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Phone service holds up pretty well, actually

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...

Come on, @Irene

Aug 29, 2011
Twitter user Irene Tien, who owns the Twitter handle @Irene, suddenly found herself a lot more famous than she expected, due to the storm. The real...

Irene to challenge cell networks. Networks to lose.

Aug 26, 2011
Hurricane Irene is expected to hit with full force tomorrow morning and possibly be enormously destructive. CNET points out that 96% of Americans...