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Lyft’s IPO is Coming
The first of many tech companies file for IPO. 2019 is the year of tech companies filing for Initial Public Offering. If you didn’t know an IPO is “the process of offering shares in a private corporation to the public for the first time.” Lyft is the first of many to...
AT&T + Time Warner Merger Official
Will this AT&T and Time Warner merger change the media industry? A federal appeals court upheld AT&T’s $81 billion takeover of Time Warner, which includes Turner Networks, on Tuesday in New York. This approval is one of the biggest media deals to ever happen....
Cable Moves to Virtualization!
Is the Cable Industry ready for change? Chris Busch from Arris’ believes that 2019 is the year that the cable industry moves into virtualization. Busch said the different paths toward virtualization include PHY for distributed access architecture (DAA), fabric...
$13B from Google will help the U.S in 2019
What is Google doing with 13B dollars? Google corporate executive Sundar Pichai said on Wednesday that Google will invest nearly $13 billion throughout 2019 in knowledge centers and offices across the U. S. with major expansions in fourteen states. Google will be in...
Google Fiber Pulling out of Louisville
Google has recently announced that Google Fiber is shutting down its fiber-based network on April 15 in Louisville. One of the problems Google had in Louisville was the micro-trenching, where their trenches were too shallow and ended up exposing the fiber to...
Can GIS Help the Nation’s Electoral System?
Does GIS have a future in elections? There have been numerous states that have advocated for the use of GIS in elections. They believe that GIS will produce a more accurate and reliable system. So how will GIS become a reliable system? With dynamically stacking data...
The Netflix Effect
How is Netflix disrupting broadband? Netflix has created a demand in South Korea for more network capacity. SK Broadband has had to double its capacity because of Netflix. The operators are boosting the data transfer speed for high-speed networks from 50gbps to...
Using GIS to Improve Transportation Accessibility
GIS technology is helping many cities adapt to transportation changes! Walkability has been on the decline for the past thirty (30) years now. This has affected peoples’ work commutes and our children’s ability to walk to school. The convenience of walking to wherever...
The Gigabit Broadband Race!
Why China is beating the US in the gigabit broadband race? In this day of age, everything is a race. It turns out the gigabit broadband race is mainly between the United States and China. Recently, Rethink Technology came out with a report that they believe in 2023,...