Tag: VIRGIN

Project is a new magazine made specifically for the iPad (and in fact it isn't available in any other form). If this sounds familiar, it may be because there have been many reports that Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation would release an iPad-only newspaper at some point in the near future. It looks like Richard Branson's Virgin beat them to the punch, although do keep in mind that with Project ...

If you're flying this holiday season, Google has a present for you. From November 20th to January 2nd, most flights on Virgin, AirTran and Delta will offer free, Google-Chrome-sponsored Wi-Fi, in a repeat of last year's successful giveaway. The internet access provider for these flights is GoGo In-Flight Internet, which would normally cost between $5-13 for a single flight pass, depending on the ...

While competition continues to heat up in the online video space, it appears the online music space is getting smaller and smaller. Just weeks after Sony announced it was closing its online music store, Virgin is shutting down its Virgin Digital web site. Virgin Digital offers users the chance to download songs a la carte or subscribe for content a la Napster/Rhapsody. The service, which was only ...

In previous experiments, in-flight WiFi Internet access failed to capture much attention, either because consumers thought it was to expensive or because it wasn't ubiquitous. Ie. if it's not on every aircraft, it's hard to plan your travel time around being productive, sleeping, or watching a movie on your iPod. For those of us who typically only travel on business, in-flight WiFi is a huge ...

So Vista has a brand-spanking new network stack, which according to TorrentFreak will speed up not only torrents, but all other network activity as well. Up to 10% faster than XP. That isn't a huge performance boost, but hey I'll take what I can get. It seems that the boost will help traffic speed up on both wireless and wired connections. With the world rapidly heading toward super-high speed ...