Vitamin B12: Power broker to the microbes
Constant jostling for precious commodities—money, oil, high-speed Internet access, our morning coffee—shapes the world we live in.
Biochemistry
Jan 30, 2017
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News tagged with high speed internet access
Cyber Monday likely to be busiest online sales day (Update)
Americans clicked away on their computers and smartphones for deals on Cyber Monday, which is expected to be the biggest online shopping day in history.
Business
Nov 25, 2012
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First 'white space' devices about to debut
(PhysOrg.com) -- Google, and eight other already approved companies are likely to soon be joined by Microsoft as they all take a giant leap into the great "white space" unknown. Because bandwidth for computing devices has ...
FCC aims to set some new regulations on broadband (Update)
(AP) -- The head of the Federal Communications Commission thinks he has come up with a way to salvage his ambitious national broadband plans without running into legal obstacles that have threatened to derail him.
Telecom
May 5, 2010
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Spotify launches on Apple's iPhone
Spotify, the Swedish music streaming website, on Monday announced the launch of its software on Apple's iPhone, the best-selling handset that features high speed internet access.
Software
Sep 7, 2009
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Internet access spending in public schools increases test scores, but also disciplinary problems
From 2015 to 2019, public school districts in the United States invested nearly $5 billion to upgrade their Wi-Fi networks, according to EducationSuperHighway. However, in the age of COVID-19-mandated virtual learning, millions ...
Education
Feb 16, 2021
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How families can use technology to juggle childcare and remote life
With thousands of schools and preschools closed and many states under "stay-at-home" orders to try to limit the spread of the novel coronavirus, families are facing a tough situation: trying to work—possibly remotely—while ...
Social Sciences
Apr 14, 2020
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Pandemic exposes 'digital divide' as schools, workplaces close
As the coronavirus pandemic forces the closing of more schools and workplaces, the health crisis has exposed the "digital divide" which allows some to stay on task remotely, with others left out.
Education
Mar 12, 2020
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More children for the highly educated: Broadband Internet creates a digital fertility divide
Access to broadband internet has a positive effect on fertility, overall life satisfaction and time spent with children. Since this effect is largely driven by higher-educated women, though, it risks creating another digital ...
Social Sciences
Apr 3, 2019
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Poll highlights inequities in how Californians access the internet
The number of Californians with access to high-speed internet at home continues to increase, according to a new poll from UC Berkeley that also found the percentage of residents who connect to broadband only through smartphones ...
Telecom
Jun 28, 2017
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