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Who Will Save Sprint?
Sprint has been on the skids for a while, a long slow decline due to a combination of bad decisions. Currently owned by SoftBank, it's an open questio…
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Amazon Pulls Apple TV, Google Chromecast from its Store
The move is a blow to all three companies; Apple and Google lose the retail giant's highly visible sales platform, while Amazon loses the valuable ins…
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Google and Microsoft Settle Patent Disputes
Google and Microsoft have agreed to end a group of 20 smartphone and video game lawsuits in the U.S. and Germany. The battles started in 2010 over roy…
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After Embroiled CEO Search, Twitter Expected to Reappoint Dorsey
Jack Dorsey, current founder and CEO of the payment company Square and founder of Twitter, is expected to retake the helm as Twitter's CEO without res…
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Google Dives into RCS, Buys Jibe Mobile
Rich Communications Services (RCS) is a controversial topic in net purists' circles and the discussion just got hotter: Google has purchased Jibe Mobi…
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Carriers Play Critical Mobile Finance Role
More than 68 percent of consumers have yet to use mobile financial services, but that number is changing as mobile broadband continues to roll out glo…
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Virgin America Takes Netflix to New Heights
Virgin America has heard the cries of travelers and has recently started offering free Netflix streaming on some of its flights.
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Google Updates Flagship Nexus Models, Introduces 'Marshmallow' Operating System
While the hardware updates are certainly impressive, Google's new software updates stole the spotlight. The innocuously-named Marshmallow operating sy…
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Apple TV: Coming Soon To Your Living Room?
Last week Apple launched its next foray into the world of television, announcing a complete overhaul of their Apple TV platform. Apple's new vision, a…
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A Cautionary Tale On Apple And Warnings On Bad Technical Support
This week I got a troubling email from an Apple customer who had been wronged by the company. While this is only a sample of one there have been rumbl…
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Terabit Networks in 2020
Gigabit is the new 100 Mbps for this decade, with everyone from AT&T and Google to the Obama Administration onboard with the idea of "ultra-high-speed…
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10 Tips To Design A Mobile Friendly Website
It's 2015 and the world is going mobile - even more so than it already has. So there's no time like the present to make sure you have the best mobile …
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Kubi from Revolve Robotics Integrated into Zoom Video Conferencing
As the headline says, robotic telepresence company Revolve Robotics recently announced the integration between the controls of its Kubi robotic telepr…
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An Endpoint Has Been Breached - Isolate to Minimize the Damage
If you look around any organization, it is clear that the number of endpoints and applications in use are growing exponentially. Data is being accesse…
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Apple/Qualcomm and the Problem with Smartwatches
There are two companies that appear to have the most power in the new Smartwatch space: Apple and Qualcomm.
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Tempest in an Email Server: Hillary Clinton and the Politics of IP Addresses
Ken Simpson, CEO, MailChannels explains in the context of current news how it is all about securing the outbox.
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Apple Sets Sights on 2019 Release for Electric Car
It seems that Apple has moved it's plans to release an electric car from the back burner to a more short term plan. Up until now, Apple has devoted a …
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AVG Will Sell Users' Browsing Histories and More in Updated Privacy Policy
AVG has found a new way to capitalize on the "non-identifying" data it collects from users. The company recently updated its privacy policy to reveal …
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Google's Appeal is Rejected by French Data Privacy Regulators
Earlier this year, Google filed an informal appeal to discard the European Court of Justice's ruling stating the impediment of the public's right to i…
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Apple's Bad Apps are More Plentiful and Dangerous than Initially Reported
All the due-diligence in the world could not stop the ironclad iOS App store from falling prey to malware. Today, it was announced that several truste…
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IBC 2015: The 4K Ultra HD Pieces Begin to Fall into Place
The 4K Ultra HD television space is heating up, with TV shipments tumbling out at triple-digit rates and commercial arrangements proliferating nicely.…
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Broadband Providers: FCC Regulation Threatens Network Investment
The FCC can only be called "embattled" when it comes to the legal storm brewing around Net neutrality. It's facing lawsuits from several broadband pro…
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Wheelings & Dealings: Cablevision to be Acquired by Altice Group
The Altice Group, a multinational cable and telecommunications company, has presence in many areas including include France, Israel, Belgium and Luxem…
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Attack on Cisco Routers Proves That Barbarians Can, Have and Will Circumvent the Gates
Hopefully, you haven't been asleep at the router the past few days. If you have, you might have missed all the commotion regarding the finding of the …
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Bezos' Blue Origin Announces Florida Rocket Factory, Launch Facilities
Blue Origin, started and owned by billionaire Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, has taken its next concrete steps to space launch. Yesterday, September 15, t…
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Comings & Goings: Google's Self-Driving Car Project to be Led by New CEO
Google's self-driving car project, part of its Google X lab, has a new leader. The search giant recently announced that it has added John Krafcik as i…
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Intel Moves to Secure Cars Before They Kill Us
One of the very surreal and prophetic meetings I had was years ago was with the On-Star division of GM. I was invited in by one of the executives I'd …
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Dirty Wi-Fi: How Do You Fix It?
