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Apple to build new data center in Oregon
by
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...
Obama's data management could keep him in the White House
by
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....
For public good, not for profit.
The seemingly-inevitable-end of unlimited data plans draws nearer
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Adriene Hill
Aug 1, 2011
AT&T will begin throttlingthe top 5 percent of data users on its unlimited data plans in October. The change applies to users who were...
T-Mobile kinda sorta announces new quasi-unlimited data plan, somewhat, not really
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John Moe
Jul 20, 2011
Interesting swerve going on here. At a time when AT&T and Verizon are moving to tiered data plans, T-Mobile is trying to have it both ways. The...
Sprint may be ending the unlimited data party
by
John Moe
Jul 20, 2011
Dan Hesse, the CEO of Sprint (the George Harrison of wireless carriers) says he doesn't know how much longer Sprint can afford to offer unlimited...