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- Timbers Weekly Update Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:57PMPORTLAND, Ore. - After securing their first road win in MLS team history, the Portland Timbers return to JELD-WEN Field for an international exhibition against English Premier League club West Bromwich Albion, presented by Verizon Wireless, Wednesday at 8 p.m. (PT) before hitting the road again to face the Columbus Crew Saturday at 5 p.m. (PT).
- Motorola Droid 3 (Verizon Wireless) Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:57PMFor Verizon customers who crave physical keyboards, the Motorola Droid 3 offers an excellent one, but the rest of the Android smartphone's improvements fail to impress.
- This Day in Tech: Apple has best-ever quarter; Anonymous suspects arrested Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:39PMToo busy to keep up with today's tech news? Here are some of the more interesting stories from CNET (and elsewhere) for Tuesday, July 19.
- Trustees appoint bike committee Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:10PMWhen Barrington village officials held meetings with the community last summer to discuss the village’s comprehensive plan, the message from residents was loud and clear: more bike paths and pedestrian sidewalks to connect the village. In May the Village Board established a Bike and Pedestrian Advisory Committee, and on Monday night the board appointed 11 members to the committee. The committee ...
- Silicon Valley Tech Blog Company Lazy Tech Guys, Provides Coverage for MobileBeat and GamesBeat 2011 Conference That ... Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:02PMSan Francisco hosted one of VentureBeat’s biggest conferences July 12 and 13 at the Palace Hotel. (PRWeb July 19, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/social-media/silicon-valley/prweb8654850.htm
- Sprint Nextel’s 4G strategy will wait for autumn Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:54PMOverland Park-based Sprint Nextel Corp.’s coming 4G strategy announcement won’t come until the fall, CEO Dan Hesse said today according to CNET.
- Rumor: Motorola Dinara to follow Droid Bionic in late 2011 Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:45PMVerizon and Motorola are rumored to be working on an Android phone due in late 2011 with features that include an HD screen and 13-megapixel camera.
- Credit card companies join mobile networks in pay-by-phone NFC venture Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:39PMAT&T, Verizon Wireless and T-Mobile USA announced late last year that they would be partnering in a joint venture called Isis, which would build a unified network for NFC mobile payments.
- Dan Hesse: Sprint's not following Virgin's tiered data movement, but 'nothing is guaranteed forever' Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 5:09PMWithout a doubt, it's the 800 pound gorilla in the carrier realm: will Sprint follow AT&T, T-Mobile USA and Verizon Wireless down the woeful tiered data route , laced with pain, confusion and general awfulness? We asked Sprint CEO Dan Hesse that very question today at Sprint's campus, and the answer wasn't exactly heartening. He stated that people are simply willing to pay a price premium (when ...
- AT&T, courting T-Mobile, touts wireless progress Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:58PMWESTBROOK -- As part of a campaign to build public support for its proposed merger with T-Mobile USA, AT&T on Monday outlined the progress it has made this year upgrading its wireless network in Maine.
- Jobs in Sacramento (weekly update) Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:46PMFeatured Sacramento job openings for the week of July 18 through July 24, 2011.
- Lowcountry to get Verizon's 4G this week Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:27PMVerizon Wireless will launch a data access network Thursday in the Charleston market that's 10 times faster than its current 3G offering, according to company officials. The new 4G Long Term Evolution network will allow movies to be downloaded in minutes instead of hours and songs in seco...
- Briefcase Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:26PMDebt worries drag down U.S., European markets NEW YORK -- Not even a string of better earnings reports Monday could stave off worries about debt. Europe's banking troubles and an impasse over lifting the U.S. government's borrowing limit helped drag down stock m...
- Funeral home gets approval to expand Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:19PMThe West Reading Zoning Hearing Board voted Monday night to grant variances to the Kuhn Funeral Home to expand its funeral business to two adjoining properties.
- Posts Tagged ‘wireless’ Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:16PMThere are lots of various items that you simply can be certain for you to wish to get in this particular globe. Needless to say, simply wanting to get items is not a guarantee you are going to have the income for them.
- iPhone Preferred Over Android 46% to 32%: ChangeWave Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:28PMApple's iPhone is the leading buyer preference getter for the next 90 days, beating Google's Android platform, RIM Blackberry and Microsoft Windows Phone 7.
