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Whatever happened to Verizon and J

The Viva Movil flagship in Brooklyn, NY. Roger Cheng/CNET Pop star Jennifer Lopez invested all the glitz and glamor she could muster in the May 2013 launch of retail chain Viva Movil, which specializes in selling Verizon Wireless products and services to Hispanics. A year later, though, the buzz is gone. Lopez unveiled Viva along with then-Verizon Wireless Chief Operating …

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This little Sony will pump up the sound of your headphones

Sony I have to hand it to Sony — the PHA-2 is far and away the best-looking portable headphone amplifier/digital converter I’ve seen. Its sleek extruded metal casework feels like it can take a beating, and the front “handles” don’t just look cool — they protect the volume knob and headphone cable from accidental bumps. It’s smaller than most competing …

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