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News archives for the week of April 3, 2006
April 6, 20096
City of San Francisco awards its WiFi contract to Google and Earthlink
"We are thrilled that the City of San Francisco has
accepted our joint bid with Earthlink to provide Wi-Fi access
citywide," Google said in a statement released on Thursday. "We look
forward to continuing the planning process with the City, Earthlink
and Google, and we are eager to provide free WiFi to the residents
of San Francisco." In a blog, EarthLink Executive Vice President
Donald Berryman wrote, "San Francisco is one of the most progressive
cities in the world, and our combined offerings with Google, Motorola
and Tropos Networks will stretch the possibilities of what a mobile
network can do for residents, businesses, municipal government and
visitors."
April 5, 20096
Become Japan to further accelerate consumer confidence
“Working with our partner Transcosmos, we believe Become Japan
will further accelerate consumer confidence by giving online
shoppers the most useful, relevant product information available
with one easy click on our site.” While Become Japan will initially
offer product research only, Yun added that the company plans to
follow up by adding its comparative shopping feature.
April 3, 20096
Ask.com introduces RhymeRank
“Web 3.0 is clearly upon us,” noted John Battelle, author of The
Search, and one of the world’s leading experts on the search industry.
“RhymeRank smartly builds upon the recent relaunch of Ask.com.
This is a BIG DEAL and is the kind of innovation that demands Ask’s
rivals stand up and take notice.
