I keep reading and hearing that news agencies have issue with search engines such as Google, and are threatening legal action because of sites like Google News for getting a "free ride" on news items which they are merely linking to and not doing the "hard work" for uncovering the story. Now I read they try to make it easier for Google to index their stories??? Did I understanding this article correctly or am I missing something?
I used AvantGo on my old Kyocera phone years ago and it worked fine. I subscribed to several "channels" which could be news, entertainment etc. Whenever I sync'd with my PC it would update the channels. (I could also sync remotely using wireless if I had to but is not really the recommended way of using it.) The great thing is I could be somewhere and instantly browse content. I think Webaroo wants to extend this to a larger scale.
This is not the same as a cablemodem service and it is not an alternative to running fibre to the home.
What the article is about is saving costs of rewiring the home itself with cat5 (or higher).
When they bring fibre in to the home it does not do much good until they hook into the house infrastructure. They need to hook up computers, televisions etc. Instead of spending the extra money to rewire a house with ethernet to all the required rooms, they will utilize the existing cable system in the house. Most houses have cablevision runs installed but pretty rare for an older home to have ethernet.
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I keep reading and hearing that news agencies have issue with search engines such as Google, and are threatening legal action because of sites like Google News for getting a "free ride" on news items which they are merely linking to and not doing the "hard work" for uncovering the story. Now I read they try to make it easier for Google to index their stories??? Did I understanding this article correctly or am I missing something?
I used AvantGo on my old Kyocera phone years ago and it worked fine. I subscribed to several "channels" which could be news, entertainment etc. Whenever I sync'd with my PC it would update the channels. (I could also sync remotely using wireless if I had to but is not really the recommended way of using it.) The great thing is I could be somewhere and instantly browse content. I think Webaroo wants to extend this to a larger scale.
This is not the same as a cablemodem service and it is not an alternative to running fibre to the home. What the article is about is saving costs of rewiring the home itself with cat5 (or higher). When they bring fibre in to the home it does not do much good until they hook into the house infrastructure. They need to hook up computers, televisions etc. Instead of spending the extra money to rewire a house with ethernet to all the required rooms, they will utilize the existing cable system in the house. Most houses have cablevision runs installed but pretty rare for an older home to have ethernet.