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Feds Investigate Carrier IQ For Tracking You

2:40AM December 15, 2011 | Mario Aguilar

Carrier IQ execs were in DC yesterday meeting with FTC and FCC officialsabout its alleged spying antics. Both agencies are probing the carrier over allegations that its tracking software was installed on more than 150 million smartphones without user knowledge. More »


News

Kiwi Wi-Fi, German Beer Bikes, And Other Stories We Didn’t Post

5:10PM September 10, 2011 | Brian Barrett

So much news passes before our collective eyes every day that we couldn’t possibly cover it all. Mostly because much of it isn’t worth covering! But here are a some borderline tidbits we passed on, just in case. More »


Mobile

FCC Investigating Bart For Last Week’s Mobile Phone Shutdown

8:24AM August 16, 2011 | Adrian Covert

After the Bay Area Rapid Transit in San Francisco tried to quell an anti-BART protest by shutting down their mobile phone system in their stations, they attracted the attention of the FCC, who will now investigate the matter. More »


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911 To Get MMS: Here Come The Emergency Cockshots?

10:45AM August 11, 2011 | Brent Rose

How horrible it is to be a 911 operator. You have to answer calls from screaming/injured/angry/crazy/dying people all day. Their job is about to get worse, as soon they’ll be able to receive texts, photos and video of that misery. More »


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White House’s New Techie-in-Chief Is An Ex-Microsoft Man

7:40AM August 6, 2011 | Andrew Tarantola

Steven VanRoekel, current managing director of the FCC and former Microsoft executive, will become the Chief Information Officer (CIO) for the federal government this Thursday and be responsible for the country’s $US80 billion-a-year IT budget. More »


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Half Of American Adults Under 30 Don’t Bother With Landlines

8:02AM June 29, 2011 | Adrian Covert

The US Federal Communications Commission’s wireless communication report is out and what does it tell us? People under 30 hate landline phones. In fact, 51 per cent of adults between 25-29 pledge complete loyalty to their mobile phones. More »


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FCC Is Trying To Get Rid Of Hidden Phone Fees

1:36AM June 22, 2011 | Kwame Opam

The FCC is starting an effort to prevent telcos from charging their customers for unauthorised or hidden fees. The new rules are meant to address consumer complaints about cramming, or misleading charges for things like long distance service. More »


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Sprint Tells AT&T How To Boost Its Network Without Buying T-Mobile

10:35AM June 21, 2011 | Kelly Hodgkins

Sprint is schooling AT&T and telling the wireless carrier how it can increase its wireless network capacity by a whopping 600 per cent. More »


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Is Verizon Trying To Block Third-Party Tethering On LTE?

7:40AM June 8, 2011 | Kwame Opam

The advocacy group Free Press issued a complaint with the FCC yesterday, stating that Verizon is blocking tethering choices on their LTE phones. Verizon has remained cagey on the subject, but if that’s true sparks are gonna fly. More »


Online

City With Fastest Internet In The US Is… Olympia, Washington

3:20AM May 27, 2011 | Casey Chan

I’ve never actually been but I hear the Pacific Northwest is beautiful. Apparently, there’s some really fast internet there too. An FCC report says that Olympia beats every US city in download speed at 21Mbps. That’s nearly double second place. More »