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AT&T plans to slow down data usage
Mar 2, 2012
It's the end of the line for truly unlimited data on your AT&T phone -- even for the folks who were grandfathered in.
AT&T sets new limit on 'unlimited' data plans
Mar 2, 2012
Company "throttles" or slows down data for users who hit the limit. To get back up to speed, they'll have to pay for more data.
If your wireless carrier had a pro wrestling alter-ego, it would probably be called “The Throttler.”
by
Marc Sanchez
Feb 24, 2012
But would it win many matches?
Apple to build new data center in Oregon
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Adriene Hill
Feb 22, 2012
Apple is buying 160 acres to build a new data center. Amazon, Google and Facebook already own land in the state for their own server farms.
Big Brother from big data?
by
Marc Sanchez
Oct 11, 2011
In other privacy news, the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity announced it will begin a three-year study, trying to harness "big data...
For public good, not for profit.
Obama's data management could keep him in the White House
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Marc Sanchez
Oct 11, 2011
CNN ran a story by Micah Sifry, co-founder of the Personal Democracy Forum, about the Obama campaign's data crunching strategy. Sifry says Obama's...
The Disappearance of Unlimited Data: Chapter 323
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Adriene Hill
Sep 22, 2011
We all knew this was coming.
Engadget is reporting that Sprint, the only major carrier with truly unlimited data plans, is about to cap data on ...
4G networks like "handful of magic beans"?
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Adriene Hill
Aug 4, 2011
A new report from the group Public Knowledge warns consumers that new, faster, 4G wireless service may not be as magical and amazing as it seems....