Wi-Fi, the technology we love and hate. When it works, it is great, but it was never designed from scratch to support things like VoIP. It doesn't do …
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Apple Copies Microsoft and NVIDIA with iPad Pro and Apple TV Refresh
At Apple's launch event the news surrounding the iPhone was, as expected, less than exciting. However the smart Apple buyers know this is the phone to…
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Has Apple Jumped the Shark?
Fanboys and the tech media are once again ga-ga over Apple's latest set of announcements. To me, it represents catch up moves with Microsoft and Samsu…
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Apple's Orchard of Updates: iPad Pro, Apple TV, iPhone 6S and 6S Plus
For the most part, we knew what to expect from today's big Apple announcements: the business-grade iPad Pro, some sort of Siri revision that involves …
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Google and Verizon Refresh Logos, A 'G' String and a Checkmark
Who knew that this past week was going to be something akin to national logo refresh week as both Google and Verizon revealed their new looks. As some…
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Apple Music: A Lesson in Subscription Based Content
In June 2015, Apple launched music streaming service Apple Music, which became a differentiator for the company and an example for the content industr…
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Mobile Video Advances with New Verizon and CBS NFL Streaming Options
Looking to drive mobile video streaming upward, Verizon Wireless has eliminated the $5 a month charge for the popular and newly improved NFL Mobile ap…
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Wireless Embraces Social Customer Engagement for Loyalty
With mobile penetration exceeding the population count, it's become a switching game for carriers, meaning that keeping customers happy and willing to…
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Apple, Cisco Join Forces - What It Could Mean for Them, and the Rest of Us
Tech powerhouses Apple and Cisco systems this week announced they have joined forces to give business users of iOS devices the best possible experienc…
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LTE Broadcast, IndyCar Racing, and Blending the Best of TV and Stadium Viewing
This last weekend I was at the IndyCar race in Sonoma to see Verizon and Qualcomm showcase LTE Broadcast-I also wanted to see the race. I've watched N…
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Windows 95 to Windows 10: How Far We Have Come in 20 Years
Last week was the anniversary of Windows 95, which was actually a life-changing launch for me. I'd just started out as an analyst, and Windows 95 was …
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Microsoft Research Project Allows for Inexpensive 3D Scanning from a Smartphone
It is now possible to perform 3D scanning from a smartphone, without additional hardware or an Internet connection, thanks to a new Microsoft Research…
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Amazon's Scaled Back Consumer Device Efforts, Dash Button, and More
Word is that Amazon is scaling way back on its consumer devices efforts, having let go of dozens of Lab126 engineers who worked on its Fire phone, acc…
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The 4K War is Brewing, but Don't Expect a Crowned Winner
The hype around 4K Ultra HD video is growing and we're seeing it gain traction in real ways. From the NFL Network and CBS using 4K cameras to capture …
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Wallet Wars Part 2: Thanks to EMV, the Force is with Mobile Wallets
In December 2015, when "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" hits movie theatres across the U.S., a very different type of force will 'awaken' the mobile wal…
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Major Automakers Forge Alliance to Combat Cyberattackers
If you take a few minutes to think about what hackers go after, you'll realize that it is anything that has an Internet connection. Thanks to the Inte…
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Google's Eddystone Moves Beacons Back into the Spotlight
Eddystone has done for the beacon space what Donald Trump has for presidential politics. This statement is open to wide interpretation, of course, but…
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Apple TV Resurfaces Amid Media Jitters
Apple is reportedly once again prepping a TV service-but is once again caught up in content licensing negotiations. The story is an oft-worn one at th…
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Cool Things from Intel's Developer Forum: Turning Your Tech into a Companion
This week is IDF, Intel's Developer Forum, and in the opening keynote Brian Krzanich walked us through some of the stuff that will be coming to PCs, t…
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It's Time to Take the Policy Handcuffs Off Big Data
At the same time that Americans share "Which Downton Abbey Character Are You?" quizzes with the world-offering their personal data to the private sect…
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Microsoft Surface Future Includes Phones, Maybe IoT
Las Vegas, Nevada - As rumors emerge of a Microsoft Surface Phone, I'm willing to place a bet that Microsoft gets into the Internet of Things hardware…
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Cellcast Debacle Indicates Investor Scramble to Read Google's Alphabet
In a testament to investor interest in Google/Alphabet's next move, a tiny London firm saw its stock price spike 80 percent this week after rumors bro…
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Place Your Bets: Online Gambling is About to Go Mainstream
Online gambling is at once thrilling and terrifying, almost like bungee jumping into a volcano, only less hot (and generally less life-threatening). T…
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