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[Jaanus on the internet] I’m writing this from somewhere above Iceland or Greenland. I’m onboard a Boeing 747 en route from Frankfurt to San Francisco.
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[wolfb - protecting my domains | domains - rss] Internet from a plane: Internet from a plane I am on a plane right now flying from Frankfurt to Singapore. And this flight has the new Connexion by Boeing internet access system onboard.
[IAG Blog] Broadband coming to US plane near you: From Airfax -- As the revamping of the US wireless in-flight connectivity and voice system continues, the FCC (in conjunction with the FAA) is preparing for an auction of the wireless bandwidth in the 800 and 900 Megahertz frequency bands. Previously called NATS, the bandwidth auction next year will no doubt bring a virtual Noahs Ark of teamed competitors to the party.
[rexblog.com: Rex Hammock's Weblog] Podcast sampling: Podcast sampling: Among other things, on my flight back to Nashville, I listened to several "daily podcast" articles from Slate.com -- which are simply 4-8 minute articles read by Andy Bowers. They are sponsored -- a short Chrysler 300 CRST ad at the beginning -- and are very book-on-tape-like.
[Addicted to Digital Media] MAKE out in the skies today...: MAKE is heading off to "Blogging the Stratosphere 1.0" - The event is an exclusive flight onboard Connexion One, a Boeing 737-400 used to demonstrate the Connexion by Boeing: signature high-speed, in-flight Internet service. If you want, look for me around 3pm PST on AIM/iChat IRC (#joiito on freenode.net) or Skype me.
[Vielmetti.typepad.com] Vacuum - Edward Vielmetti in Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104: Air Skype ...: Air Skype: free phone from SAS airplane via Boeing Connexion .Lifehacker saying "Fantastic use of Skype";
[Admin.makezine.com] MAKE: Blog: Search Results: Skype 1.4 for Mac is now out - new features look pretty useful - "Call forwarding and call auto-answer, Fast call set-up - drag and drop contacts to add them to chats and calls, Self-expression - users can now broadcast their mood along with their online presence through emoticons, Auto-pause/auto-resume iTunes for in-bound and out-bound voice calls, Notifications - Skype notifies users of new messages and when users come on- and off-line, along with an overview of available Skype services, The Mac OS X version is now available in Japanese." Link.
[Share.skype.com] Skype investor makes first Skype videocall from airplane - Skype Blogs: Not only did they fund Skype, but they work a lot with us on a daily basis, giving us tons of great ideas and installing latest off-the-press untested alpha builds that tend to break computers sometimes and go through all that. So now we got Howard Hartenbaum make what was probably one of the first Skype videocalls from onboard an airplane.
[Blogbusinesssummit.com] Blog Business Summit: Blogging the Stratosphere: Demo flights for media representatives are nothing new, but on-line web logs are emerging as a new medium, and Boeing is still working on how best to engage those who use that medium, said Fritz Johnston, director of brand management and advertising for Connexion. “We’re working with that community to understand how blogs mesh with our efforts to promote our service,”
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