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Verizon fights phone theft by locking smartphones it sells

Verizon is taking an extra step to protect its phones.  The nation’s largest wireless carrier said Monday that it would begin locking the phones it sells to consumers, which will prevent them from using a SIM card from another carrier. Initially, the phones will be unlocked as soon as a customer signs up and activates the service. But later in …

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YouTube CEO: Facebook should ‘get back to baby pictures’

YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki won’t divulge her biggest fear about competing with Facebook, but she will give them some free advice.  “They should get back to baby pictures,” Wojcicki said Monday at the Code Media conference in Huntington Beach, California. (By the way, Facebook’s already aiming in that direction.) Video has been an obsession for Facebook, as it tries to swipe …

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