FCC Opens up “white-spaces” spectrum for “Super Wi-Fi”

September 24, 2010 by Leave a comment

The FCC voted unanimously to allow the use of unutilized broadcast spectrum TV white spaces to open up the way for “super Wi-Fi” wireless broadband networks, but set aside two channels nationwide for wireless microphones.

The spectrum in question was freed up through the nation’s transition from analog to digital television broadcasting in June 2009.

The agency also directed the Office of Engineering and Technology to develop a database that will include information on wireless microphone venues. The agency has given experimental licenses to several cities and seen how the spectrum could be used for telemedicine, connecting larger school campuses, machine-to-machine communications and smart cities applications, said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski. However, beyond super Wi-Fi, the most innovative services could be on the horizon, he noted. Read more of this post

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Awesome Carmine’s Comes to Awesome Washington, D.C.

August 3, 2010 by Leave a comment


As more businesses moving to Washington, D.C. area, more and more cool bar,clubs, lounges, and restaurants from all over the world and the country also moving to D.C.  It was just a few month ago we reported the opening of the Pan-Asian Budda Bar, it is now the Italians from NYC. The  Carmine’s from the legendary New York family style Italian restaurants located at 7 Street NW, between D&E Streets opens up today to Awesome Washingtonians. The place will become the largest restaurant in Washington, DC with over 20,030 square-feet and large enough to seat 700 guests.

Independently owned by the Alicart Restaurant Group, Carmine’s DC has a 40 seat wrap-around bar and a 50 seat lounge along with nine rooms for private dining. According to the release, the restaurant is designed by Bill Johnson Studios, in the nostalgic signature of the New York Carmine’s, the DC restaurant’s décor has walls strewn with black and white photographs depicting Italian American families surrounded by hanging chandeliers and large white-clothed tables. Read more of this post

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Free Internet Access Now Available in all Starbucks in Washington, D.C.

July 4, 2010 by Leave a comment


As we blogged about it last month, the Starbucks all over Washington, DC area are  now offering free internet access.  The service actually started July 1st. I was jut too lazy to blog about it.  This means no-charge, registration-less and limitation-free at any Starbucks in DC metro and I think all over the nation and Canada.

Finally! I thought it was ridiculous that we had to have an AT&T account to go online there. I always thought half the point of sitting in a coffee shop was supposed to be the free wifi. Read more of this post

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Cisco Unveils Business Tablet – Cius

July 1, 2010 by 8 Comments


Early this week, Cisco unveiled its first tablet running Google Android operating system  with full video conferencing, email and media access called  The Cius, a 7-inch HD business collaboration device designed with the business user in mind.

Yes, A business collaboration device which is missing in iPad and I’d say in all other tablets to be launched by other vendors sometimes this year.  The device will be part of Cisco’s  Communications package that they sell to business users. Read more of this post

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Free WiFi Coming To All Starbucks in Washington, D.C. Area

June 15, 2010 by Leave a comment


Those of you love to hang out in Starbucks for whatever reason, beginning July 1st, you may also enjoying their coffee with free WiFi from any Starbucks in Washington, D.C. area. So, no more need for refreshing your Starbucks card and certainly no more need to keep buying something every 30 days to keep their Wi-Fi free and active.

Good to see this happening. I think we are beginning to consider Wi-Fi as an expected service in public places, much like restrooms, climate-controlled environments, etc.

Starbucks is partnering with a number of media companies, including Yahoo, for this new digital venture. When you go to Starbucks and log-in to wifi, you’ll be served with targeted content and news. Yahoo will help run the portal and Starbucks is also working with AOL to integrate local content from Patch in the network. And you’ll get free versions of content from WSJ, Zagat, New York Times, USA Today, and free pick of the week iTunes download.  Read more of this post

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CLEAR 4G Mobile Internet Service In Central Washington, D.C. Area

June 1, 2010 by 2 Comments


Clearwire is gearing up to kick ass and take names in DC area. I  saw their first retail store in DC only a few blocks from Awesome DC headquarter in Dupont Circle.  :-)   Today, they  announced the availability of their super fast mobile Internet service for the city. Bye Bye Comcast :-)

What’s the big deal with their services?

This cool video explains it all:
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Move over Wi-Fi… WiGig is taking Over

May 11, 2010 by 14 Comments


by Elias Shams
Imagine accessing the internet via the fastest existing Wi-Fi today, but ten times faster (10x). Just the thought of its effect on our home media networking gives me the goose bump. It’s in the pipeline and it’s called WiGig. :-)

The Wi-Fi Alliance and Wireless Gigabit Alliance have jointly approved the specification for a new format for transmitting data over the air at speeds up to 10 times faster than today’s most powerful hotspots can provide. The goal – to bring 7Gbps wireless connectivity to users. Read more of this post

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Wi-Fi After Smartphones Vs. Speedy Gonzales After Cheese

April 12, 2010 by 35 Comments

Believe it or not, Wi-Fi is spreading faster in smartphones than Speedy Gonzales running after Cheese. Another News I forgot to blog about during the CTIA event last month is the fast spread of Wi-Fi in 4G  mobile technologies.

According to ABI research, the number of phones shipped with Wi-Fi jumped to 139.3 million in 2009, up from 92.5 million in 2008. The annual shipping number will surpass 500 million units by 2014, when 90 percent of all smartphones will have the technology. And even as smartphones make up more of the handset market, Wi-Fi is expected to grow more common in less-expensive phones. read more…

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Mobile, Mobile, and More Mobile

April 9, 2010 by 3 Comments


by Elias Shams
I finally got my hands on the latest research conducted by Gartner on mobile technologies  yesterday. Interestingly, they are similar to what we have been covering here since last December.  According to the research firm, the impact of mobile technologies on our lives looks set to continue to surge in the next couple of years too.

Gartner is predicting that enterprise investments in mobile applications and technologies will increase through 2011 as organizations emerge from the recession and ramp up both business-to-employee (B2E) and business-to-consumer (B2C) mobile spending.

With this in mind, the research firm has picked out the 10 mobile technologies to watch in the coming years. read more…

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What Happens In Vegas, Certainly Will Not Stay In Vegas This Time

March 29, 2010 by 2 Comments


by Elias Shams

I decided to take a break from Awesome Washington DC last week. So, I headed to Vegas for the CTIA event.

Ton of  awesome wireless gadgets and technologies were unveiled during the event.  Those of you couldn’t make  the trip, here are some of the highlights that made the most buzz.

As a classic geek, first thing first – looked for the booths with the best looking babes. They were all fantastic looking, one hotter than the other one :-) The angels were all over the place.  Surprisingly, there were more brunettes than blondes this year  which I like :-)

As for the wireless phones, starting with Sprint and their glorious  4G WiMAX initiative:

More WiMAX markets

Sprint Nextel and Clearwire that currently offer WiMAX services in more than 20 markets covering more than 30 million pops, unveiled additional market for offering its “4G” service to cover 120 million potential customers by year-end. read more…

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