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State of US Broadband: Demand Hits Speed Bumps

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A new report from Pew Internet shows that the broadband growth in the US has slowed down to a crawl, a sign that US broadband carriers would have to work hard to find ways to grow their overall businesses. Pew points…

GigaOM Ooma wants voice to be free «

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Voice over the Internet, so far, has been a game of cheap minutes, shoddy quality, and unreliable connections. It’s also been a money-losing proposition. The promise of voice being free has remained just that - a…

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GigaOM Social Network Hi5 gets $20 million «

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Social Networking world these days may seem like all-Facebook-all-the-time, but there are other social nets that are gaining traction, and are drawing interest from the venture capital community. Hi5, a San…

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GigaOM SunRocket is Toast, MEMO «

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The Immediate Media Age: Of Broadband & Blogs « GigaOM

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If you have lived or passed through New York, you might have heard radio blaring, “give us ten minutes, and we will give you the world.” (Or something like that!) That line pretty much sums up the whole blogging…

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GigaOM 30Boxes team launches Facebook Ad Exchange «

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Okay kids if you remember LinkExchange, the web-banner ad swap service that was snapped up by Microsoft back in November 1998 for $250 million, and then left it to languish, raise your hand. Of course, that $250 million…

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