10Gbps Fiber Network by Google

Google is developing the equipment to boost internet speed up-to 10 Gbps of data for commercial and domestic use on its network and will deploy it faster than people expect.

The one and only fastest broadband internet provider in US is Google Fiber, but according to Mr. Patrick Pichette a Chocolate Factory's CFO, its 1 Gbps connection speeds are going to increase ten-fold.

Pichette told the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet conference that the firm is actively developing the equipment to pump 10Gbps of data into homes and offices on its network and will deploy it faster than people expect.

Getting faster broadband into people's homes and businesses was vital to Google's own business, Pichette said. The more people used the internet, the better it is for Google, and he opined that cloud services would become much more popular if bandwidth lag were eliminated.

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While Google Fiber retains its speed advantage, the number of homes it actually reaches is tiny. The company set up a test network in Palo Alto in 2011 before rolling out its first commercial installation in Kansas City, Missouri, after strong public demand.

Next on the list for deployment is Austin, the cultural capital of Texas, and Google also spent one dollar buying up the municipal network of Provo, Utah, and will invest $18m in finding out where the network cables are and getting them up to speed.

Google's move into the ISP field was initially laughed at by the major network providers, but it has had an impact. Shortly after Google announced it was coming to Austin, AT&T told local residents that it would start a gigabit internet service of its own, albeit on a very small scale.

When asked if Google was planning other roll-outs for fiber, Pinchette refused to be drawn. "Stay tuned," he told the conference. ®

via: TheRegister

Google's Project Ara To Reveals Modular Smartphone

Google’s phone firm Motorola has declared a brand new project which will permit users to make their own standard smartphone. Project Ara can let users get a plastic phone structure, named endoskeleton, so add-on modules like a keyboard, battery or alternative sensors, giving them flexibility to customize the phone.

Motorola is functioning with the Dutch designer Dave Hakkens, who has created Phonebloks, a standard phone plan. during a web log post Motorola disclosed it had been engaged on the project for quite a year and added: “We need to try to to for hardware what the automaton platform has in deep trouble software system – produce a spirited, third-party developer system.”

“To provide you with the facility to choose what your phone will, however it's, wherever and what it’s product of, what proportion it prices and the way long you’ll keep it,” the post continued.

The endoskeleton or the frame of the phone will hold all the chosen modules in place.

“A module will be something from a brand new application processor to a brand new show or keyboard, an additional battery, a pulse measuring instrument – or one thing not nonetheless thought of,” the firm aforesaid.

A “Gimmick”

Although some are viewing Project Ara as a breakthrough, there also are those that feel it's all somewhat pointless.

Principal technology analyst at Davies white potato cluster, Chris inexperienced, feels the project is simply a “gimmick”.

“I don’t see this as being a giant deal. it's not responding to any specific demand and there's no real profit to aggregation your own device,” he said. “The days of DIY IT, individuals building their own desktop computer, are gone as a result of falling prices of hardware.”

Motorola’s next step is to ask developers to make the modules, which can be followed by a module developer’s kit.

Google Solar Energy Plants

Google is investing $80 million in six new solar plants in California and Arizona that the company says will provide enough electricity for 17,000 homes in the United States.

Google Solar Energy Plants

The investment is Google's 14th in renewable energy. The company has so far put more than $1 billion behind solar and wind projects since April 2010. Google is partnering with investment firm KKR for the venture; the lead developer is Recurrent Energy.

According to a Google blog post, the projects have a combined capacity of 106 megawatts. A typical coal power station produces 600 to 700 megawatts while a nuclear power plant puts out 900 to 1,300 megawatts.

Google currently gets 33% of its energy from renewable sources, but hopes to be 100% renewable at some point.

Source: Mashable