new 802.11ah standard aims to deliver superior penetration and power savings to boot. Source: Fossbytes Date: January 6, 2016 According to the WiFi Alliance, 802.11ah will also achieve nearly double the… Read more »

IPv6 celebrates its 20th birthday by reaching 10 percent deployment

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Description: According to Google’s statistics, on December 26, the world reached 9.98 percent IPv6 deployment, up from just under 6 percent a year earlier. Source: ars technica Date: January 3, 2016 Google measures IPv6 deployment by having a small fraction of their users execute a Javascript program that tests whether the computer in question can load… Read more »

T-Mobile CEO defends ‘Binge on’ against ‘throttling’ critics

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Description: T-Mobile launches “unlimited” streaming plan. T-Mobile CEO John Legere says Google and special interest groups are purposely confusing people about the company’s “Binge On” program. Source: CNN Money Date: January 7, 2016 Questions for discussion: 1. In what way does this violate the principles of net neutrality? 2. Is throttling bandwidth the same thing, better,… Read more »