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You're Probably Underestimating What You Can Do With Your iPhone Home Screen [telecom]
You're Probably Underestimating What You Can Do With Your iPhone Home Screen [This added quote is from the article pointed to above - mod] The first page of my home screen for my iPhone is a sacred...
 
Colorado bill takes aim at broadband grant process [telecom]
By Charles Ashby DENVER - Two Western Slope lawmakers want to end the practice of allowing some in the telecommunications industry from being able to take away grants awarded to start-up companies...
 
AT&T's Latest Net Neutrality Talking Point: Internet Fast Lanes Could Save Lives [telecom]
By Rhett Jones It's a confusing time for net neutrality legislation. Since the FCC voted to repeal Title II protections for the open web in December, a lot of solutions are being thrown around. One...
 
Verizon and a company it bought just paid $614M in biggest FCC fine ever [telecom]
Straight Path failed to use spectrum, resulting in $614M fine and sale to Verizon. By Jon Brodkin The Federal Communications Commission today collected a $614.3 million fine from Verizon and Straight...
 
Why Amazon is sending you pictures of your front porch [telecom]
Why Amazon is sending you pictures of your front porch SAN FRANCISCO - Have you suddenly started getting porch snapshots from your Amazon delivery person? You're not alone. Amazon has been quietly...
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JetBlue Inflight wi-fi update [telecom]
Excerpt from Inflight wi-fi update Last Updated: 2/28/2018 11:00 PM ET Our third party high-speed wi-fi provider has notified us that their security certificate will be expiring soon. Beginning on...
 
Should You Get a Cheaper Phone? Be Sure to Look Into the Camera [telecom]
By Brian X. Chen The evolution of the smartphone can be summed up by two trends: Phones just keep getting bigger. They are also getting pricier. The chief examples are phones from Apple and Samsung...
 
Verizon Closes Hard-Fought Purchase of Straight Path Communications [telecom]
Telecom giant Verizon has completed its purchase of wireless spectrum holder Straight Path Communications in a deal that followed an intense, month-long bidding war between Verizon and rival carrier...
 
AT&T is killing its iPhone X BOGO deal, unless you live in LA [telecom]
Earlier today, AT&T sent out a press release announcing a series of regional offers - free DirecTV Now for NYC residents, free home internet for Chicago customers, and the same iPhone X buy-one-...
 
News of Note - Centurylink, Spring, and more [telecom]
by Daniel Frankel * CenturyLink recently surpassed AT&T as the largest domestic U.S. Ethernet carrier, and the service provider plans to advance its status further by using its SDN-based architecture...
 
Bloomberg: AT&T and Verizon plan to launch 5G hotspots [telecom]
Hotspots will give customers access to 5G speeds before new phones do. By Mariella Moon In late January, AT&T chief Randall Stephenson revealed that the carrier wants to offer customers puck-shaped 5G...
 
Court rules against AT&T, closing FTC regulation loophole [telecom]
A federal court has ruled against AT&T in a long-running case that found itself tied up in the net neutrality debate. AT&T had argued that the 2015 FCC order classifying it as a common carrier let it...
 
You Should Avoid This 12% Yielding Value Trap Like The Plague [telecom]
A Huge Future Dividend Cut Means You Should Avoid This 12% Yielding Value Trap Like The Plague Summary * CenturyLink's long-suffering shareholders have seen their wealth slashed over the years, as the...
 
Apple Repair Center Calls 911 Accidentally 1,600 Times [telecom]
Apple Repair Center Calls 911 Accidentally 1,600 Times. Apple Watches Are Probably to Blame The new SOS feature, the watch's new cellular capabilities, and refurbishment at scale seems to have led to...
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Galaxy S9 First Look: Samsung Upgrades Camera... and Little Else [telecom]
Galaxy S9 First Look: Samsung Upgrades Camera... and Little Else The Wall Street Journal Samsung Electronics Co.'s new Galaxy S9 looks great, runs fast and has a camera that meets or beats any other...