Life & Tech

Kansas town makes unusual pitch to Google

Tim Barker — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:17:34 +0000

Welcome to Topeka, er Google, Kansas. At least for a month.

The city of Topeka has renamed itself as part of an effort to capture the attention of Internet giant Google, which is looking for a community or…

Charter adding faster speed to its Internet services for free

Tim Barker — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:20:23 +0000

Well, this should come as welcome news to Charter’s Internet subscribers: The company said today that it started boosting the speed of most of its service by as much as 60 percent. It doesn’t cost you anything and it doesn’t…

Looking to interview a former blogger

Tim Barker — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:30:20 +0000

So it seems, according to a recent study by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, that blogging has lost steam with the younger set – those under the age of 29.

I’m writing about this and I’m looking to…

Facebook and Twitter growing even more popular

Tim Barker — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 18:27:24 +0000

These days, I’d have to say the first place I go when I launch a Web browser is Facebook. I really never thought that would be the case, but it is. And I guess I’m not alone.

According to Nielsen,…

Time to say goodbye to adult content at iPhone App Store?

Tim Barker — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:58:12 +0000

There are some reports around the web that Apple is revamping its App Store guidelines and is removing content considered too adult in nature.

CNET and TechCrunch report that Apple has started pulling some apps because they violate the…

Web site highlights the danger of location-based status updates

Tim Barker — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:56:40 +0000

It’s not the first time this has come up, but here’s a new site, pleaserobme.com, that illustrates one of the potential pitfalls of telling the world what you are up to and where you are doing it.

The site…

New 10-year goal set for superfast Internet

Tim Barker — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:49:39 +0000

The Federal Communications Commission has revealed its ambitious goal of seeing 100 million homes served by 100Mbps Internet service by 2020.

The agency’s National Broadband Plan, which is still under wraps, apparently will make a push to give the U.S.…

AT&T making its case against “net neutrality”

Tim Barker — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:34:47 +0000

AT&T’s top Missouri exec, Dave Nichols, dropped by the paper today to meet with our editorial board as part of the company’s campaign against some for the rules that may soon be enacted by the Federal Communications Commission.

Admittedly, this…

Google making moves to become broadband provider

Tim Barker — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 18:23:14 +0000

Seems like Google wants to compete with everyone these days. The search engine champion has its own phones. It has its Google Buzz – intended to compete with the status updates we now do on Facebook, Twitter, etc. And…

Google is Buzzing its way into your social networking life

Tim Barker — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 22:46:42 +0000

Lots of changes going on in social networking. First we got hit with this new layout by the constantly tinkering folks at Facebook. And now Google is tossing a new wrinkle into its Gmail service: a Google Buzz tab…