The Internet enters the final frontier
NASA announced today that it has completed its first successful test of a communications network in space that’s modeled on the internet.
The space agency could use the network to improve control over remote spacecraft and communication with manned missions. But the science fiction nerd in me can’t help dreaming about an actual deep space internet, connecting folks on Earth with those in space, on the moon and elsewhere.
The Earth-based and space-based internets also share a… Continue Reading
Roundup: Virgin Mobile acquires Helio, Starbucks to stop music sales and more
Here’s the latest action:
New partnership brings Helio to Virgin Mobile — Virgin Mobile USA will acquire the U.S. arm of South korea-based SK Telecom, namely, a mobile operator called Helio, according to the Financial Times. Both mobile operators have been struggling to make money by piggybacking on the infrastructure of existing carriers. This announcement doesn’t offer any sense of how they might bounce back; it just seems loaded with more bad news, like the estimate that… Continue Reading
Roundup: Jobloft bought, Cerf done with ICANN, and more
1) Niche job board site conglomerate OnTargetJobs buys niche job board site Jobloft
2) Vint Cerf done at ICANN, staying on at Google, etc.
3) More streaming TV startups get funding
4) Imeem signs third major label
Niche job board site conglomerate OnTargetJobs buys niche job board site Jobloft – Toronto, Canada-based Jobloft is perhaps best known for going on a Canadian game show for entrepreneurs, winning $200,000 in funding then refusing the money. By not giving up 15… Continue Reading