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In case you missed the news yesterday and today, Verizon Wireless is refunding approximately $50 million to about 15 million of it's wireless customers. This stems from incorrect billing that the company did over the past few years. In a statement posted to Verizon's website they stated: “We have addressed these issues to avoid unintended data charges in the future.
Shortly after getting my HTC Evo phone, one of the initial apps I downloaded from the Android Marketplace was the Amazon Kindle app with the idea I’d probably check it out at some point. Weeks went by, and I pretty much ignored the app. Yesterday I was talking to a good friend that is in the process of formatting e-books
For some time we’ve been hearing about the virtues of cloud-based computing. Certain functions seem to lend themselves to the cloud. Online word processing, spreadsheets, etc. can seem to make sense in some situations, such as collaborating with others. In everyday use scenarios, does the cloud really make sense in more traditional private computer-use situations? I contend that it does
Rumor, rumor, on the wall. Apple rumors talk abound. Are they true or are they not. Rumor, rumor fill my pot. Thought I would make a nursery rhyme on this. After all, rumors seem to be Mother Gooses best yarns. Some rumors come true. Others, not so much. No clam shell phone, no mini version either. But will that one
When the iPhone came along in 2007, many people were immediately disappointed, including me, that it was tied at the hip to AT&T. In retrospect, that set the stage for what was to follow. Immediately many iPhone users began to complain about poor signal coverage and dropped calls. It seems that everyone assumed that the iPhone itself as a phone
I remember it well. Back around October of 2004, I first heard the word “podcast” used on The David Lawrence Show via my XM Satellite Radio. It sounded interesting, and I wrote it down on my driver logbook cover with the idea of looking it up later. I heard David mention it again once or twice over the next few
The smartphone is a concept and an evolving device that has been around for a few years, though until now mass consumer adoption has been slow. The introduction of the iPhone in June 2007 marked a radical improvement in smartphone interface design, usability and device capabilities. The iPhone caused a big upheaval in the then somewhat sleepy cell phone market.