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...gigabytes provided by the GSD’s Gmail service. “The storage capacity of our Webmail is awful. I get everything forwarded to Gmail,” Polina Krass ’11 said. Gmail is not the only option FAS IT is currently exploring. Yahoo, Microsoft’s “Windows Live @edu,” and other smaller groups are also in the running. Should Google ultimately seal the deal, some of the company’s other products that are integrated with Gmail, such as instant messaging and Google Calendar...
...service turns the plane into a flying Wi-Fi hot spot for mobile devices. When a plane reaches 10,000 feet, three WiFi access points hidden in the cabin's ceiling are activated, so that most wireless devices with Flash browsers or Wi-Fi-enabled laptops can connect to Yahoo Messenger or Mail, which can also be used to send text messages to mobile phones. (Sorry, Gmail and other e-mail services won't work.) BlackBerry handsets will also work just as they do on land. The radios onboard the plane monitor the 100 cell towers around the U.S., looking...
...their planes for years, thinking it should be pretty simple. Not only was connectivity more complicated than he thought, it was also extremely costly to create the software needed for full Web browsing. So instead, they came up with the idea of limited access for passengers, partnering with Yahoo and Research In Motion, maker of the BlackBerry. "If we just give people e-mail, that would solve 90% of the problem and would be one-tenth of the cost," Neeleman says. Full Web access would have been so expensive that the airline would have had to charge passengers...
...Traffic to online shopping sites had already increased 10% on Black Friday weekend compared to last year, according to Nielsen Online. Belt-tightening may have much to do with the increase, as shoppers spend more time researching the low prices than in past years. The comparison shopping site Yahoo! Shopping reported a 50% increase in page views over the weekend compared with last year. The top items shoppers clicked on included a Kenneth Cole reaction black wool Trench Coat starting at $66.99 and the $79.99 Transformers Ultimate Bumblebee action figure, which is already sold out on all but auction sites...
...think there is going to be one winner or loser," says Michael Morris, a media analyst with UBS. "Both MySpace and Facebook can flourish, just like there's more than one television network." Other big players are casting their lots with one or the other. Microsoft beat Google and Yahoo! in the bidding for Facebook. News Corp. bought MySpace for $580 million in 2005, and Google hosts MySpace's ads, guaranteeing at least $900 million in revenue through...