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Bubbly "Voice Twitter" Service Launches in the Philippines

Liz Gannes in Social on February 9, 2011 at 10:53 pm PT

I last wrote about Bubble Motion, provider of the Bubbly mobile messaging service, exactly a year ago. At the time, the company had 150,000 users. Today, it has more than seven million.

Obama Wants a Wireless Broadband Network for Everyone

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 26, 2011 at 8:00 am PT

Technology references were numerous in the president’s speech to Congress last night. His call for for a national wireless broadband network will reignite a long-simmering debate over spectrum allocation, pitting TV broadcasters against the FCC.

Check It Out: Will.i.am Is Just One of Two Intel Pop-Music Partners (Video)

Arik Hesseldahl in Enterprise on January 25, 2011 at 6:15 pm PT

The Black Eyed Peas front man says Intel chips amplify his creativity. Meanwhile, you can also find Intel’s hand in a video from a Korean girl-group sensation.

Good News for the Cable Guys: Verizon Stops TV Push

Peter Kafka in Media on March 30, 2010 at 7:31 am PT

Waiting for Verizon to start competing with your cable company for your TV dollars? You may be out of luck: The telco has stopped rolling out its Fios TV service in new cities.

Thanks, iPhone: 2,000 Percent Increase in Bay Area Data Traffic Since 2008, Says AT&T

John Paczkowski in News on November 17, 2009 at 2:36 pm PT

Bay Area iPhone users, relief is on the way. AT&T has almost completed a $65 million upgrade to its network in the region. The carrier has upgraded close to 850 cell sites in an effort to better handle the massive surge in data traffic it has seen in and around San Francisco since the debut of iPhone. And make no mistake: The surge has been massive.

Fancy Charts of the Week: It Might Be Bingtastic, but Users Heart Google the Way Gum Loves a Sneaker!

Kara Swisher in News on August 21, 2009 at 1:17 am PT

This week, BoomTown decided to mash up two different and interesting surveys, both from comScore, about the search market. When you do this, you find that while the new Bing search engine from Microsoft is showing some impressive growth–up a half-point in July from June to an 8.9 percent share–the software giant still has a long way to go to get some true love from the consumers. Obsessive love, actually.