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AT&T and Verizon boosting certain data plans

If you're on an AT&T single-line plan or have two to three devices, the company is now offering 3GB of data as opposed to the prior 2GB for $40 per...

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Google Fiber will finally launch in Austin in December

It looks like AT&T's gigabit internet is going to get some new company in Austin come December: Google Fiber. At a recent planning meeting in the Weird City, Mountain View...

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Redbox Instant will be shutting down on October 7th

If you thought that Redbox Instant would have trouble competing against a streaming video behemoth like Netflix, you were right. The Verizon-backed service is telling customers that Instant will shut...

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Verizon is bringing VoLTE to the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus

Ever since it lost the exclusive right to sell the iPhone in the United States in 2011, AT&T has touted a key advantage that its network has over Verizon's: the...

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Berg’s Little Printer device is shitting down along with the company

Bad news if you own Berg's super-cute, internet-savvy Little Printer: it might not be not long for this world. The company is going into "hibernation" after it couldn't sustain a...

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Twitter is finally introducing e-commerce into its tweets

Twitter is introducing e-commerce into its tweets. The “buy this product” button has been rumored for months, but Monday it was confirmed by the social media network. An initial test...

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Netflix is rolling our 2-minute movie highlights for mobile users

There’s a decent chance you have the Netflix app saved somewhere on your phone, but how often do you actually use it? The video-streaming giant may dominate when it comes...

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Apple’s CEO and other executives are being sued by its shareholders

You’re most probably familiar with the expression “out of the frying pan into the fire." Having seemingly settled its e-book price-fixing lawsuit by agreeing to pay $450 million, Tim Cook...

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Hillary Clinton believes the US will become a clean energy “superpower”

Hillary Clinton predicted Thursday the United States will become the leading 21st century "superpower" in clean energy if the nation confronts the "most consequential, urgent, sweeping collection of challenges we...

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Lenovo’s Intel-powered Tab S8 is actually pretty good for the money

Tablet sales may be leveling off in mature markets like Europe and the US but manufacturers seem unfazed by the trend. Take Lenovo, for example. In addition to showcasing a...

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SK Telecom is using the Internet of Things to… farm eels

By definition, the Internet of Things should connect with anything, even writhing, kinda gross, but often delicious eels. SK Telecom's latest project is aimed at showcasing its IoT skills with...

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Zuli has raised $1.65 million to bring its smart plugs to the market

Following an oversubscribed Kickstarter campaign smart home company Zuli today announced a $1.65 million seed round of funding to enable the company to bring their first product, the Zuli Smartplug,...

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