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The problem with that cellphone alert about the Chelsea bombing suspect [telecom]
The Problem With That Cellphone Alert About the Chelsea Bombing Suspect A few minutes before 8 a.m. Monday, millions of New Yorkers' phones screeched almost simultaneously. They all received the same...
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Yahoo hit in worst hack ever, 500 million accounts swiped [telecom]
Yahoo hit in worst hack ever, 500 million accounts swiped. The internet company, [which is] being bought by Verizon, says a state-sponsored actor stole email addresses, passwords and birth dates....
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CenturyLink plans thousands of job cuts this fall [telecom]
By Mike Rogoway CenturyLink, Oregon's largest phone company, plans to lay off as many as 3,500 workers nationwide by the middle of December. "We are not focusing on a specific group of employees or...
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Sorry, Verizon customers, no unlimited data for you [telecom]
by Roger Cheng Verizon once again slammed the door shut on the idea of unlimited data. "At the end of the day, people don't need unlimited plans," Verizon Chief Financial Officer Fran Shammo said at...
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Hey, Check Out My New Phone! It Does Nothing.
Hey, Check Out My New Phone! It Does Nothing. By Ryan Knutson The crowd gasped with oohs and aahs when Chris Sheldon pulled his company's new gadget from a silky black bag in front of hundreds of...
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Allo's Tryout: 5 Days With Google's Annoying Office Intern [telecom]
Google's new chat app promises to stand out from a crowded field by bringing artificial intelligence into conversations. But it turns out to be frustrating and unhelpful. By Brian X Chen You may now...
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AT&T Lab's Project AirGig Nears First Fiedld Trials [telecom]
AT&T Labs' Project AirGig Nears First Field Trials for Ultra-Fast Wireless Broadband Over Power Lines Urban, Rural and Underserved Parts of the World Could Benefit from AT&T's Innovative Wireless,...
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Cellphone Alerts Used in New York to Search for Bombing Suspect [telecom]
Cellphone Alerts Used in New York to Search for Bombing Suspect It is believed to be the first such deployment of the nation's Wireless Emergency Alerts system: An electronic wanted poster was sent...
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BroadBand Alternatives in Philadelphia PA (USA) Suburbs? [telecom]
Specifically Paoli. Recently got the note from Verizon about dinging me $2.80 per month if I don't buy a new router from them. FIOS is nice....but is it *that* nice?.... My base phone bill is up to a...
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Re: Free Wi-Fi Kiosks Were to Aid New Yorkers. An Unsavory Side Has Spurred a Retreat. [telecom]
Err, no. They're a method of installing surveillance equipment all over the city so as to track everyone's movements, both by monitoring cell/smart phones in their pockets and.. by plenty, make that...
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Samsung Stumbles in Race to Recall Troubled Phones [telecom]
Samsung Stumbles in Race to Recall Troubled Phones By SU-HYUN LEE and PAUL MOZUR SEOUL, South Korea - It was supposed to be an enormous - but quick - recall. Samsung Electronics of South Korea said...
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Here's why Samsung Note 7 phones are catching fire [telecom]
Here's why Samsung Note 7 phones are catching fire by Sean Hollister You plug your smartphone into the bedside charger and place it on your nightstand with care. You wake to find your nightstand in...
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History--old Western Union Telegraph Co. advertising [telecom]
In the 1940s and 1950s, the Western Union Telegraph Company ran an extensive national advertising campaign to encourage both personal and business telegrams. These included full page ads in major...
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CenturyLink employees receive memo regarding layoffs [telecom]
MONROE, La. CenturyLink announces that it will make some layoffs before the end of the year. Annmarie Sartor, spokesperson for the company, says employees received a company-wide memo Wednesday from...
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NYC chastises Verizon over slow FiOS rollout [telecom]
By Mike Snider, USA Today New York City wants its broadband and is taking on Verizon for failing to deliver. City officials have told Verizon Communications that it considers the telecommunications...
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