Tag: Public
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World’s first Skype “booth” appears in Estonia
Skype has combined past and future with their latest gadget unveiled in Estonia last week. Remember the old public phone boxes? They’re still there, if you look hard enough. Most are in a state of disuse and used only by late night revelers who can’t make it home in time to pee. But once upon…
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Bidding starts for network-wide Wi-Fi for London Underground – Full service planned in time of 2012 Olympics
Recent success for an Underground Wi-Fi service, trialled at London’s Charing Cross station, has gotten Transport For London eager for bidders interested in providing a network-wide communication service, to cover 16 tube stations before the beginning of 2012 Olympics. TFL brought in BT Openzone to run the trials from November 2010, and the Wi-Fi…
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RockMelt – the Facebook powered browser enters public beta phase
You may have already heard of the new social network orientated browser, if not, RockMelt is designed to easily integrate with Facebook and allow users to keep up to date with their friends, using a browser style interface. RockMelt has been in private Beta since last November and although still in its development stage, the…