Clearwire announced a new pay-as-you-go brand for its 4G wireless service on Monday. The new brand is targeting 18- to 24-year-olds who are recently out of college, urban, and looking to stay connected. The service will not require a contract, and customers can sign up for unlimited data usage for just $5 per day, $20 …

Cisco Systems may be making a play for Internet phone service Skype, according to a TechCrunch report. The blog cited an unnamed source who claims that Cisco has made an offer to acquire Skype before the company completes its initial public offering. Skype filed for an IPO with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission earlier this month. TechCrunch admited that …

If I were a technology acquisition matchmaker, I’d definitely set tech giant Cisco Systems up with Skype. The companies complement each other so well, it seems as though they’d be a match made in heaven. In fact, I’d argue they are much more compatible than Skype and eBay ever were. eBay acquired Skype in 2006 for $2.6 billion. Apparently, I …

Research In Motion, the maker of the popular BlackBerry smartphone, has averted yet another ban of its e-mail and messaging service, according to news reports Monday. The Indian government said it will not shut down the service for at least another 60 days as it evaluates proposals RIM has offered that would allow the government to monitor wireless subscribers’ communications. …

Have you ever wondered why it’s so difficult to find information about when your wireless contract ends? Or have you ever gotten so angry at a service provider that you threaten to cancel all the services you get bundled from them? Well, you’re not alone. This week in Ask Maggie, I answer one reader’s question about finding information on a …

American wireless customers are paying less for cell phone service than they did a decade ago, but they have fewer choices of carriers, a report from the Government Accountability Office said Thursday. The GAO is the audit arm of Congress, and in the report there was both good and bad news for consumers. The good news is that the average …

It’s not just the TV makers that have a vested interest in pushing video’s transformation to 3D TV and beyond. Companies that supply and enable the technology are just as eager to see the next generation of video take hold as the TV makers looking to sell you another big screen. “Video is today’s voice-on-an-IP network,” said John Chambers, CEO …

In the second quarter of 2010 paid TV subscriptions fell for the first time ever, with cable taking the biggest hit, according to the research firm SNL Kagan. A weak U.S. economy is the main reason the firm cited for the dip in subscriptions, as more consumers look for ways to cut down on monthly expenses. Last year’s digital TV …

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J.–What will the sports stadium of the future look like? Just ask Cisco and Verizon Communications, the two companies that helped build the technology in the new Meadlowlands Stadium here, which is home to the NFL’s New York Jets and Giants NFL teams. The 82,500-seat stadium, which cost about $1.6 billion to build, has about $100 million worth …

New technologies are making it easier to get high-quality video streams just about anywhere and on any device, but content owners are still calling the shots. What this means for consumers is that the dream of cutting the paid-TV cord and getting everything you want streamed over the Net without a subscription and largely for free is a pipe dream. …