Google’s New Internet Service: Google introduced its new super fast Internet service in Kansas City, Missouri today. The new Internet service is part of Google’s Fiber project and the Kansas City residents enthusiastically volleyed to be chosen as the first city to receive this new Internet service. The service is said to be 100 times fast that standard broadband Internet service and costs $70 per month for standalone Internet and $120 for Internet plus TV.
For more information, here’s a link to a New York Times Bits blog article on the subject titled Google Unveils Superfast Internet in Kansas City, Mo.:
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/26/google-unveils-superfast-internet-in-kansas-city-mo/
And here’s a link to the official Google Fiber project page:
http://googlefiberblog.blogspot.com/
Mountain Lion Mirroring: The new and just released Apple OS Mountain Lion has offers a neat mirroring feature that allows Mac and Apple TV* owners the ability to easily stream any video content they can access on their Macs and send that video content directly to their television sets. So for example, if you bring up TV shows through Hulu, ABC, NBC or CBS on your Mac you’ll be able to stream it to you TV without having to have a standard TV cable connection or a Hulu Plus subscription.
Here’s are two links to articles that offer more in-depth information on the subject!
The first is from Wired and is called Why Mountain Lion Just Became the Ultimate Cord-Cutting OS – here’s the link:
http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2012/07/mountain-lion-cord-cutting/
And the second, titled AirPlay mirroring hands-on: Free Hulu on your Apple TV
is from the CNET review of the new Mountain Lion OS – here’s the link:
Linda R.
*Despite the name the Apple TV isn’t a television! Instead it is an Internet streaming device that is about the size of three slices of bread and connects to your television. It costs $99.
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