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Verizon confirmed yesterday that it will tack on a $2 convenience fee when customers make a single-time payment online or over the phone using a credit or debit card. The news spread like wildfire across the tech blogs and eventually caught the attention of the FCC. The regulatory agency released a statement on Friday that states, “On behalf of…
Paul Thurrott of WinSuperSite gave us a sneak peek into Microsoft’s plans for LTE in the US market next year. According to his inside information, the Redmond company is planning to announce three new LTE handsets at CES in January. The LTE-based phones will land on AT&T’s network and will include the Nokia Ace, the…
If you’re looking for an opportunity in the US, the wireless industry is the place you’ll want to be in the next several years. According to CTIA, wireless companies could bring an extra 771,000 jobs and up to $151 billion in gross domestic product growth in the next few years. This isn’t a new trend; just check…
In the past, AT&T Wireless CEO Ralph de la Vega said its LTE handsets will perform better than Verizon’s because of the way Verizon deployed its LTE network. His theory sounded reasonable, but I was skeptical as I know how CEO’s like to talk up their technology and put down their competitors. According to an…
Droid-Life broke the news yesterday that Verizon will charge its customers an extra $2 fee for paying their bill online or over the phone. Phonescoop reportedly contacted Verizon and confirmed this report. According to a Verizon email, the carrier will charge customers a $2 convenience fee for single-time payments made online or over the phone.…
According to Venture Beat, HP tried to sell webOS and Palm, but couldn’t find a buyer willing to pay HP’s exorbitant asking price of $1.2 billion. HP apparently wanted to reduce its losses by selling Palm at the same price it paid for the company back in 2010. This value might be reasonable if HP…
Asus picked an excellent name for its upcoming Android tablet. Too bad the name, Transformer Prime, is very similar to a series of toys created by Hasbro. As it turns out, the toy company owns trademarks for the word “Transformers” and “Transformers Prime”, which is terrible news for Asus. Hasbro threatened to vigilantly defend its…
Remember when AT&T had data outages all the time? Those days are gone and Verizon is now the one experiencing some growing pains as it rolls out its LTE network. According to reports on Verizon support forums and twitter, it appears that Verizon is suffering from another nationwide outage that’s affecting its 4G and possibly its 3G…
NBC confirmed that it will, for the first time ever, stream the Super Bowl online. Online viewers can watch the game from either NBC’s or the NFL’s website. NBC will also stream the game to Verizon mobile devices using the carrier’s NFL Mobile app for iOS or Android. Besides the Super Bowl, NBC will stream the Pro Bowl and wild card Saturday. Live…
Nuance announced today it has signed an agreement to acquire Vlingo, a popular mobile voice assistant for BlackBerry, Android and other mobile platforms. The deal will combine Vlingo’s mobile voice technology with Nuance’s powerful voice recognition system “to accelerate the pace of innovation” in the mobile space. No doubt this acquisition was fueled by the enthusiasm in…