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Boston Herald

Cambridge: The Paris of the ‘00s?

Ah, Paris.  Strolling along the banks of the Seine, munching fresh croissants, watching the surging euro turn your dollar into a worthless scrap of paper.  Since the floundering economy means we can’t always have Paris, we’ll have to settle for Harvard Square and the Charles, Au Bun Pain and – viola! – the new Make Music Cambridge festival.

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ABC News via PCWorld

Businesses, City Launch Free Public Wi-Fi in Harvard Square

Home to one of the world’s top universities, Harvard Square normally hosts the exchange of ideas, but can now host the exchange of data, too. On Wednesday a number of businesses and organizations partnered to launch free public Wi-Fi for users within a half mile of the square in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Boston Business Journal

Free Wifi Launches in Harvard Square

Harvard Square will launch free Wi-Fi to the public Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m.  The Harvard Square Business Association has been working in collaboration with Cambridge, Harvard University and Harvard Square Business Association members to deploy a mesh network to provide free, outdoor Wi-Fi access to the public.

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The Crimson

Square Unveils Free Internet

Seniors are about to lose their Harvard Internet access, but thanks to a new wireless network, those staying in the Square won’t be left stranded.  The Harvard Square Business Association activated a wireless network yesterday afternoon that provides free Internet to anyone in the Square area, temporarily christened “Hogwarts Square” in honor of J. K. Rowling, the University’s Commencement speaker.

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The Crimson

Harvard Book Store Owner to Sell Shop

The owner of Harvard Book Store, an independent shop on the corner of Mass. Ave. and Plympton Street said this week that he planned to sell the shop that has been owned by his family since 1932.

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The Crimson

Ice Cream Joint Grows in Square’

Come this summer, there will be six ice cream or frozen yogurt stores within walking distance of the Yard, but only one of them will boast four walls of grass.

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The Crimson

Construction Cramps Shops

Behind the concrete barriers and relocated traffic of Brattle Street, pedestrians may have noticed a cry for help posted above the green-striped awning of Cardullo’s Gourmet Shoppe: “CITY OF CAMBRIDGE IS NOT PAYING OUR BILLS DURING CONSTRUCTION PLEASE HELP.”

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The Crimson

City Still Plans to Develop Wireless

Although Cambridge’s proposal to provide free citywide wireless Internet service—which was originally slated to be completed in 2006—has been delayed for two years, the city is still working with various organizations to create a municipal wireless network.