Google to be your Mobile Network Service Provider?

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://androidandme.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/google-sim-card.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="353" src="http://androidandme.wpengine.netdna-cdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/google-sim-card.jpg" width="640" /></a></div> <br /> After providing the world’s most popular phone OS and offering one of the fastest broadband speeds in the US, Google is now planning to become your mobile network operator.<br /> According to reports, Google has plans for its own wireless network that customers could use to make calls, send texts and browse the web on their mobiles.<br /> <br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-9241808382049108"; /* post banner */ google_ad_slot = "9809059972"; google_ad_width = 468; google_ad_height = 60; //--> </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> Instead of building masts, however, Google is in talks to buy access to existing 3G and 4G networks at wholesale prices, and sell the connectivity back to customers at a cheaper rate.<br /> In that case, Google would be a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO).<br /> A mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) is a company that offers mobile service plans using existing networks.<br /> <br /> MVNOs do not own the infrastructure the networks are built on. Instead, they buy access to parts of these networks at wholesale prices.<br /> An MVNO is typically run as an independent company, with its own staff and customer service.<br /> The plans would mean Google could cement itself as an internet service provider, and the mobile network would complement its Google Fiber broadband.<br /><script type="text/javascript"><!-- google_ad_client = "ca-pub-9241808382049108"; /* post ad */ google_ad_slot = "5367343973"; google_ad_width = 728; google_ad_height = 90; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="//pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </div>

Google to be your Mobile Network Service Provider?

After providing the world’s most popular phone OS and offering one of the fastest broadband speeds in the US, Google is now planning to ...

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Paper: Facebook's new news reading service

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXzyK61xr-U6wxkvN5u1cWoNqaF5MIU9ed0-sFnNHEagqDbgBio1CS63ovc2RhsKhhcHDZE_8dpXUADYH-2UT0LSftjQ2JEfY3YEkZGResKUnoepWReP3svyYug3g_eUhLOS2CHzs82A/s1600/facebook.si.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" border="0" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwXzyK61xr-U6wxkvN5u1cWoNqaF5MIU9ed0-sFnNHEagqDbgBio1CS63ovc2RhsKhhcHDZE_8dpXUADYH-2UT0LSftjQ2JEfY3YEkZGResKUnoepWReP3svyYug3g_eUhLOS2CHzs82A/s400/facebook.si.jpg" title="facebook paper" width="400" /></a></div> <div dir="ltr"> <br /></div> <div dir="ltr"> Facebook looks like it is finally going to launch a news reading service built for mobile devices in the coming weeks. The news reader is known as “Paper,” according to a source familiar with the matter, and it is similar to Flipboard. Facebook could launch the app before the end of January, source said, though the timetable could change.</div> <div dir="ltr"> Paper and Flipboard share a number of similarities, according to the source. Both essentially are rich media content, displaying a mix of news stories from publications like the New York Times or the Washington Post, along with status updates from Facebook users — all in a visually stunning “paper-like” format hearkening back to a time before digital devices. [Source]</div> </div>

Paper: Facebook's new news reading service

Facebook looks like it is finally going to launch a news reading service built for mobile devices in the coming weeks. The news reader...

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