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Verizon offers rural Americans a pricey 4G broadband alternative

Verizon Wireless will soon offer its 4G LTE service to people who can’t get wired broadband service. But the service won’t come cheap. And there will be restrictions. The company today introduced its HomeFusion Broadband service, which can deliver download speeds between 5 megabits per second to 12 Mbps and upload speeds up to 4 Mbps. The service is specifically …

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Google Play offers apps, albums, more for a quarter

To celebrate the launch of its new Google Play Store, the search-giant-turned-media-middleman is putting some of its top downloads on sale. The former Android Market’s top 25 paid apps are now available for 49 cents each, while the rental prices of selected movies have dropped to 99 cents each. Some of the discounted apps include popular hits like Shadowgun, NFL …

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