Linkpost | 1.20.2012
• Why the feds smashed Megaupload and Anonymous goes nuclear; everybody loses? – MegaUpload masqueraded as a legitimate business, the feds allege, but its operators knew full well it was used for...
View ArticleLinkpost | 3.21.2012
Updated 3:08 p.m. • Exclusive: Hipstamatic, Instagram To Unveil Photo-Sharing Partnership – Two giants of mobile photo-sharing are getting together. • Zynga Just Bought OMGPOP for $200 Million – As was...
View ArticleLinkpost | 4.9.2012
Updated 5:09 p.m. • Computer Legend and Gaming Pioneer Jack Tramiel Dies at Age 83 – He was the founder of Commodore International. • Analyst Cuts Apple Rating on Prospect of iPhone Subsidy Revolt – An...
View ArticleWhen trends collide: Pricey LTE mobile broadband vs. video streaming
If you read my print column, you know that last year I relied on technology to help me lose weight. That effort also has turned me into a real gym rat – I hit the weights and the treadmill at the new...
View ArticleT-Mobile resurrects the ‘truly unlimited’ data plan
Just when you thought unlimited wireless data plans were an endangered species, along comes T-Mobile to give the category a second lease on life. T-Mobile on Sept. 5 will begin offering what it calls...
View ArticleAT&T settles with the FCC over unauthorized switching of data plans
Are you an AT&T customer with a grandfathered unlimited data plan? If so, you may want to check your bill to make sure that’s still the plan you’re paying for. In 2009, AT&T adopted new, tiered...
View ArticleT-Mobile’s ‘UnCarrier’ data plans leaked
T-Mobile announced in December that it was planning to radically change the way it sold phones and service plans. The company said it will dump subsidies for handsets, and cut the costs of its voice,...
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