Amazon launched the first prototypes for its Project Kuiper satellite internet system Friday (Oct. 6), moving forward in its plan to create a global satellite internet network. “The launch today started a new phase of our Protoflight mission, and there’s a long way to go, but it’s an...
There Are Ghosts, of Course A bit more than 25 years ago, on March 10, 1998, Netflix shipped its first DVD, “Beetlejuice,” about two ghosts played by Alec Baldwin and Geena Davis. Last Friday, more than 5.2 billion DVDs later, it shipped the last one. Netflix...
From smartphones to smart TVs and voice-controlled assistants, connected devices have transformed the way consumers multitask in their daily lives. In fact, consumers are using connected devices while engaging in various day-to-day tasks, regardless of whether it’s a weekday or weekend. PYMNTS’ data confirms that...
Large swaths of the U.S. are still without high-speed broadband internet service at the third anniversary of the pandemic lockdowns, keeping millions from enjoying the digitally connected economy. A prime culprit: utility poles owned by power and legacy telephony providers. Efforts to bring connectivity to...
April 03, 2020
On the other side of the pandemic — whenever that might be — might 5G and a new age of connectivity await? As Amy McCune, VP & COO of Ericsson North America, told Karen Webster in a recent interview, the shifts in the way we live, work, spend leisure time and even get healthcare delivered are proving […]
January 03, 2020
Bigger, better, faster — those are often the guiding principles for innovation, disruption and change in the digital and mobile worlds. What about smarter, and more diverse? Those traits could...
May 20, 2019
For Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the man credited with inventing and giving away the World Wide Web protocol that shaped the internet as we know it today, the web at its...
May 13, 2019
Banking — especially mobile banking — offers ‘single points of failure’ that allow fraudsters to make off with victims’ data and money. Karl Kilb III, CEO of Boloro, tells PYMNTS...
October 06, 2023
Amazon launched the first prototypes for its Project Kuiper satellite internet system Friday (Oct. 6), moving forward in its plan to create a global satellite internet network. “The launch today started a new phase of our Protoflight mission, and there’s a long way to go, but it’s an exciting milestone all the same,” Rajeev Badyal, vice president of technology […]
September 26, 2022
A Google executive has said big tech companies shouldn’t have to pay for internet service providers’ (ISP) network-upgrade costs in the EU, a report from Ars Technica said. It comes...
May 09, 2022
Several of the country’s largest telecommunication companies have agreed to help offer high-speed internet to millions of low-income customers. As The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (May 9), President Joe...
June 09, 2021
Fastly Inc., which operates a content delivery network, announced that it quickly detected a software bug that caused an outage on Tuesday (June 8), and that most of its network...
