MARCY GORDON / The Associated PressJun 12, 2018
The $85 billion mega-merger could usher in a wave of media consolidation while shaping how much consumers pay for streaming TV and movies. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )
Kasia Anderson / TruthdigAug 7, 2014
Hacking into cellphones, or staging a hostile takeover, doesn't require a lot of fancy tricks or even that many steps, according to two experts who sounded the alarm Wednesday at a security conference in Las Vegas. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 9, 2013
Last week, AT&T quietly updated its privacy policy to include details about how it will begin to sell customers' personal data to the highest bidder. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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Staff / TruthdigFeb 5, 2013
Not surprisingly, the idea is being met with resistance by the $178 billion wireless industry, which is actively lobbying policymakers against the proposal. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 24, 2011
At a time of record unemployment, American companies are increasingly exploiting the low-cost labor of 23 million Americans behind bars This means fewer jobs available for free citizens, which leads to more unemployment, which produces more crime (more). Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigMar 19, 2008
After two months and 261 rounds of bidding, the FCC announced Tuesday that it has raised a total of $19.6 billion from the sale of the U.S. wireless spectrum. The revenue, slated to fund "public safety and digital television transition initiatives," is nearly double what Congress had previously estimated for the publicly owned spectrum. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 18, 2007
There's a reason why it's nicknamed CrackBerry. North American BlackBerry users were dismayed Tuesday night by an overnight shutdown of the company's wireless e-mail service that left them bereft of their fix -- and forced them to communicate in passé ways. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJul 3, 2006
The NSA asked AT&T to help it set up a domestic call monitoring site seven months before the attacks of Sept 11, 2001, allege lawyers filing a lawsuit on behalf of telephone company customers
This is huge because, according to a lawyer on the case, "The Bush Administration asserted this became necessary after 9/11 This undermines that assertion''. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 17, 2006
PayPal will now allow users to buy goods and exchange money using their cell phones.
Sweet! It's been getting far too hard to blow money on impulse items in recent years. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigApr 12, 2006
The company's free wireless service in San Francisco would allow Google to monitor all its users' whereabouts--ostensibly to serve up location-specific advertising.
The feeling you just got? That would be the hairs on the back on your neck rising. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
Staff / TruthdigJan 19, 2006
Rejoice! With bids coming in to wire New York's subway stations, you'll never have to miss a fascinating discussion about someone's dinner plans, or their stomachache, or whatever else they choose to spew on their captive audiences. | story Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )
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