- 4G Smartphones, Modems and Hotspots Arrive on the Expanded Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Network in Los Angeles and San ... Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:16PMIRVINE, Calif., July 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Starting Thursday, more Verizon Wireless customers in the Los Angeles and San Diego metro areas will be able to surf the web, download files and share music and photos up to 10 times faster than before with Verizon Wireless' 4G Long Term Evolution (LTE) network. The network launches on July 21 and will be available to customers in the following ...
- 12 top tech rumours we hope will (and won't) come true Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 9:52PMThe tech world loves rumors and spreads them incessantly, thanks to a seemingly endless outpouring of Internet blather about impending tech gadgets and gear.
- Opera Mini slims smartphone data streams Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 2:41PMOpera Mini web-browsing software for smartphones has become an antidote for congested telecom networks and carrier bills that rise along with the amount of data streamed to handsets.
- The Best 3G Tablets Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:42AMWouldn't it be great if your computer had Internet access everywhere? Well, Google tried that with the Chromebook, but it didn't catch on so well. (You'd think people don't want to pay $500 for a computer that only has a web browser.) Especially when, for the same price, you can get a tablet like the iPad.
- BUSINESS BRIEFS Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 11:09AMKEARNEY — Heather Dunphey has joined the Kearney Hub staff as a part-time copy editor.
- Apple issues update for iOS, plugs PDF vulnerability Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 10:24AMApple has released an update to its iOS mobile operating system that patches the PDF security vulnerability that was revealed earlier this month. Read the full story here.
- Chrysler, Ford support ban on texting Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 9:52AMAUBURN HILLS, Mich., July 16 (UPI) -- U.S. automaker Chrysler has joined Ford in endorsing the Safe Drivers Act of 2001, which bans the use of handheld phones when driving, officials said.
- Chinook crash report throws spotlight back on alarming aircraft software problems Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:22AMA report into the disastrous Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 has highlighted once again the alarming questions around helicopter software in use at the time.
- Apple to reveal earnings next week Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 7:22AMApple is holding a conference call on Tuesday where it will reveal its third quarter results for this financial year (FY 11)
- Apple iOS 4.3.4 patches PDF hole exploited by jailbreakers Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:46AMApple Friday issued a software security update designed to fix a Safari PDF rendering system vulnerability exploited by jailbreakers and that could have been used by hackers to infect Apple’s mobile devices, including iPhone 4 and iPad 2.
- Epicenter Lineup Explands Recap Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 6:45AMThe Epicenter festival have announced that Everlast and Crossfade have been added to this year's lineup
- Apple iPad, Day 13: Streaming Data on the Go Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:10PMMost of the time I rely on my home wireless network, or I can find a Wi-Fi hotspot, but today I am checking out how the iPad 2 performs using a tethered 3G wireless connection shared from an iPhone 4 personal hotspot.
- Congress goes after unlicensed wireless "free riders" (like Google and Microsoft) Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:07PMThe House Energy and Commerce Committee is holding a hearing on Friday on spectrum and public safety communications issues. In advance of the event, key Republican lawmakers have circulated a discussion draft of new spectrum auction and public safety band rules. It's an interesting read for anyone concerned about wireless unlicensed broadband. Among the proposals, the law sets up an auction ...
- Report: Verizon, AT&T LTE phones likely incompatible Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:06PMIt's unlikely you'll be able to switch between carriers like you can with GSM carriers, according to a PC Magazine report.
- Appia Selected by AlwaysOn as an AlwaysOn Global 250 Winner Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:52PMWorld’s largest open app marketplace recognized for creating technology innovations for the Global Silicon Valley (PRWeb July 14, 2011) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/7/prweb8644835.htm
- Verizon Wireless Owes Lincoln $1.7M Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:41PMVerizon Wireless will pay the city of Lincoln $1.7 million as part of a settlement in a lawsuit over the payment of occupation taxes.
- Verizon LTE Phones Probably Incompatible With AT&T Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:40PMVerizon's LTE phones will not work on other LTE networks in the US, the carrier confirmed.
- Verizon adds more cell sites to Montana, adds coverage Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:33PMMISSOULA - If you're a Verizon Wireless member you may have recently noticed better service, especially in the West Missoula Valley.
- Making sense of your data plan Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:17PMVerizon Wireless has joined AT&T in eliminating unlimited data plans for all new customers. How will this affect you?
