The new meters send electricity and water usage reports via wireless network, but in Santa Clara, a city of 118, 000 in the heart of the Silicon Valley, they also have an unusual separate channel that provides free, outdoor Internet.

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AdMob publishes monthly reports on mobile device usage based on the ads it serves through its network.

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