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Apple’s Three Million New iPads Sold Show That the Future Is Here to Stay [Ipad Sales]
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Kansas City Approves Google Video Request
It looks like Google Fiber got the go-ahead to provide video services in Kansas City. This ought to be interesting, don't you think?
Google Inc. in making its application sent its clearest signal yet that it's positioning itself to sell TV service in Kansas City and challenge cable service head-on. So besides bringing fastest-in-the-country home Internet service, the search and advertising behemoth could compete with cable companies on TV service.
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Google gets go ahead to provide video services to all Kansas City residents
In what may be a watershed moment for in-home entertainment, both Kansas and Missouri have given Google permission to provide video services to Kansas City residents as a part of its Google Fiber project. Missouri’s Public Service Commission gave Big G the thumbs up on March 1st, and Kansas’ Corporation Commission followed suit last Friday, meaning Google now has the green light to provide video services to residents on either side of the state line. Of course, the folks in Mountain View haven’t committed to taking down the cable companies just yet, but these approvals put the necessary franchise licensing in place for them to do so if they choose. Comcast, Cox, Time Warner… your newest competitor has arrived.
[Thanks, Jerry]
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