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[telecom] N.S.A. Director Firmly Defends Surveillance Efforts
N.S.A. Director Firmly Defends Surveillance Efforts By DAVID E. SANGER and THOM SHANKER October 12, 2013 FORT MEADE, Md. - The director of the National Security Agency, Gen. Keith B. Alexander, said...
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[telecom] Privacy Fears as Surveillance Grows in Cities
Privacy Fears as Surveillance Grows in Cities By SOMINI SENGUPTA October 13, 2013 OAKLAND, Calif. - Federal grants of $7 million awarded to this city were meant largely to help thwart terror attacks...
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[telecom] A Senator Raises Privacy Questions About Cross-Device Tracking
A Senator Raises Privacy Questions About Cross-Device Tracking By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER OCTOBER 10, 2013 A lawmaker has asked the Federal Trade Commission to investigate online ad companies that track...
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[telecom] Selling Secrets of Phone Users to Advertisers
Selling Secrets of Phone Users to Advertisers By CLAIRE CAIN MILLER and SOMINI SENGUPTA October 5, 2013 SAN FRANCISCO - Once, only hairdressers and bartenders knew people's secrets. Now, smartphones...
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[telecom] Group Presses for Safeguards on the Personal Data of Schoolchildren
Group Presses for Safeguards on the Personal Data of Schoolchildren By NATASHA SINGER October 13, 2013 A leading children's advocacy group is challenging the educational technology software industry,...
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[telecom] As DVRs Shift TV Habits, Ratings Calculations Follow
As DVRs Shift TV Habits, Ratings Calculations Follow By BRIAN STELTER October 6, 2013 One day after Fox introduced the Headless Horseman drama "Sleepy Hollow" last month, the television world was...
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Wireless Fatcats AT&T and Verizon Had Better Not Miss the Internet of Things [telecom]
Wireless Fatcats AT&T and Verizon Had Better Not Miss the Internet of Things By Joshua Brustein October 10, 2013 It's been quite a wireless party over the past five years, with Verizon (VZ) bringing...
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A few feet from failure: why Verizon FiOS in New York is a sad joke [telecom]
The company is technically on track to meet its obligations, but that contract now looks hollow By Adrianne Jeffries on October 10, 2013 Brooklyn coder and entrepreneur Mike Caprio has been trying to...
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The Evolution of Verizon's Higher Bid for Its Wireless Unit [telecom]
by David Gelles It was never a secret that Verizon Communications wanted to buy back Vodafone's 45 percent stake in their enormous wireless joint venture. But just how badly Verizon wanted full...
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T-Mobile's Disruption Shows AT&T Merger Skepticism Was Warranted [telecom]
Two years ago I was busy debunking AT&T's claims that eliminating T-Mobile from the market would somehow magically improve competition. The deal was blocked, and now T-Mobile is successfully...
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Broadcasters may take Aereo case to Supreme Court [telecom]
By Steve Donohue, FierceCable, October 11, 2013 Continued: So here's where things stand today: In the three states under the jurisdiction of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals (CT, NY, VT), Aereo is...
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15 Digit Number in CallerID Name - Verizon FiOS Digital Voice [telecom]
For several months I have been receiving a 15 digit number in the Name field of my CID. The first charactor is always a "V" and the telephone number is always traceable to a telemarketer. I assume...
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[telecom] Cell Phone Activities 2013
Cell Phone Activities 2013 by Maeve Duggan Sep 19, 2013 OVERVIEW Fully 91% of American adults own a cell phone and many use the devices for much more than phone calls. In our most recent nationally...
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[telecom] Who's Not Online and Why
Who's Not Online and Why Sep 25, 2013 by Kathryn Zickuhr OVERVIEW As of May 2013, 15% of American adults ages 18 and older do not use the internet or email. Asked why they do not use the internet: *...
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[telecom] Why you can't stop checking your phone
Why you can't stop checking your phone To fight texting and driving means confronting a bigger problem, say experts: our technology is reprogramming us. By Leon Neyfakh | GLOBE STAFF OCTOBER 06, 2013...
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