7:11 PM
Pretty nice summary of tech-related April Fools' stunts including the inevitable batch from Google:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/04/01/its-april-fools-day-so-naturally-google-is-going-off-swiftkey-and-twitter-join-in-too/
It turns out that SwitftKey Tilt is *real*, not an April Fools' joke:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/04/01/video-swiftkey-tilt-isnt-just-an-april-fools-joke-its-real/
Concerns over security issues has resulted in Huawei being banned from Sprint, removed from Clearwire's network, and in danger of losing their Canadian customer:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/huawei-banned-sprint-forced-out-clearwire-and-facing-new-scrutiny-canada/2013-03-31
You can tell that the job market is improving--tech companies are ramping up their perks and upgrading their work envionments to entice workers to join/stay with them:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2013/04/tech-firms-bumping-perks-recruit-retain
Broadway shows, megachurches, and the NFL rely on the 600 MHz spectrum for their wireless microphones...and all are worried about how the FCC is planning to sell those frequencies. Moving to another frequency will apparently reduce the sound quality and require expensive new equipment:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/business/fcc-has-yen-for-broadways-wireless-spectrum.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&&pagewanted=all
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/04/01/its-april-fools-day-so-naturally-google-is-going-off-swiftkey-and-twitter-join-in-too/
It turns out that SwitftKey Tilt is *real*, not an April Fools' joke:
http://www.droid-life.com/2013/04/01/video-swiftkey-tilt-isnt-just-an-april-fools-joke-its-real/
Concerns over security issues has resulted in Huawei being banned from Sprint, removed from Clearwire's network, and in danger of losing their Canadian customer:
http://www.fiercebroadbandwireless.com/story/huawei-banned-sprint-forced-out-clearwire-and-facing-new-scrutiny-canada/2013-03-31
You can tell that the job market is improving--tech companies are ramping up their perks and upgrading their work envionments to entice workers to join/stay with them:
http://www.wirelessdesignmag.com/news/2013/04/tech-firms-bumping-perks-recruit-retain
Broadway shows, megachurches, and the NFL rely on the 600 MHz spectrum for their wireless microphones...and all are worried about how the FCC is planning to sell those frequencies. Moving to another frequency will apparently reduce the sound quality and require expensive new equipment:
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/03/30/business/fcc-has-yen-for-broadways-wireless-spectrum.html?pagewanted=1&_r=2&&pagewanted=all