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NY checking if Verizon is up to speed [telecom]
The NY attorney general is crowdsourcing speed tests to see if Verizon is scamming customers (By Sarah N. Lynch, Reuters) -- New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman invited the public on Sunday to...
 
County is considering cell tower proposal by Verizon [telecom]
By Claudia Boyd-Barrett Ventura County Star The Ventura County Planning Division is considering a request by Verizon Wireless to install a wireless communications tower in the Mira Monte area of the...
 
AT&T and Verizon both working on sponsored data offers [telecom]
Data Perks gives AT&T users up to 1GB of free data a month by Matt Hamblen Computerworld The nation's two biggest wireless carriers, AT&T and Verizon Wireless, have entered another competitive arena,...
 
What you need to know about WiFi calling [telecom]
AT&T is promoting its Wi-Fi offering, so I'm passing along some general advice from CNET: In addition to offering customers a cheaper alternative to their phone plans, one of the main draws of...
 
Your iPhone Is Ruining Your Posture -- and Your Mood
Your iPhone Is Ruining Your Posture - and Your Mood by Amy Cuddy Stop slouching over that tiny screen. It's bad for your self-esteem. There are plenty of reasons to put our cellphones down now and...
 
Verizon is about to ruin the Internet [telecom]
by Brad Reed, BGR One thing that's traditionally been great about the Internet is the way anyone with a great idea and good business sense can launch an app or a service that can disrupt incumbent...
 
T_Mobile slams Verizon to the tune of "Jingle Bells" [telecom]
T-Mobile US CEO John Legere continues aggressive marketing against rival carriers by Sean Kinney RCR Wireless T-Mobile US, led by colorful CEO John Legere, has pulled no punches in calling out rival...
 
Verizon's Sponsored Data Shouldn't Hurt Net Neutrality [teleocm]
by Stacey Higginbotham Fortune But it is bad for business. Verizon is planning to follow in AT&T's footsteps with its own plan to let advertisers pay the carrier for the mobile data consumers use when...
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Would Verizon's "Sponsored Data" plans violate Net Neutrality? [telecom]
Jeff Ward-Baile The Christian Science Monitor Verizon's 'sponsored data' program would allow wireless customers to access some services without counting against their monthly data caps, so long as...
 
Net Neutrality Oral Arguments! [telecom]
Recorded Live At the D.C. Circuit: Net Neutrality Oral Arguments! By Harry Cole, CommLawBlog, December 6, 2015 If you've got three hours to kill (and who doesn't?), and you don't feel like spending...
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Title II Gets Day in Court [telecom]
By John Eggerton, Multichannel News, 12/04/2015 The FCC's second attempt at network neutrality rules got a thorough going-over in lengthy oral arguments in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District...
 
Wi-Fi calling to begin landing on some Verizon smartphones this week
by Steven Musil The feature is useful when customers find themselves in an area with weak or no carrier coverage. Verizon will bring Wi-Fi calling this week to some customers with Android smartphones,...
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X Marks the Spot That Makes Online Ads So Maddening
by Sidney Ember They pop up, they expand, they take over, they even dance: As our screens have shrunk, online advertisements have grown ever more annoying. Ads pop up and play automatically, daring...
 
Can't put down your device? [telecom]
by Natasha Singer Some people in the technology field are rethinking techniques that encourage users of an app or a service to stay with it or return to it habitually. Greg Hochmuth was one of the...
 
Samsung to Pay Apple $548 Million in Patent Dispute
Samsung has agreed to pay Apple $548 million to settle a patent dispute, but their legal battle continues. by Katie Benner Samsung agreed to pay Apple $548 million to settle a smartphone patent...