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T-Mobile: Subsidized Phones Hurt Mobile Industry

by Admin on March 10, 2012

T-Mobile's chief marketing officer suggested Thursday that the carrier phone subsidies actually hurts the entire telecommunications industry.

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German Internet community cries foul over Google news law

by Admin on March 9, 2012

Germany's Internet community, gathered at the world's biggest high-tech fair, was up in arms Thursday at a draft law forcing Google and other similar sites to pay media firms for content.

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Mobile phones seized in Bihar jail

by Admin on June 23, 2011

Three mobile phones were seized from inmates of a Bihar jail during a raid early Thursday, police said.

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Internet Week Brings Celebrities Ashton Kutcher, Kevin Jonas To SoHo Tech Conference

by on June 10, 2011

Tori Spelling, Dean McDermott and Kevin Jonas were on hand Thursday night for the NewFront 2011 conference, an Internet Week event.

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Google’s profit shortfall may cast more doubt on tech sector

by on April 15, 2011

Google Inc.’s miss on first-quarter earnings was exactly what the struggling tech-stock sector didn’t need. Shares of the Internet search titan plunged to a six-month low of $547 in after-hours trading Thursday, down 5.4% from $578.51 at the closing bell,…

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Post Tech: FCC chair to approve Comcast-NBC merger with conditions for program sharing

by on December 27, 2010

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission issued a draft order approving Comcast’s proposed merger with NBC Universal on Thursday, putting the deal up for vote before the agency’s other members.

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Post Tech: Orb brings Internet to TV, says networks can’t block like they did to Google

by Admin on November 21, 2010

Yet another company is offering a way to bring the Internet to your TV. Orb Networks launched its OrbTV Thursday, promising to bring Hulu, Netflix and anything you watch on your desktop to the living room.

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Americans back ban on mobile phones while driving: poll

by on November 18, 2010

Nearly two-thirds of American support a national ban on the use of mobile phones while driving, even if the driver is using a hands-free device, a poll released Thursday found.

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Mobile phones help lift poor out of poverty: U.N. study

by on October 15, 2010

Mobile phones — spreading faster than any other information technology — can improve the livelihoods of the poorest people in developing countries, a United Nations report released on Thursday said.

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WEB/TECH: F.C.C. Chief Opposes Fees for Internet Priority

by on August 7, 2010

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission said Thursday that he believed it was “unacceptable” for Internet service providers to offer faster Internet transmission to content providers willing to pay higher fees. Google and Verizon Near Deal on Web Pay Tiers (August 5, 2010) “Any outcome, any deal that doesn’t preserve the freedom and openness of the Internet for consumers and …

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