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Kenyan chief foils robbery via Twitter

Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0800

CNN - By Faith Karimi - Feb. 18 (News Report) - A Kenyan chief in a town far from the bustling capital foiled a predawn robbery recently using Twitter, highlighting the far-reaching effects of social media in areas that don't have access to the Internet.

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All cellphones in Chile must be sold unlocked from January 16th

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:00:00 -0800

theverge.com - Jan. 04 (News) - The Republic of Chile has announced that all cellphones sold within the country from January 16th must be unlocked for use on any carrier. Chile's telecoms regulator, Subtel, revealed its plans over Twitter on Monday, which are said to be part of an effo

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The AT&T T-Mobile Deal Is Officially Dead - After Historic Consumer, Industry and Regulatory Opposition

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 00:00:00 -0800

dslreports.com - Dec. 19 (Opinion) - Unfortunately... its too early to call 'Victory' for anyone, unless you're a current T-Mobile customer, or Sprint executive. Winners ?? T-Mobile customers (currently) Sprint Losers: AT&T obviously T-Mobile itself and customers. T-Mobile will still be sol

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FCC report attacks AT & T/T-Mobile deal

Wed, 30 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Politico - Nov. 30 (News) - FCC report attacks AT & T/T-Mobile deal

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AT&T Withdraws T-Mobile Deal Application at FCC - Uses Thanksgiving Distraction to Minimize PR Hit

Thu, 24 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

dslreports.com - Nov. 24 (Opinion) - Hoping that the tryptophan roar of the Thansgiving holiday would take the public relations sting out of the move, AT&T and Deutsche Telekom this morning announced that the company would be withrawding their application at the FCC to acquire T-Mobile. The

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FCC finds AT&T's purchase of T-Mobile not in the public interest

Tue, 22 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

itworld.com - Nov. 22 (News) - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission's staff has found AT&T's proposed $39 billion acquisition of rival T-Mobile USA to be contrary to the public interest, with officials there saying the deal would result in the largest single concentration in the

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The Supreme Court has a chance to keep Big Brother at bay

Fri, 11 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

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Study: Verizon Hasn't Paid a Cent in Taxes in 3 Years - AT&T, Comcast, AT&T Huge Beneficiaries of Loopholes, Subsidies | DSLReports.com, ISP Information

Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:00:00 -0800

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God Supports The AT&T T-Mobile Merger - AT&T's Merger Support Hijinks Still Making Waves

Fri, 14 Oct 2011 00:00:00 -0700

dslreports.com - Oct. 14 (Opinion) - Using lobbyists, hired consultants, fake consumer groups, think tanks and an unlimited number of advocacy groups willing to repeat whatever they're told in exchange for cash donations -- AT&T has created a "sound wall" of support for their planned acquis

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FCC must protect consumer in telecom reforms

Thu, 22 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Seattle Times - Sep. 22 (Opinion) - As the Federal Communications Commission considers reforms that will affect consumers' access to broadband and how much they pay, guest columnist Simon ffitch argues that telecom subsides should have some consumer-minded strings attached.

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Wall Street Protests: Will the Revolution Be Tweeted? - Speakeasy - WSJ

Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

blogs.wsj.com - Sep. 20 (Opinion) - Wall Street JournalWall Street Protests: Will the Revolution Be Tweeted?Wall Street Journal (blog)There have been many political actions whose emergence or nature has been tied to new media—the most-discussed seem to be Iran's 2009 “Twitter Revolution” and the “Facebook Revolutions” in Tunisia and Egypt in 2011. When I've been asked to speak or ...What College Freshmen and Seniors Need to Know About Social NetworkingFox BusinessHow To Use Social Media To Promote Your Small BusinessForbesLinkedIn Expert Helps Businesses Leverage Social Media to Generate New Leads ...MarketWatch (press release)MiamiHerald.com -The Guardian -Philippine Starall 173 news articles »

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A Tangled Family Tree

Thu, 01 Sep 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - Sep. 01 (News) -

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Facebook users jailed over 'riot that never was'

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 00:00:00 -0700

MSNBC - Aug. 17 (News Report) - Two British men have been sentenced to four years in prison for trying to organize riots on Facebook, according to reports.

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Sidestepping Apple: Companies rethink app strategies

Tue, 26 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By Tim Carmody - Jul. 26 (News Report) - We all knew that once Apple starting enforcing new rules for in-app purchases, it would change how media companies do business on the iPhone and iPad. Now, we're beginning to see just what that looks like for companies trying to avoid giving a 30% cut to Cupertino. Amazon, Kobo and Barnes & Noble all removed the stores from their iOS applications on Monday, as well as any hyperlinks to or mentions of their online stores.

