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[telecom] BillPay Down, Online Banking Customers Crippled, Held Hostage
BillPay Down, Online Banking Customers Crippled, Held Hostage by Matthew Chan It seems not a single major news media source has written about the very serious and extended outage of the BillPay...
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Facebook & your privacy [telecom]
Facebook & your privacy Who sees the data you share on the biggest social network? Consumer Reports, June 2012 Privacy and misinformation scandals haven't stopped people from using Facebook. Here are...
 
[telecom] When You Text Till You Drop
When You Text Till You Drop By BRYAN BURROUGH May 12, 2012 I DON'T know about you, but I've always found the debate about what our mobile devices are doing to us - to our behaviors, our manners, our...
 
[telecom] European Parliament Approves Lower Roaming Charges
European Parliament Approves Lower Roaming Charges By KEVIN J. O'BRIEN May 10, 2012 BERLIN - European lawmakers on Thursday approved a plan to extend and lower the Continent's limits on mobile phone...
 
[telecom] The Push to Make Cab Rides Smarter
The Push to Make Cab Rides Smarter By JOSHUA BRUSTEIN May 11, 2012 When it comes to technology, 2007 was the last big year for taxis. That year, New York City began requiring that cabs be fitted with...
 
[telecom] Facebook Is Killing Text Messaging, Report Says
Facebook Is Killing Text Messaging, Report Says By BRIAN X. CHEN MAY 11, 2012 Apple's iMessage, the free, Internet-based text-messaging service, isn't the only thing AT&T's chief executive should lose...
 
[telecom] Facebook Says, Lower Your Expectations About Mobile
Facebook Says, Lower Your Expectations About Mobile By NICK BILTON MAY 9, 2012 Here an ad, there an ad, everywhere an ad ad. Except on Facebook's mobile app, that is. Facebook amended its public...
 
[telecom] Facebook Shares More About How It Uses Your Data
Facebook Shares More About How It Uses Your Data By SOMINI SENGUPTA MAY 11, 2012 How does Facebook use all the words, pictures and clicks of its 901 million users? A group of European college students...
 
CenturyLink's legacy services drag earnings down [telecom]
CenturyLink's legacy services drag earnings down 5.2% amidst gains in broadband, business, IPTV CenturyLink (NYSE: CTL) reported that its first-quarter 2012 revenue declined 5.2 percent, to $423...
 
CenturyLink announces executive changes [telecom]
MONROE, La., May 11, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- CenturyLink, Inc. (NYSE: CTL) announced today the voluntary departure of two executives and the related appointment of three executives to key positions...
 
CWA Supporters Help Keep the Heat on Verizon, Verizon Wireless [telecom]
Three-time Grammy winner Steve Earle last week called out Verizon Communications for hitting up workers for another $20,000 a year in compensation cuts while posting another record earnings quarter...
 
USPS curtailing international lithium battery shipments [telecom]
[ If you're a service member overseas planning to order the latest smartphone or laptop from the United States, take a second look at your options. Effective May 16, new U.S. Postal Service...
 
[telecom] Neurosurgeon pulled off cruise after fake bioterrorism tweet
Neurosurgeon pulled off cruise after fake bioterrorism tweet Posted by Erin Mulvaney May 9, 2012 A Nashville neurosurgeon was pulled off a Carnival cruise suspected of planning to commit a...
 
[telecom] Commentary: Apple policy has advertisers scrambling
Commentary: Apple policy has advertisers scrambling By James Temple Houston Chronicle May 10, 2012 Mobile advertisers are working around a new Apple policy that makes it harder to track user activity...
 
[telecom] FBI issues warning on hotel Internet connections
FBI issues warning on hotel Internet connections FBI says malware lurking in hotel room connections, particularly overseas By Michael Cooney Network World May 9, 2012 The FBI today warned travelers...