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iRex: Best Buy And Verizon Release New E-Book Reader

nytimes.com | BRAD STONE | Posted 11.23.2009 | Books


The budding market for electronic reading devices is about to get two powerful new entrants: Best Buy and Verizon. On Wednesday, iRex Technologies, a...

Over the Verizon

Abby L. Ferber | Posted 11.13.2009 | Living


Abby L. Ferber

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

The Verizon-Citi Visa Scam

Charles Warner | Posted 11.09.2009 | Business


Charles Warner

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.

Newsday Rejects Verizon Ads After Cablevision Deal

New York Times | RICHARD PÉREZ | Posted 10.16.2009 | Media


Verizon Communications bought full-page ads in Newsday several times a month for its FiOS Internet and television service until a few months ago, when...

Is Verizon Getting the iPhone?

Ron Galloway | Posted 10.15.2009 | Business


Ron Galloway

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.

Comcast To Sell Ads For Verizons FiOS TV

AP | DEBORAH YAO | Posted 07.25.2009 | Media


PHILADELPHIA — Setting aside their rivalry in the interests of business, Comcast Corp. said Wednesday it will sell advertising for Verizon Commu...

You're Gonna Love the Digital Transition

Fortune's Stanley Bing | Posted 07.13.2009 | Media


<i>Fortune</i>'s Stanley Bing

Today we all become digital. Thanks to Congress, all analog life in these United States will cease and everything will be transformed from waves and particles into bits and bytes.

Must The Blind Lead The Blind?

Julia Moulden | Posted 06.16.2009 | Living


Julia Moulden

Clearly, something big and important is going on. A major shift in the way people think about work. Might we consider welcoming the people who want to be the New Radicals with open arms?

Metering: The End of The Internet As You Know It

Josh Silver | Posted 06.06.2009 | Media


Josh Silver

Should the companies that deliver Internet be allowed to block it, slow it down, or in the current case of Time Warner, overcharge for it?

Apple, Verizon Wireless Deal In The Works: Report

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


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...

The Day of Sharing

Wayne Kramer | Posted 05.09.2009 | Media


Wayne Kramer

That the recording industry is in the toilet is no surprise. How is it that artists don't see the solution?

Retiree group to vote against Verizon CEO's pay

AP | PETER SVENSSON | Posted 05.01.2009 | Home


NEW YORK — A group representing 100,000 retirees said Tuesday it is going to vote against the pay package for Verizon's chief executive, saying ...

Digital Television Delay

Stephanie Vaughn Hapke | Posted 03.09.2009 | Media


Stephanie Vaughn Hapke

I'm sorry, but if people have not heeded the warnings by now, they either do not watch enough TV for this to be an issue, or they just don't care.

Obama's First Fault as President

Henryk A. Kowalczyk | Posted 03.01.2009 | Politics


Henryk A. Kowalczyk

Most Americans are prepared for the departure of analog TV. Those lost in transition would start screaming on 2/18, and within 24 hours, 90% of them would be assisted by someone.

AT&T, Verizon at odds over DTV delay : MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer January 13, 2009

Shelly Palmer | Posted 02.13.2009 | Media


Shelly Palmer

President-elect Barack Obama's plan to delay the DTV transition may postpone the switch 90 days. Currently, Senator Jay Rockefeller is preparing the...

Google, Microsoft Compete To Lose Money On Verizon Deal

Silicon Alley Insider | Henry Blodget | Posted 12.25.2008 | Business


As we've noted, Microsoft (MSFT) is threatening to use its gigantic cash pile to steal the Verizon search deal away from Google. Google is reportedly ...

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

CNN Political Ticker | Posted 12.22.2008 | Politics


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...

Microsoft May Sell Bonds: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 21, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.22.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Microsoft is may issue bonds for the first time. Considering Microsoft has a top credit ranking from both the S&P and Moody's, if Redmond were to is...

Obama's Cell Phone Records Looked At By Verizon Workers

AP | Posted 12.21.2008 | Politics


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

Microsoft Still Not Interested in Acquiring Yahoo: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 7, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.08.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Steve Ballmer noted that Microsoft is not interested in acquiring Yahoo. Ballmer is quoted as saying "We made an offer, we made another offer.. We ...

FCC Approves White Space Usage: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer November 5, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 12.06.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

Yesterday's election helped CNN.com earn a record traffic day. The political web site enjoyed 27 million uniques for 276 million page views yesterda...

Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens Guilty On All Counts: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 28, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 11.28.2008 | Media


Shelly Palmer

A jury convicted Senator Ted "Tubes" Stevens on all seven felony counts which violated federal ethics laws. Stevens is guilty of failing to report t...

Seth Colter Walls

Contractor's Letter Contradicts McCain Camp Spin On Verizon Controversy

HuffingtonPost.com | Seth Colter Walls | Posted 11.17.2008 | Politics


A document obtained by the Huffington Post contradicts recent claims made by Verizon and the McCain campaign about the cell tower placed on John McCai...

You Can Hear Me Now

David Donnelly | Posted 11.15.2008 | Politics


David Donnelly

The McCains got two cellphone towers built right on their property by Verizon and AT&T -- two companies that have given John McCain both hundreds of thousands in campaign contributions.

AT&T Promises Not To Spy on You... Sort of

Timothy Karr | Posted 11.13.2008 | Media


Timothy Karr

DPI allows companies like AT&T, Verizon and Time Warner to pry open user's trunks, erect new tolls and sell off or bar privileged access based on what they find inside.