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It was to have been the Olympics of the Internet, sports fans headed for their laptops, PCs and mobiles for Beijing Games coverage, the TV in the corner gathering dust, much like the Fijian medals cabinet.
But the old set wasn't done yet. NBC shelled out a massive US$894 million for US broadcast rights and it paid off. Same for the BBC - both broadcasters reporting record spots audiences.
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More and more people in the UK are using broadband to view video content and PVR usage is on a massive climb, posing a real threat to conventional TV advertising models.
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Cartoon dollar signs are rolling in the eyes of iPhone application geeks. According to a report in the New York Times, a US$100-million fund has already attracted 2,500 business plans for iPhone developments.
The investment fund was created earlier this year by Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers, attracted by the 60-million applications already downloaded by eager iPhone owners.
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If you're the sort of person who feels they need to be seen to be working 24 hours a day, sleep will soon be your final frontier for Internet connectivity.
American Airlines has joined Delta Airlines and announced it's launching an airborne Internet service, albeit on a trial basis.
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If you love copper and hate crime, bounty hunting could be for you.
AT&T is offering bounty awards of up to US$10,000 to catch copper outlaws who are thieving the company's wire from its utility poles in California.
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Embarrassing, crappy old mobile phones are actually the new faded jeans.
According to research from the US, mobile phone sales suffered a big drop in the second quarter of 2008. The NPD Group research shows American consumers bought 28-million handsets in that period.
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