The idea for the Women’s March on Washington to protest Donald Trump’s presidency started as a Facebook post, but for anyone actually at the march on Saturday, sharing their experience on social media during the event was nearly impossible. The wireless networks ground to a halt for much of Saturday as hundreds of thousands of …
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As he took the oath of office on Friday, President Donald Trump vowed that “the forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.” “January 20th, 2017, will be remembered as the day the people became the rulers of this nation again,” Trump told the crowd during his 16-minute speech from the Capitol Steps. “Everyone is listening …
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If you’re finding it hard to find Google’s latest and greatest Pixel XL phone, you’re likely not alone. The search giant’s flagship device is sold out at the Google Store and even back-ordered on Verizon until at least March 10. Perhaps Verizon feels your pain, because today the carrier said it’s slashing prices on the Moto Z Droid and Moto …
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Samsung is ready to reveal some more details on why its Galaxy Note 7 have been exploding, but there’s a bigger mystery at hand: Why are so many people still using the potentially fiery phones? Verizon reported that thousands of its customers could still be holding onto their Galaxy Note 7 devices, even after Samsung held a worldwide recall and …
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Now playing: Watch this: Samsung may finally explain Note 7 failure on Monday 1:23 Some Verizon customers apparently know a hot item when they see it and don’t want to part with it. That appears to be the case with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7. The wireless carrier told Fortune that much to its dismay, “thousands” of its customers continue …
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Verizon and AT&T are clamping down on their legacy unlimited-data customers. AT&T said its jacking up its unlimited plan by $5 a month, and Verizon is booting folks who use more than 200 gigabytes a month on a similar plan. We discuss why the two biggest US carriers would make these changes, even as competitors Sprint and T-Mobile keep pushing …
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Now playing: Watch this: FCC: AT&T and Verizon’s free data programs violate net… 1:34 The Tom Wheeler-led Federal Communications Commission is taking a final shot at AT&T and Verizon Wireless. On Wednesday, the FCC’s wireless bureau issued a report (PDF) spelling out how AT&T’s DirecTV Now online video service and Verizon’s FreeBee Data 360 offer, which allow companies to pay …
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Depending on who you ask, this is either a new age for unlimited data or the end of a really good ride. Verizon and AT&T are playing hardball with legacy unlimited data customers, people who signed up for all-you-can-eat data in the early days when it was cheap, and never gave it up. AT&T said on Tuesday that it would …
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After her company officially sells to Verizon, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer is stepping down from the board. It’s been in the headlines for months that Yahoo is selling itself to the telecom giant for $4.8 billion. But actually, it’s a little more complicated than that. Not all of the company is being sold, just Yahoo’s consumer web business, which includes …
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Four years into its turnaround, T-Mobile is celebrating another big year in customer gains. CEO John Legere on Thursday bragged about the wireless carrier’s success at adding new customers and offered a glimpse at subscriber growth results for the fourth quarter and all of 2016. The company held a press conference at CES 2017 in Las Vegas to announce its …
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