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Mom and Pop Go Big Brother
Mom and Pop Go Big Brother
Nov 14, 2007 12:16 PM CST

Mom and Pop Go Big Brother

AT&T rolls out surveillance equipment for small businesses

(Newser) - AT&T will sell technology that allows small businesses to remotely monitor their employees and places of business over the Internet. The Remote Monitor program lets a user check cameras, sensors, and other gadgets in real time over the net. “It is Big Brother, but in this day and...

Globetrotting iPhone Users Get Flat Rate Data Plan

Company responds to roaming rage

(Newser) - Traveling iPhone users rejoice: AT&T is offering flat rate international data plans for the trendy Apple handset starting at 25/month for 20MB of data, reports AppleInsider. That's after irate customers complained about running up huge bills from accessing the Web at roaming rates while overseas, when the iPhone automatically...

FCC to Strike Down Exclusive Cable Deals

Likely to cut prices; Verizon, AT&T set to offer multi-services

(Newser) - The Federal Communications Commission is set to strike down thousands of exclusive contracts between cable companies and apartment buildings this week, a move officials say will drive down prices as it increases competition. Consumer groups have lobbied hard for the change as have companies such as Verizon and AT&T...

Dial in Style This Fall
Dial in Style This Fall
Oct 26, 2007 8:00 PM CDT

Dial in Style This Fall

You don't have to own an iPhone to hang with the handset in-crowd—just check out these babies

(Newser) - Don't let iPhone users have all the fun—other manufacturers are coming out with slick little products that have some nice features of their own.  PC World finds the top five worthy of your attention:
  1. Sprint Touch: Touch screen features give it an iPhone like feel—only simpler.
  2. Samsung
...

Vonage Settles Patent Dispute, Sees Shares Rise

Longer-term troubles still loom for vexed Internet phone provider

(Newser) - Troubled Internet telephone company Vonage gained a "new lease on life" yesterday when it settled a longstanding patent infringement dispute with rival Verizon. Vonage share prices shot up 70% in after-hours trading on the heels of a settlement that observers see as a "big win for Vonage,"...

Early Adopters' Bragging Rights Dwindle

iPhone-style steep and rapid price drops becoming norm

(Newser) - Only two months after the launch of the iPhone, Apple angered its fan base of early adopters by dropping the phone's price sharply. Apple's move signals a broader shift in product life cycles: the shelf life of bragging rights for which early adopters of new gadgets pay premium prices is...

AT&T Profits Boosted by Wireless Sales and iPhone

Wireless subscriptions reached 65.7 million

(Newser) - AT&T quarterly profits went up 42%, boosted by strong wireless sales and by the ever-nifty Apple iPhone. Total wireless sales hit 65.7 million, much of the increase coming from the company's purchase of BellSouth—which made AT&T the sole owner of Cingular. “We had an excellent...

Phone GPS Makes People Easier to Find...

...Is that always a good thing?

(Newser) - There’s nothing like Loopt for meeting up with friends. Loopt, and social-mapping programs like it, broadcast your cellphone’s location to other users, a useful service the New York Times says, with troubling privacy implications. “There is a Big Brother component,” said one analyst. “If my...

AT&amp;T Eases Its Contract Regs, Fees
AT&T Eases
Its Contract
Regs, Fees
Oct 17, 2007 1:22 PM CDT

AT&T Eases Its Contract Regs, Fees

Nation's biggest wireless provider follows Verizon's lead, pressuring the rest

(Newser) - Wireless giant AT&T is following Verizon Wireless in loosening restrictions on customers who leave or change their calling plans. Flat early termination fees will be pro-rated, and plan alterations won't result in contract renewals. The move will put pressure on beleaguered No. 3 provider Sprint, writes the Wall Street ...

Verizon Gave Up Hundreds of Phone Records

Federal investigators requested, received data without warrants

(Newser) - Verizon gave consumer phone records to the feds without court orders more than 700 times in the past 2 years, the telecom giant has told House investigators. In response to emergency requests, the company also passed along IP addresses, shedding light on the scope of telecom companies' cooperation with federal...

