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Starting on July 1st all 6,700 company-owned Starbuck locations will offer no-strings attached free Wi-Fi access. The popular coffee chain has been offering free Wi-Fi for customers who owned a stored value card (just enter your car code into the website when it pops up. Select AT&T customers also receive free Wi-Fi access as part [...]

This week AT&T became the first major US operator to move away from unlimited data plans, including those on iPhones and iPads. The new plans go into effect June 7 and offer subscribers two choices— a 200MB data limit for $15 per month or 2GB for $25. Tethering is now available to 2GB subscribers for an extra [...]

I wanted to pass along something I saw in the mound of email I had last night, which I didn’t get to until after I hit “publish” on my Net Neutrality piece. This piece was on Multichannel News yesterday, and I post it in the interest of sharing… – Randy Giusto @randygiusto #newdigitalcafe ========================== New [...]

The Wall Street Journal has reported tonight that FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski has decided to reregulate Internet lines to protect net neutrality going forward. This is a major win for consumer groups and Internet brands (Google, eBay, and Amazon) and blow to Internet service providers— Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Cablevision and  the telecommunications firms that have [...]

On October 16th I attended The Capital Network’s (TCN) and Massachusetts Innovation & Technology Exchange’s (MITX) panel on “Raising Capital For Your Mobile Digital Media Company” at Microsoft Labs’ headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Moderated by Brian Shin, Founder and CEO of Visible Measures, panelists included: David Beisel, VP, Venrock- David’s focuses on digital and mobile [...]

Reuters reported today that Nokia’s Booklet 3G will be sold at Best Buy on AT&T for $299 with a two-year contract and a $60 per month data plan, or $599 without the AT&T plan. This represents a 50% subsidy at face value, being paid by either the carrier or merchant, or perhaps partially by both. [...]

Here we are, on the heals of the CTIA and once again, I’m wondering if there will be any real game changers in the weeks ahead. Usually, the biggest news breaks a week before the show and then CTIA becomes the breeding ground for speculation about the impact of recent announcements, while the show itself, [...]