Schools weigh text alerts for crises
(USATODAY.com)
24 Apr 2007 10:45 GMTUSATODAY.com - After last week's Virginia Tech massacre, hundreds of colleges are considering a text-message emergency-alert system, and thousands of students have signed up for the cellphone service on campuses where it's already in use. "The standard changes after Virginia Tech," said Mark Rosenberg, chancellor of Florida's state university system. He is asking the state Legislature for $1.5 million for new emergency-alert systems that include text-message notices for the 11 state-run campuses.
Source: Yahoo AT&T to aim the iPhone at enterprises 23 Apr 2007 23:07 GMTAT&T plans to market the iPhone to business users in addition to consumers, but analysts aren't recommending that enterprises supply workers with the phones.
Source: InfoWorld FON strikes deal with Time Warner Cable 23 Apr 2007 21:18 GMTSpanish start-up, a maker of Wi-Fi routers that allow people to share broadband service, signs its first major U.S. deal.
Source: ZDNet Texas Instruments posts lower profit, revenue
(Reuters)
23 Apr 2007 20:57 GMT
Reuters - Texas Instruments Inc. ,the
world's biggest maker of chips for mobile phones, posted lower
quarterly profit and revenue on Monday as the company worked
through inventory issues.
Source: Yahoo Enterprise mobility is nascent reality 23 Apr 2007 18:27 GMTThe concept of enterprise mobility has been maturing for years, but large companies are only just beginning to get their hands around wireless technologies, according to the latest report from Forrester Research.
Source: InfoWorld Wi-Fi cloaks the City of London 23 Apr 2007 15:54 GMTThe City of London is home to a new Wi-Fi network that is not only one of Europe's largest but also among the first to give users mobile coverage similar to a cellular network.
Source: InfoWorld