AT&T, Verizon Look to Ape GM/UAW Retiree Deal

Telecom next industry likely for VEBAs.

(Newser) - GM’s pact with the UAW, which cleared $50 billion in retiree health costs from the automaker’s books by launching a union-run health fund, is drawing imitators. AT&T and Verizon are both hoping to mirror the arrangement created in GM’s deal, Bloomberg reports. The telecom giants have...

AT&T Backs Off Controversial Service Terms

Telecom's ToS had forbidden customers from criticizing it

(Newser) - Under an ironic firestorm of criticism for what some termed a First Amendment violation, AT&T has updated its controversial Terms of Service policy to allow users to criticize the telecom giant. The original terms stated that it reserved the right to cancel the account of those who "damaged...

Unlockers Buying 10% of iPhones
Unlockers Buying 10% of iPhones
Oct 4, 2007 2:57 PM CDT

Unlockers Buying 10% of iPhones

With a view toward resale, hackers put footprint on market

(Newser) - One of every 10 iPhones sold in September was bought to be unlocked and resold, an investment bank has estimated. The anecdotal research comes from several hours spent monitoring Apple stores; the analysts assumed that all iPhone purchases of the maximum five per customer were made by hackers, appleinsider.com...

Google Phone Rumors Build
Google Phone Rumors Build
Sep 29, 2007 7:12 PM CDT

Google Phone Rumors Build

Consumers would trade free minutes for targeted advertising

(Newser) - Consumers may soon be able to trade free phone calls for targeted advertising, if Google gets its way. Industry experts speculate that the tech giant is quietly developing plans to market cell phones with an ad-based service in exchange for free minutes, BusinessWeek reports. The big wireless carriers, while privately...

Stocks Keep Up Rate-Cut Rally
Stocks Keep Up Rate-Cut Rally
Sep 19, 2007 3:39 PM CDT

Stocks Keep Up Rate-Cut Rally

iPhone sales spur market on

(Newser) - The stock market kept rising one day after the Fed slashed key interest rates, as speculation that the housing slump might ebb compounded the biggest rally in four years. The Dow climbed 76.17 to 13815.56, while the Nasdaq rose 14.82 to close at 2666.48 and the...

New iPhone Hack Lets You Switch Carriers

Software makes unlocking the gadget easier, but is it legal?

(Newser) - New software that allows iPhone users to unlock the devices for use on any network without having to disassemble them is available online. Hackers have been on the case for 2 months, MacNewsWorld reports, and this week's breakthrough means customers can buy phones directly from Apple and don't have to...

Why Apple May Fall Close to the Tree

Company walks tight balance between innovation and alienation, experts say

(Newser) - As geeks rev up for a surprise announcement in San Francisco tomorrow, the media is abuzz about what's next for Apple, the Chronicle reports. The iPhone maker has signaled it won't rest on its laurels, but the next big product is unclear—rumors abound about a new iPod, a video-enhanced...

Service Lets Parents Watch Kids' Cells

New AT&T interface includes limits on mobile minutes, texting, downloads

(Newser) - As cell phones become ever more an extension of kids' ears and thumbs, AT&T is helping bill-paying parents avoid the sweaty-palmed opening of the monthly bill. For $4.99 a month, Smart Limits lets parents have some say in who and when their children call, and how many texts...

AT&amp;T Stops Time (of Day)
AT&T Stops Time (of Day)
Aug 29, 2007 6:39 PM CDT

AT&T Stops Time (of Day)

Americans no longer calling in to hear the right time

(Newser) - Californians are saying goodbye to a more genteel era, a time when they used to set clocks by calling in to AT&T for the correct hour. Cell phones and computers have made the service outdated, the company says. “Times change,” says a spokesman. “There are just...

AT&T to Shift All Ad Work to 1 Agency

Five firms currently handle telecom titan's $3.3B budget

(Newser) - AT&T plans to turn its decentralized media buying and planning over to one advertising agency, and the five incumbents are in the running for the business, which Advertising Age values at $3.345 billion for 2006. The telecom giant, the second-largest advertiser in the nation, says it is “...

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