San Francisco

CTIA Fights San Francisco Cell Safety Law Again

Lindsy Embree — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 10:23:54 -0400

Full article: IDG News
Stephen Lawson
The CTIA mobile trade group is asking a federal court to stop San Francisco from making cellphone retailers post warnings about radiation dangers from phones, just a week before an annual trade show that CTIA moved out of the city because of the law.

SF Tries Again with Cellphone Radiation Law

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 09:40:04 -0400

Full article: CNet
Kent German
Almost three months after it shelved a controversial cell phone radiation law, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors is keeping the issue alive, but adopting a different strategy for doing so.

San Francisco Cellphone Radiation Law on Hold

Lindsy Embree — Mon, 09 May 2011 08:54:21 -0400

Full article: San Francisco Chronicle
Heather Knight
San Francisco has rarely shied away from a legal fight over its cutting-edge laws. But the city's first-of-its-kind mandate requiring that retailers of cellphones label them with radiation levels has been placed on indefinite hold, and a watered-down version is likely to be passed in its place.

San Francisco Bay Gets Wi-Fi Service

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:09:05 -0400

Full article: MuniWireless
Esme Vos
Sunrise Wireless has deployed a Wi-Fi network across the San Francisco Bay making it the largest marine broadband network in the United States. Passengers on ferries that regularly cross the Bay can now get Wi-Fi access on their laptops and portable devices.

Bay Area Emerges as Center of Nonprofit Journalism

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 08:50:33 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Frances Dinkelspiel
Non-profit news organizations are not a new concept around San Francisco; they have just taken on increased significance during the past year. In the new model, nonprofit news organizations sell their stories to multiple partners -- newspapers, radio and television stations, blogs, and hyper local news sites -- rather than to just one news organization.

East, West Coast Cities Mull Pro-Net Neutrality Resolutions

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 11:20:11 -0500

Full article: Ars Technica
Matthew Lasar
City governments on the east and west coasts are considering resolutions supporting Net Neutrality efforts at the FCC and in Congress. Looks like New York's could be in cement by late December. San Francisco just sent its proposed statement to a rules committee.

Free Press Urges San Francisco to Support Net Neutrality

Moira Vahey — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 15:15:21 -0500

SAN FRANCISCO -- A motion urging the Federal Communications Commission to create strong Network Neutrality rules will be voted on today by the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

In San Francisco, Plans to Start News Web Site

Lindsy Embree — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 08:18:16 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Richard Perez-Pena
A wealthy investor, a university journalism school and a public radio station have joined forces to create a nonprofit local news Web site for the San Francisco area, in what may be the largest and most ambitious of dozens of similar local news operations that have cropped up around the country.

The Wall Street Journal and the New York Times Plan San Francisco Editions

Lindsy Embree — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 11:47:23 -0400

Full article: New York Times
Richard Perez-Pena
Both the <em>Wall Street Journal</em> and the <em>New York Times</em> are planning to introduce San Francisco Bay Area editions, hoping to win new readers and advertisers there by offering more local news, in what could be the first glimpse at a new strategy by national newspapers to capitalize on the contraction of regional papers.

Super-fast Broadband Spreads Across Bay Area

Lindsy Embree — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 07:30:48 -0400

Full article: GigaOM
Om Malik
Comcast, the nation's largest cable-based broadband service provider, is expanding its DOCSIS 3.0 super-high-speed network to San Francisco's East Bay and North Bay areas. Yet, if you actually use this high-speed network too much, you'll be penalized. Comcast is the chief proponent of metered broadband and imposes a 250 GB cap on total data downloaded each month.