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How to ‘tether’ your PC to your phone
How to 'tether' your PC to your phone (via The Christian Science Monitor) Last year, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) investigated Verizon Wireless for stifling a very useful smart-phone trick. While laptops often need cables or Wi-Fi networks to access the Internet, phones can log on from just about anywhere.…
Verizon gives up on $2 payment fee after customers rage
WASHINGTON — Leading US wireless carrier Verizon Wireless backed down Friday on instituting a $2 charge for people paying their bills by credit card after a sweeping popular backlash over the plan. The reversal just one day after announcing the fee came also after the industry regulator, the Federal Communications…
Verizon 4G network crashes again
SAN FRANCISCO — A high-speed smartphone data service freshly rolled out by Verizon crashed anew on Wednesday as the US telecom titan continued to work out issues with its new-generation network. Verizon Wireless 4G LTE data service disruption spread across the United States and lasted several hours but subscribers remained…
Verizon blocks Google Wallet on Galaxy Nexus: report
(Reuters) – Wireless service provider Verizon Wireless will not include Google Inc’s payments app Google Wallet on its latest smartphone Galaxy Nexus this month, the Wall Street Journal said. Galaxy Nexus is a smartphone developed by Google and Samsung Electronics Co based on the internet search giant’s Android software. Google Wallet lets people use phones to make payments, redeem digital coupons…
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