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Apple: A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance [telecom]
A Message to Our Customers about iPhone Batteries and Performance We've been hearing feedback from our customers about the way we handle performance for iPhones with older batteries and how we have...
 
Blind travelers can get around an airport more easily with new app [telecom]
Blind travelers can get around an airport more easily with new app A new app that's helping blind and visually impaired travelers find their way around an airport in Kentucky could be coming to other...
 
At&T Announces Thousands Of Layoffs, Firings Just In Time For Christmas [telecom]
By Carlos Ballesteros AT&T plans to lay off and fire more than a thousand workers starting early next year, according to local reports. Across the Midwest, an estimated 600 workers were notified they...
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Clever Cybercriminals Spoof Scanners by the Millions [telecom]
Threat Spotlight: Clever Cybercriminals Spoof Scanners by the Millions In this Threat Spotlight, we take a look at how criminals are using common spoofing techniques to launch attacks containing...
 
What CenturyLink Shareholders Want From Level 3 Management For Xmas [telecom]
Dear Mr. Storey Claus, As a CenturyLink shareholder I'm very relieved that you are now in charge of day to day operations. I've seen the improvements that you've made at Level 3 (LVLT) since taking...
 
Landline Phones Disappearing in These 20 States
By Krystal Steinmetz If you live in any of the U.S. states where AT&T is the primary phone carrier - prepare for a big change: Landline phone service might be going the way of the dinosaur. According...
 
Hackers take control of security firm's domain, steal secret data [telecom]
Hackers take control of security firm's domain, steal secret data Attackers bypass HTTPS encryption protection by registering new TLS certificate. By Dan Goodin A Dutch security firm recently fell...
 
Edward Snowden's new app turns any Android phone into a surveillance system [telecom]
Edward Snowden's new app turns any Android phone into a surveillance system Snowden-Backed App 'Haven' Turns Your Phone Into a Home Security System NSA Whistleblower Edward Snowden is among the...
 
"Secrets of the Little Blue Box" [telecom]
The 1971 article about phone hacking that inspired Steve Jobs. By Ron Rosenbaum In 1971, Slate columnist Ron Rosenbaum wrote an article for Esquire about a loose confederation of proto-hackers who...
 
Centurylink COO Purchases $1,015,300.00 in Stock [telecom]
Nice-work-if-you-can-get-it department ... - - - - - - - - Centurylink COO Jeffrey K. Storey purchased 71,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, December 8th. The...
 
CenturyLink will not give holiday bonus in 2017 [telecom]
MONROE, La. (KNOE) - On Saturday, CenturyLink personnel confirmed that CEO Glen Post sent an email to employees letting them know they would not receive holiday bonuses. According to Yahoo! Finance,...
 
Mobile Passport app [telecom]
Excerpt from "7 tips for stress-free travel at Logan this holiday season" If you're traveling internationally, use this app Maryella Blundo, [who is the owner of a travel agency], suggests that...
 
Currency-mining Android malware is so aggressive it can physically harm phones [telecom]
Currency-mining Android malware is so aggressive it can physically harm phones By Dan Goodin A newly discovered piece of Android malware carries out a litany of malicious activities, including showing...
 
Washington state: Comcast was "even more deceptive" than we thought [telecom]
Washington state: Comcast was "even more deceptive" than we thought "Additional consumers" rejected the SPP, but Comcast signed them up anyway." By Cyrus Farivar The attorney general of Washington has...
 
Charter promises Internet service to family--then says it'll cost $16,000 [telecom]
Charter promises Internet service to family - then says it'll cost $16,000 Charter falsely told man that service was available at new home. By Jon Brodkin When Chad Pierce and his family bought a new...