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Judges in US, Canada approve Nortel patents sale

Mon, 11 Jul 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Business Week - By Randall Chase - Jul. 11 (News) - U.S. and Canadian judges on Monday approved a $4.5 billion cash bid from a consortium that includes smartphone makers Apple and Research In Motion for thousands of patents held by bankrupt telecom-equipment maker Nortel Networks Corp.

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Telcos could be the key to Twitter’s revenue model

Sun, 26 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

GigaOM - By Sam Ramji - Jun. 26 (Interview) - At WWDC this year Apple and Twitter announced a new partnership to bring Twitter to iOS devices. While this is impressive, the total number of new iOS users is dwarfed by the number of people who use feature phones worldwide. So how will services like Twitter bridge this opportunity gap?

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The Secret $8 Billion Wireless Scam: How AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon Game the System

Mon, 20 Jun 2011 00:00:00 -0700

AlterNet - By David Rosen, Bruce Kushnick - Jun. 20 (Special Report) - Telecom giants Verizon and AT&T have gamed the system, using regulations designed to foster competition to snatch up ever more of the wireless spectrum.

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NBC deal OK’d, Comcast hires regulator

Thu, 12 May 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Associated Press - By Associated Press - May. 12 (News) - A top telecommunications regulator who voted to approve Comcast Corp.’s takeover of NBCUniversal in January is leaving to join the company as a lobbyist.

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Apple blames iPhone tracking file on 'bug'

Wed, 27 Apr 2011 00:00:00 -0700

CNN - By John D. Sutter - Apr. 27 (News Report) - After a week of silence, Apple on Wednesday responded to widespread complaints about iPhones and iPads tracking their users' whereabouts by saying "the iPhone is not logging your location" and announcing an upcoming mobile software update.

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AT&T to Buy Rival in $39 Billion Deal

Mon, 21 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Wall Street Journal - By Shayndi Raice, Anupreeta Das - Mar. 21 (News) - AT&T Inc. said it was buying T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom AG for $39 billion in cash and stock, a move that would create the nation's largest wireless carrier and shift the competitive landscape of the U.S. industry.

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Why AT&T Bought T-Mobile

Sun, 20 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Mashable - By Ben Parr - Mar. 20 (News Analysis) - AT&T, criticized and even despised for its inability to keep up with growing mobile data usage, thinks it has found the solution to its network woes. And all it will cost the telecom giant is $39 billion and months (or even years) of regulatory hurdles.

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Unorthodox links to the internet: Signalling dissent

Sat, 19 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

Economist - Mar. 19 (News) - With a tin can, some copper wire and a few dollars’ worth of nuts, bolts and other hardware, a do-it-yourselfer can build a makeshift directional antenna. A mobile phone, souped-up with such an antenna, can talk to a network tower that is dozens of kilometres beyond its normal range (about 5km, or 3 miles). As Gregory Rehm, the author of an online assembly guide for such things, puts it, homemade antennae are “as cool as the other side of the pillow on a hot night”. Of late, however, such antennae have proved much more than simply cool. According to Jeff Moss, a communications adviser to America’s Department of Homeland Security, their existence has recently been valuable to the operation of several groups of revolutionaries in Egypt, Libya and elsewhere. To get round government shutdowns of internet and mobile-phone networks, resourceful dissidents have used such makeshift antennae to link their computers and handsets to more orthodox transmission equipment in neighbouring countries.

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Cable News Viewership Declines Double Digits in 2010

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

hollywood reporter - By Marisa Guthrie - Mar. 14 (News) - CNN, MSNBC and Fox News Channel lost viewers last year, the first time all three have seen dropoffs in a dozen years, according to a new study.

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Japan Earthquake: Internet a Communications Lifeline as Telephone Lines Fail

Mon, 14 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0700

seekingalpha.com - By Paolo Gorgo - Mar. 14 (Editorial) - Japan’s devastating earthquake and subsequent tsunami put the country's telecommunications and Internet infrastructure under intense pressure. Millions of telephone lines were unavailable soon after the quake. Data connections were actually the least impacted, so that many Japanese turned to Web access in order to communicate with families and friends. Japan’s tsunami warning system worked properly, likely helping limit damage and loss of life.

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What is IPv6 and Why Should We Care?

Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800

The Next Web - Feb. 13 (Advocacy) - The IP [Internet Protocol] is a communication protocol used to relay data across a network. This is the primary protocol that establishes the Internet. The version of IP (IPv4) used today has not changed since 1981. It supports 4 billion addresses. We are running out of space. IPv6 will support 340,000 billion addresses and be user-friendly for mobile IP's.

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