- RBC Sees 'Solid' Earnings From Apple, Eyes Big Things Next Quarter Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:58PMFiscal Q3 results will be strong, but analysts say the following quarter could include the next new
- Art Brodsky: 'Where Are the Jobs' AT&T Promised? Better to Ask Late Than Never Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:58PMIt makes absolutely no sense for anyone to say they would be better off with a crucial wireless industry held in the grip of just two companies controlling 80 percent or so of the business.
- Novatel Wireless MiFi 4510L Review - The Best 4G LTE WiFi Hotspot? Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:32AMA while back we explored almost all of Verizon’s 4G LTE network launch hardware - two USB modems, the Samsung SCH-LC11 hotspot, and the HTC Thunderbolt, to be exact. Since then, one more WiFi hotspot product has launched which we’ve been playing with for a while - the MiFi 4510L from Novatel Wireless. Is the MiFi 4510L the 4G LTE hotspot that we’ve been waiting for? Read on for our full review ...
- Say goodbye to cheap mobile data Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:19AMFirst the wireless carriers grew revenue by selling all of us basic cell phones. Then they kept growing as we all upgraded to fancier smartphones that used data plans and not just voice calls. But that can't last long: 77 million people already own smartphones in the U.S., and the market will start to become saturated in a few years. So what will carriers do when that happens?
- Panel hears requests fir camouflaged antennae Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:30AMA fake boulder that holds AT&T antennae along Highway 74 in Palm Desert near the Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument. / Richard Lui The Desert Sun file photo
- Review: Samsung's Google Chromebook Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:18AMThe Chromebook isn't the best choice as the only computer, but it's a fine second computer.
- REVIEW: Google all the time on Chromebook Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 3:09AMNew laptops running Google's Chrome operating system offer a new approach in portable computing: Games, productivity tools and anything else you might need are handled by distant computers connected to the internet. read more
- EBay's Zong deal heats up mobile-payment battle Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 2:26AMEBay Inc.'s purchase of mobile-payment startup Zong Inc. for $240 million is stepping up pressure on companies such as Google Inc. and American Express Co. to make their own acquisitions in the market. Google has held... Presented By: Helping Midsize Businesses Fuel Innovation Helping Midsize Businesses Fuel Innovation Take an interactive tour to discover how customized IBM solutions can help ...
- T-Mobile exclusively launches name-based Caller ID for smartphones Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:42AMHave you ever been caught off guard by an unknown caller on your mobile phone? A company named Cequint is betting that you want to know exactly who is calling at all times.
- EBay’s Zong Takeover Has Google Vying With AmEx to Make Deals Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:54PMEBay Inc. (EBAY) ’s purchase of mobile- payment startup Zong Inc. for $240 million is stepping up pressure on companies such as Google Inc. (GOOG) and American Express Co. (AXP) to make their own acquisitions in the market.
- The Compelling (or Creepy) M2M World of Verizon Wireless Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:35PMDuring my recent visit to Seattle I visited the Bellevue offices of Verizon Wireless , the largest mobile network and wireless phone provider in the U.S., to talk about the Internet of Things . There I met with Bobby Morrison, president of the Pacific Northwest region. The term that Verizon Wireless uses is M2M , machine-to-machine, which means connecting objects together. It is both a subset of ...
- 3 Recent IPOs that Could Soar Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 11:34PMImagine showing up to a party and find you're the only one in the room. This is the lonely feeling many companies experience when they complete their initial public offering (IPO) . These
- Review: Google all the time on the Chromebook Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:01PMATLANTA (AP) - New laptops running Google's Chrome operating system offer a new approach in portable computing: Games, productivity tools and anything else you might need are handled by distant computers connected to the Internet.
- Report: iPhone 5 Coming to Sprint and T-Mobile, AT&T Already Testing Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:55PMThe "iPhone 5" could be coming to T-Mobile and Sprint.
- Android 3.2 Honeycomb update now pushing to Wi-Fi Motorola XOOMs Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:39PMAs we figured would happen after the bits of source code were released, Google has started to push the Android 3.2 Honeycomb update down to the Wi-Fi version of the Motorola XOOM. The new screen size adjustment feature for non-optimized apps is present, as well as the long-awaited support for microSD cards. The roll-out is gradual, so users can check the Software Updates function in the Settings ...