‘Silicon Slopes’: Google Fiber Planned For Provo, Utah
Google announced its Provo plans less than two weeks after it named Austin, Texas as the second Google Fiber city.
Sam Gustin
Sam Gustin is a reporter at TIME focused on business, technology, and public policy. A native of New York City, he graduated from Reed College and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.
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News Corp.’s flagship Fox network might cease broadcasting over the U.S. public airwaves if the company’s dispute with upstart challenger Aereo isn’t resolved, a senior company official warned Monday. News Corp. COO Chase Carey …
Report: Google Fiber Heading to Austin as Cities Race to Boost Web Speeds
America’s weirdest city is about to get wired.
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Google Glass Will Be Made in the USA by Foxconn
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Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski is stepping down, he announced Friday. Genachowski, who became chairman in 2009, has presided over an agency that has grappled with contentious issues like U.S. …
Google Fiber Expanding Superfast Internet Service to Olathe, Kansas
Olathe, Kansas, a city of 125,000 residents located about 20 miles southwest of Kansas City, will be the next municipality to receive Google Fiber, the tech giant’s highly touted superfast Internet service, the company announced …
