Broadcom is one of the first adopters of this new video standard. H.265 also known as MPEG-5, mp5, and HEVC (High Efficiency Video Coding) is a new standard for video that is going to offer several great features.The first feature that H.265 is going to offer is the ability to stream H.264 content, in the…
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The French government is beginning to look into charging web companies like Google to pay for the bandwidth they use. They are having trouble keeping up the hardware that the Internet in France runs off of. They are looking for relief from web companies like Google to invest in the networks that carry their traffic.They…
The new WiFi standard 802.11ac is hitting big this year. Many manufacturers are adopting the new standard for their devices offering a much better Internet experience. Trendnet showed one of its newest devices at CES this year the promises 802.11ac speeds via a USB port.This new WiFi adapter simply plugs into a USB 3.0 port…
AT&T has recently announced that they will be releasing a wireless home monitoring system that will be all digital and will allow consumers to automate tasks such as monitoring security, changing the temperature, locking to doors, or turning off the lights from a smart phone, tablet, or PC regardless of which carrier that you use.The best part…
Dlink, one of the many popular network equipment companies has released the first 802.11ac based router. This new standard allows for WiFi access at great speeds in comparison to older routers. The new standard allows for data transfer speeds up to 1300 Mbps, between the router and a 802.11ac compatible device.The major difference between this…
The Library of Congress has announced earlier this year that they will begin storing all twitter feeds. If you do not know already the Library of Congress is a place that information is stored like any other library. However this is America's library and they also store things that document basically anything relating to our…
Shortly before Google won its antitrust lawsuit earlier this year Microsoft claimed that its Windows phone devices have been, and continue to be blocked from Google’s popular Maps application.While Google denies that the purposely blocked IE on Windows phone from being blocked from Google’s Maps, they did not deny that the problem exists. Microsoft first…
This year it seemed that Nokia may survive in the mobile industry after releasing the Lumina 920 and selling it quite successfully. However here in 2013 there will be a large movement in the mobile industry. Nokia will not be able to keep up and their departure from the mobile industry will be some of the largest news.…
Facebook, everyone’s favorite social networking site has long been used to post pictures of friends, family, get togethers, etc. but in more recent years it has also had a dual purpose. Since users of Facebook tend to put their entire lives out on the Internet using Facebook, or at least a lot more of it…
Cohda Wireless is an Australian company that specializes in car-to-car communication to further the production of Intelligent Transport systems. It makes sense for a networking company and a semiconductor business to invest in this technology.Cisco and NXP believe that we could benefit from this technology. They could wirelessly exchange information that could tell your vehicle to slow…
Facebook, everyone’s favorite social networking site is working on taking its services a step further. Facebook announced that users in Canada that have an iPhone can use Facebook to make phone calls. Not only will they have the ability to make phone calls but they are testing a VOIP feature set to allow users to…
Last November Microsoft announced that they will be discontinuing Messenger their instant messenger client for Skype. Well the time is upon us. In January Microsoft let all of the users know that this will be taking place with this memo:Hello,On 15th March 2013 we are retiring the existing Messenger service globally (except for mainland China…