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AT&T Beats Verizon But Gets Blamed For The iPhone's Flaws

New York Times | Posted 12.13.2009 | Technology

My sense of Verizon's superiority is confirmed every time I see a "there's a map for that" Verizon commercial, graphically showing how far more extens...

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FCC Grills Verizon On High Fees

AP | Posted 12.04.2009 | Technology

Read More: FCC Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Fcc, FCC Fees, FCC Contract Fees, Verizon, Technology News

NEW YORK — The Federal Communications Commission on Friday asked Verizon Wireless why it recently doubled the fees it charges customers when the...

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Verizon Droid Review: First Look At iPhone Rival

CNET Blogs | Posted 10.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: Iphone, Verizon Droid Review, Verizon, Google Android, Mobile Phones, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Droid, Technology, Motorola Droid Review, Verizon Droid, Verizon Droid Reviews, Verizon Android, Droid Review, Droid, Droid Verizon Review, Technology News

Hooray! We finally have the Motorola Droid in our hands. Though it's much too early to offer a full critique, we can report that Verizon's first Googl...

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Suck on This, Apple Fanboys

eSarcasm | Posted 10.22.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Droid Does, Verizon, Apple Iphone, Apple, Google Android, Android, Verizon Wireless, Miley Cyrus, Megan Fox, Jon and Kate, Lindsay Lohan, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Comedy News

Hey, we love a good cat fight as much as the next guy. And if anyone should get into a hair pulling, face-clawing, blood-on-the-floor tussle, it might as well be Apple and Verizon.

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"There's A Map For That": New Verizon Ad Mocks AT&T (VIDEO)

Posted 10.06.2009 | Technology

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*See video below* The wireless wars are getting uglier. Verizon Wireless just released a snarky new ad that knocks AT&T's spotty service -- and this ...

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Google, Verizon Team Up To Challenge The iPhone: Bing Could Benefit (UPDATED)

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 10.07.2009 | Technology

NEW YORK — Verizon Wireless said Tuesday it will put substantial resources into developing and selling phones that use Google Inc.'s Android sof...

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Pearl Jam Is No. 1

Tamara Conniff | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Verizon, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, Verizon Wireless, Los Angeles, Target Stores, Sony Music, Concert, Ticketmaster, Radiohead, Entertainment News

Pearl Jam is probably one of the few bands of this generation who didn't sell out, who didn't say "how high," when the label said "jump."

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Verizon: Palm Pre Phone Is Coming, Insider Reports

SlashGear | Posted 11.28.2009 | Technology

Read More: Palm Pre Verizon, Palm Pre, Smart Phone, Verizon Wireless, Verizon, Technology News

After rumors late last week that Verizon had turned their collective noses up at the Palm Pre, put off by poor sales performance and a preference for ...

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Verizon Wireless, ATT Say No To 'Open Internet', Criticize FCC

BBC NEWS | Posted 11.22.2009 | Technology

Read More: Fcc, At, Julius Genachowski, Verizon Wireless, Technology News

Mobile providers have argued that US proposals to ensure that all traffic on the internet is treated equally should not be applied to wireless traffic...

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Over the Verizon

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living

Read More: Cell Phones, Verizon, Daughter, Cell Phone Problems, Verizon Wireless, Wait Times, Delivery, Customer Service, Fed Ex, Living News

Where does all of my time go? For the past few days, my work has been interrupted by cell phone "issues."

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The Verizon-Citi Visa Scam

Charles Warner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business

Read More: Citibank, Blackberry, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Rebate, Citigroup, Rebate Card, Business News

How is Citi going to pay the government back? One way is to find new, underhanded ways to get Visa cards into people's wallets.

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Verizon Wireless Invites Backlash by Supporting Controversial Climate Denier Rally

Rob Perks | Posted 10.19.2009 | Green

Read More: Nrdc, Massey Energy, Don Blankenship, Mountaintop Removal, Facebook, Coal, Verizon Wireless, Green News

No amount of spinning will help Verizon Wireless. But the company can dig itself out of this hole simply by admitting its mistake and immediately withdrawing its support for the rally.

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Verizon Wireless Dumped Glenn Beck: Will It Dump Bizarre Big Coal Sponsorship?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 10.17.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Nrdc, Massey Energy, Dirty Coal, Coal Sludge, Human Rights, Ted Nugent, President Barack Obama, Verizon Wireless, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, Glenn Beck, Green News

Glenn Beck's controversial track record pales in comparison to Massey Energy's mining operations in Appalachia, which have literally displaced American citizens from their native homes.

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Call Now: Verizon Wireless Sponsors Union-Busting Mountaintop Removal Rally?

