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[telecom] Smartphone Addiction Is Rampant in Gen Y
Smartphone Addiction Is Rampant in Gen Y By Dennis McCafferty Posted 2013-01-03 For Generation Y, the smartphone might as well be considered a physical appendage. That's because-other than when these...
 
[telecom] Ad Blocking Raises Alarm Among Firms Like Google
Ad Blocking Raises Alarm Among Firms Like Google By DAVID JOLLY January 6, 2013 PARIS - Xavier Niel, the French technology entrepreneur, has made a career of disrupting the status quo. Now, he has...
 
[telecom] At Disney Parks, a Bracelet Meant to Build Loyalty (and Sales)
At Disney Parks, a Bracelet Meant to Build Loyalty (and Sales) By BROOKS BARNES January 7, 2013 ORLANDO, Fla. - Imagine Walt Disney World with no entry turnstiles. Cash? Passé: Visitors would wear...
 
[telecom] The future according to Google's Larry Page
The future according to Google's Larry Page By Miguel Helft January 3, 2013 Fortune Google CEO Larry Page envisions a future in which computers plan your vacations, drive your cars, and anticipate...
 
Life After The iPhone: How AT&T's Bet On Apple Mobilized The Company [telecom]
Connie Guglielmo, Forbes Staff 1/2/2013 Steve Jobs needed some advice. It was 2006, and Apple was working on the design for its first smartphone. Jobs had questions about its radio. So he called up...
 
Centurylink restructuring [telecom]
CenturyLink, one [of] the leading telecom companies in the U.S.,has a new organizational restructuring plan. The company is combining its new network services business sales and operations units into...
 
'After launch' update for Verizon Galaxy S3 took six months [telecom]
How long is too long to provide an update "after launch?" A half-year feels late for Verizon to finally deliver on its promise to enable global roaming for the Galaxy S3. by Danny Sullivan January 6,...
 
Rural Proponents Come Out for Lightsquared Proposal [telecom]
by Andrew Berg 01/04/2013 A number of comments were filed today with FCC, encouraging the commission to approve Lightsquared's most recent proposal to give up 10 MHz of spectrum located closest to the...
 
[telecom] Google Requires People to Use the Google+ Social Network, Gains Ground Against Facebook
There's No Avoiding Google+ By AMIR EFRATI Google Inc. is challenging Facebook Inc. by using a controversial tactic: requiring people to use the Google+ social network. The result is that people who...
 
[telecom] Life and Death Online: Who Controls a Digital Legacy?
Life and Death Online: Who Controls a Digital Legacy? By GEOFFREY A. FOWLER January 5, 2013 Alison Atkins died on July 27 at age 16. Online, her family is losing its hold on her memory. Three days...
 
[telecom] The State of Qualcomm's Modems - WTR1605 and MDM9x25
The State of Qualcomm's Modems - WTR1605 and MDM9x25 by Brian Klug AnandTech 1/4/2013 A little over a month ago, Qualcomm flew me out to San Diego to talk all about cellular modem, specifically their...
 
An iphone lover's confession [telecom]
An iPhone Lover's Confession: I Switched To the Nexus 4. Completely. Ralf Rottmann - 24100 Over the past few years I've invested a lot into Apple's products and services. If you come by my house,...
 
[telecom] Who Owns Your Digital Life?
Who Owns Your Digital Life? Online privacy changes and Instagram. Who owns your digital life? On Point with Tom Ashbrook December 20, 2012 Wild uproar this week in the world of Instagram - the digital...
 
[telecom] Google Maps is not blocking Windows Phone, Google says
Google Maps is not blocking Windows Phone, Google says By Salvador Rodriguez January 4, 2013 Google is denying reports online Friday that say the company started blocking Windows Phone users from...
 
[telecom] ConnecTV is bringing ads to TV viewers' mobile devices
ConnecTV is bringing ads to TV viewers' mobile devices When the Ad Sync technology recognizes a commercial, actor or key term on television, it can deliver a related ad to the smartphones and tablet...