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Cell phone
Are mobile phone taxes a real problem?
by
Molly Wood
Apr 16, 2012
Congress is mulling over legislation that would freeze the taxes we pay for our cell phone service.
Government's new plan to end growing cell phone theft
Apr 10, 2012
There’s word today the federal government is moving to render those stolen cell phones a lot less valuable. The plan is to make phone companies keep a registry of specific phones as opposed to phone numbers.
AT&T's plan to thwart big data users
by
John Moe
Mar 2, 2012
If you're one of the 17 million people who use AT&T for your mobile phone service, there will be no more unlimited data for you, even if that's what you signed up for.
Facebook coming to non-smartphones in Africa
by
Adriene Hill
and Jeremy Hobson
Feb 16, 2012
Facebook is teaming up with mobile phone maker Orange to provide its services to cell phones in Africa -- of the non-iPhone, BlackBerry, or Android variety.
The trouble with Apple's success
Jan 25, 2012
Apple's record quarterly profits come with a few setbacks for the maker of the iPhone.
Verizon adds $2 charge to some online payments
Dec 30, 2011
Verizon is introducing a new fee in January. Anytime a customer pays their bill over the phone or online with their credit card, they'll have to come up with an additional $2.
Phone service holds up pretty well, actually
by
John Moe
Aug 29, 2011
Alright, I'll eat that serving of crow this morning. On Friday's memo I predicted that cell service would collapse everywhere in the coming...
For public good, not for profit.
A lot of people own cell phones, claims Pew in shocking report
by
John Moe
Aug 15, 2011
83% of Americans own some kind of cell phone....
Cell phone service restored for some in Egypt
by
Matt Berger
Jan 30, 2011
Vodafone Saturday said it has restored cell phone services to its customers in Egypt following a two-day forced shut down of mobile and internet...
GAO finds wireless customers benefit despite few carriers
Aug 26, 2010
A new report from the Government Accountability Office confirms there's not much competition among wireless service providers. Nonetheless,...