Jeff Biggers | Posted 09.29.2009 | Green

Read More: Epa, Massey Energy, Dirty Coal, Labor Day, United Mine Workers, Ted Nugent, Sean Hannity, President Barack Obama, Climate Change, Communication Workers of America, Verizon Wireless, Environmental Defense Fund, Mountaintop Removal, Coal, West Virginia, Green News

Verizon and a British Lord are joining forces to deny climate change and fight unions.

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Lifting The Curtain on Verizon's Washington Lobbying

Art Brodsky | Posted 08.24.2009 | Media

Read More: Congress, Fcc, Lobbying, Verizon Wireless, Roaming, Media News

When one company comes to Congress with a plan that can be changed at a whim, public officials shouldn't praise it.

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Is Verizon Getting the iPhone?

Ron Galloway | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business

Read More: Google, Iphone, Verizon, Apple, Wireless Carrier, AT&T Wireless, Verizon Wireless, Iphone 3gs, Iphone Verizon, Verizon Iphone, Iphone on Verizon, Business News

With AT&T's exclusivity agreement due to expire in the next year, pressure is mounting amongst Verizon customers and shareholders for Verizon to come to some sort of agreement with Apple.

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Report From Hell - One of a Series

Earl Pomerantz | Posted 07.25.2009 | Living

Read More: Media, Business, Phone Companies, Automated-Calls, Verizon Wireless, Living News

For the next half hour, I was ping-ponged between the department where people told me I needed my account reinstated and the department where people refused to reinstate it.

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Google's Android to Run on Acer Netbooks

Shelly Palmer | Posted 07.04.2009 | Media

Read More: Google, Conan O'Brien, Bing, Twitter, Android, Operating System, Chinese Government, Mediabytes, App Store, Jimmy Fallon, Shelly Palmer, Notebooks, Youtube, Media News, Verizon Wireless, Hotmail, Jay Leno, The Tonight Show, China, Acer, Flickr, Media News

Acer is set to be the first PC manufacturer to package its netbooks with Google's Android operating system. One of the finest selling points about Google's OS is that its free.

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Apple, Verizon Wireless Deal In The Works: Report

BusinessWeek | Spencer E. Ante and Arik Hesseldahl | Posted 05.29.2009 | Business

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Verizon Wireless is warming to the idea of an Apple (AAPL) partnership. Verizon Wireless is in talks with Apple to distribute two new iPhone-like devi...

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Verizon Fires Workers For Looking At Obama's Cell Phone Records

CNN Political Ticker | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama Cell Phone Records, Barack Obama Cell Phone Records Hacked, Barack Obama, Verizon Wireless, Verizon, Politics News

Verizon Wireless has fired employees connected with a breach of records from a cell phone used earlier this year by President-elect Barack Obama, a Ve...

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Obama's Cell Phone Records Looked At By Verizon Workers

AP | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics

Read More: Barack Obama, Barack Obama Verizon, Barack Obama Cell Phone, Barack Obama Cell Phone Records, Barack Obama Cell Phone Records Hacked, Verizon, Verizon Wireless, Obama Verizon Wireless Records, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Verizon employees snuck a peek at President-elect Barack Obama's old cell phone records and will be reprimanded accordingly, the co...

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BlackBerry Storm To Be Released November 21 For $199

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 12.14.2008 | Business

Read More: Iphone, Blackberry, AT&T, Apple Iphone, Apple, BlackBerry Smartphone, Storm, Verizon Wireless, Smartphones, Business News, BlackBerry Storm, Vodafone, Business News

It's official: Verizon Wireless will start selling RIM's (RIMM) new touchscreen BlackBerry Storm on Nov. 21. The iPhone-ish smartphone will sell for $...

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Don't Buy A New Phone... Just Yet

Todd Haselton | Posted 11.27.2008 | Business

Upgrading your cell phone right now with a new 2-year contract would be like buying an airplane when space shuttles hit mainstream.

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Will Mexican Billionaire Helu Buy Sprint?

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Carlos Slim Helu, AT&T, Comcast, AT&T Wireless, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, Cingular, Google, Business News

Sprint Nextel has no shortage of supposed suitors: Pretty much every phone company, Google (GOOG), and Comcast (CMCSA) have all been rumored as intere...

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Sprint Restarts Pricing War

Silicon Alley Insider | Dan Frommer | Posted 03.28.2008 | Business

Read More: Unlimited Calling Plan, Sprint Unlimited Calling Plan, AT&T, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Sprint Nextel, Spring Unlimited Text Messaging, T-Mobile, Unlimited Text Messaging, Business News

Sprint Nextel's new plan to hang on to fleeing customers: An all-you-can-eat calling package priced $10 below its competitors. Sprint plans to sell a...

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