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Panasonic eyes doubling of airline Wi-Fi installation to meet demand

April 16, 2015 creative accessed-on-pcs, aircraft, berlin, carol-bartz, europe, global-eagle, keen-on-access, keep-passengers, microsoft, norwegian, online, steve-ballmer, victoria-bryan, yahoo

By Victoria Bryan HAMBURG (Reuters) – Panasonic Avionics says it will need to double the rate at which it installs Wi-Fi systems on aircraft to catch up with skyrocketing demand from airlines to keep passengers connected above the clouds. Airlines are rushing to install Wi-Fi on board, seeing not only an opportunity to meet demands from customers to be always connected, but also to make the most of advertising contracts from companies keen on access to this captive audience. Panasonic Avionics, part of Panasonic Corp, says it has won a 46 percent share of business for Wi-Fi systems since 2009, taking the lead over rivals such as OnAir, Gogo and Global Eagle's Row44

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Net neutrality row grows louder in India, Internet.org hit

April 16, 2015 creative accessed-on-pcs, berlin, bharti-airtel, display-screen, facebook, flagship-effort, growing-debate, norwegian, reliance

A group of India's leading technology and Internet firms has pulled out of Internet.org, Facebook's flagship effort to get billions more online, in a growing debate over free access and internet neutrality in the country. Net neutrality is the concept that all websites on the internet are treated equally. The debate over access and neutrality has grabbed headlines in India this week after leading telecom carrier Bharti Airtel announced a product through which mobile “app” makers pay for data usage to allow customers to use their apps for free

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Norway’s Kuddle plans to raise $7.4 million through crowdfunding

January 14, 2015 admin 28-7-million, biggest, country-manager, further-growth, growth, instagram, mountain, norwegian, silicon-valley, top-automakers, white, world

OSLO (Reuters) – Kuddle, a picture sharing app for children, will launch a crowdfunding initiative on Thursday aimed at raising $7.35 million to pay for further growth of its service, Chief Executive Ole Vidar Hestaas said on Wednesday. The Norwegian firm, which bills itself as a child friendly rival to Facebook’s Instagram, is in the process of hiring 40 to 50 people in its newly established Silicon Valley office and has recently hired a country manager for Brazil.