UK planes, trains and boats could get ‘superfast’ satellite internet later this year

Sure, in-flight internet has its perks, but it’s not available everywhere and it can be a little slow. To push things forward, at least in the UK, Ofcom has approved the use of satellite-based technologies on planes, trains and boats, enabling “superfast broadband speeds” while on the move. The regulator said it has set aside a large amount of high-frequency spectrum (4,128 MHz worth) specifically for vehicle-mounted “earth stations”, giving airlines, train and ferry operators the chance to deliver speeds up to ten times faster than before.

In the past, operators have used air-to-ground 3G stations or other satellite-based platforms to provide internet to customers. Ofcom, however, is backing a technology that enables operators to track satellites more closely and make it easier to maintain speedier and more reliable connections while in the air or on the water. In the US, airlines like JetBlue have already taken in-flight internet to the next level, utilizing the ViaSat-1 satellite to provide travellers with faster speeds as part of its Fly-Fi service. So when can we expect faster internet during our travels in the UK? The regulator says it expects to open applications for ship-mounted and aircraft-based earth stations next month. Trains are exempt, however, because they’re land based, which means we could see operators offer commercial services before the end of this year.

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Verizon matches T-Mobile’s success with 1.6 million new mobile customers

T-mobile might be better at gaining publicity, thanks to its attention-seeking CEO, but Verizon appears to be just as good at attracting new customers. According to the company’s latest earnings report, 1.6 million of us were enticed by its wireless products and plans during Q4 of last year, which exactly matches the bumper results T-mobile experienced during the same period. Part of VZW’s success may be due to its ever-expanding (and accelerating) LTE network, which is now claimed to cover 97 percent of the US population, if not its slightly ambiguous customer satisfaction ratings. Meanwhile, the popularity of the carrier’s more recent moves — including the introduction of the bargain Moto G handset for $100 off-contract and a new $20 “Share Everything” tier — won’t become apparent until it reports its next set of financials in the spring.

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Source: Verizon

Buy Youtube Views – Why It Will Make You Money Faster

If you’re wondering about Youtube videos, you should know that it’s actually one way that you can make money fast. How? Well, if you are Youtube video marketer, you will need to buy Youtube views in order to make your videos rank on Google.

We are all aware that Youtube is owned by the search engine giant Google. With this comes the fact that making your videos rank on Youtube and Google plays by some optimization rules, albeit with different algorithms. In the case of ranking videos, the number of views, likes, comments and embedding on other websites are factors that go into how well your video is going to rank. You can control all factors when buy youtube views instantly as well as likes and comments, although there’s not much we can do about embedding on other websites.

Anyway, there are many places where you can deliver traffic to your videos. Just search online on Google for “buy Youtube views” to see just how many companies are offering that kind of service. Not all Youtube view providers are created alike, and while there are those thath send real human eyeballs, you will find ones that deliver bot or machine-generated traffic.

If you like to burn and churn videos or quickly ranking your videos without any thought on the consequences, you can buy bot views because they’re much easier to deliver than human traffic. But if you like for your videos in their rankings, stick with real human traffic. But if you want to try both, you can do so, just make sure to track your results by sending each type of traffic to different videos. You don’t want to send both types of traffic to the same video because it would be very difficult to track results.

As we said earlier, comments, likes and shares are also factors that can affect your video’s ranking. That said, make sure you also have a budget for those things aside from the Youtube videos.

If you’re trying to rank for a keyword that isn’t so competitive, it is possible to get your videos ranked within a month or so on both Google and Youtube.

Before doing any work ranking your videos, make sure your videos are of high quality and will make real human viewers actually want to share it on their Facebook and Twitter accounts.

iPhone case with Isis mobile payment support showing up in AT&T stores

If you’ve been waiting to make NFC payments with little more than your iPhone and an Isis account, we have news for you. A tipster sent us pictures of what looks to be retail packaging for the Incipio Cashwrap, along with supposed pricing information. The Cashwrap enables secure mobile payments via a micro-NFC chip and a mobile app and it’ll be available from AT&T for $70 according to our reader, with variants for most of Apple’s recent smartphones. What’s more, this info aligns nicely with what 9to5Mac learned about the product at CES 2013. Our source says that the case is already in AT&T’s inventory too, meaning technically you could buy one right now, but you probably shouldn’t press your luck until there’s an official announcement. Unlike Incipio’s other iPhone protector, it looks like this one will see the light of day. We’ve reached out to AT&T, Incipio and Isis and will update this post if we hear back.

[Thanks, Anonymous!]

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