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Verizon: pay to play data plans coming soon
by
Steve Henn
Sep 23, 2010
Mobile phone carrier Verizon wireless will soon start charging users tiered rates depending on how much data they download. That's according to...
Status Update: The Facebook Phone - It's Complicated.
by
Steve Henn
Sep 23, 2010
Is a Facebook Phone in the works? The company denied it over the weekend, but turns out this all might depend on what the definition of is is....
Blockbuster nears bankruptcy
by
John Moe
Sep 22, 2010
The real life, go get a movie from a building, don't have it mailed to your house or just watch it through online streaming or download, video...
Google and competition
Sep 17, 2010
On Thursday, a House subcommittee heard testimony about Google and the issues of competition and dominance in the digital marketplace....
New marketing: getting it right, getting it wrong
by
John Moe
Sep 17, 2010
Right:McDonald's increased foot traffic in its stores by 33% in one day by using FourSquare. This according to the company's head of social media...
Congress passes a bill, before the election!
by
Kai Ryssdal
Sep 16, 2010
This final note today. Politics and the economy once again. Forget all that talk you've been hearing about nothing passing Congress 'til after the...
Walmart gets into wireless business
by
John Moe
Sep 14, 2010
Walmart will begin offering their own branded wireless service (partnered through T-Mobile) starting next Monday. The retailer already offers cell...
For public good, not for profit.
Angry Birds will let you cheat - for a price
by
John Moe
Sep 14, 2010
Angry Birds is probably the most popular mobile phone game of the last year (read comedian Paul F. Tompkins' take on it). In the game you launch a...
Sumner Redstone: "Content is king"
by
Kai Ryssdal
May 15, 2006
Kai Ryssdal talks with the CBS and Viacom chairman about his more than 50 years in the media business and how he's stayed on top for so long.
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