Google Maps is probably the gold standard when it comes to modern maps, as Apple found to its chagrin when it swapped out Google's maps app for its own a few months ago. But even the best aren't perfect.
Some components found in NASA-commissioned space-tech devices will soon come from an unlikely source: prison inmates.
NASA recently forged an agreement with San Quentin State Prison in California that will put its inmates to work building Poly Picosatellite Orbital Deployers …
Dish Network customers still don’t have access to cable network AMC, following a contract dispute between the two companies, but at least they’ll be able to catch the season premiere episode of Breaking Bad on the Web.
For one time …
Satellite provider Dish Network might unveil a broadband satellite service and a new home DVR solution called the “Hopper” at CES Monday, according to leaked reports.
The Hopper DVR will work across multiple rooms, allowing you to stop a show …
TerreStar Networks on Wednesday revealed that Dish Network had placed an opening bid of $1.38 billion for the ailing telecommunications company’s assets through a bankruptcy auction, according to Reuters. TerreStar has operated under bankruptcy protection since Oct. 19.
Dish Networks …
New Dish Network CEO Joe Clayton isn’t planning to sit still. After being named CEO on Monday, Clayton says Dish will continue with its somewhat unusual acquisition strategy as it pieces together a “new video model” to combat Netflix and …
Google has opened its Map Maker tool, which lets locals contribute mapping information to Google Maps, in the United States.
Map Maker has previously been open to 183 countries and regions around the world. But Google has presumably held off …
“Potential” is the key word when discussing Google TV. It has the potential to completely reshape the way we watch TV, the potential to change the way content providers do business, and the potential to give Google the sort of …
IBM announced its new cloud services platform today, which aims to make it easier for communications service providers (CSPs, which include communication companies like telcos, ISPs, and satellite companies) to take advantage of cloud computing.
Dubbed the “IBM Cloud Service …
Nokia has announced that it will develop mobile devices for billionaire Philip Falcone’s LightSquared — an ambitious 4G cellular network venture meant to compete with established carriers like AT&T, Verizon, and Sprint, Bloomberg reports.
Falcone’s Harbinger Capital hedge fund is …
Dish Network subscribers will soon have free access to live television streams and content recorded on their digital video recorders from a variety of mobile devices, according to a report by the Associated Press.
The satellite TV company will release …
If you thought your TV would be safe from Google’s search empire, think again. Google is currently testing a service on Dish Network that will allow users to search through TV listings and web video (including Youtube) on their televisions.…
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