Topic: AT&T

The Other NSA Whistleblowers Hope This Time Is Different

AP

Edward Snowden was not the first high-profile person to reveal secrets about the NSA's surveillance operations after September 11th. He was the third. The first two have come forward to express support for Snowden, in part, one can assume, hoping that this time something actually changes.

By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 18, 2013

Hacker 'Weev' Gets Three Years in Jail, Just for Being an Internet Troll

While the cases of Aaron Swartz and Matthew Keys made them into even bigger heroes because of villainous sounding prosecutions and astonishingly long potential jail times, this harsh sentencing might make a champion out of a guy who, really, is just an expert pain in the online butt.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 8, 2013

The Ban on Cellphone Unlocking Has Gone Too Far

AT&T's olive branch on Friday only reinforces how much power cell carriers wield with the new unlocking law: they can still deny customers the freedom of truly owning a phone they bought through another company — and that's why Senators are trying to overturn it.  

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jan 16, 2013

AT&T Finally Gives FaceTime to (Almost) Everyone

After complaints from users and consumer advocacy groups, AT&T has announced that anyone with any kind of data plan can use Apple's FaceTime feature over data services with a compatible iPhone.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Dec 5, 2012

AT&T Needs a Video to Explain Your Phone Bill to You Now

Those new data-share plans are so complicated — and often infuriating — that AT&T now offers a personalized video to break down your plan.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Nov 21, 2012

Will Every AT&T User Get iPhone FaceTime Forever?

After announcing the other week that it would extend FaceTime to all iPhone 5 owners, no matter their data plan, AT&T has started rolling out the video-chat service to even more customers, according to reports.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 24, 2012

AT&T Hasn't Lost Its iPhone Dominance Quite Yet

Despite its weaker LTE offerings than Verizon, AT&T still sold more iPhones this quarter, per its earnings report, but the margin over its rivals is shrinking.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Sep 14, 2012

Picking the Right iPhone 5 Data Plan for You

iPhone buying has officially begun with online pre-orders this morning and in-store sales starting next week. It's time to start thinking about the right phone plan for your new iPhone 5. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Aug 22, 2012

AT&T Is Starting to Look Like a Bully

Following allegations that its just announced FaceTime payment plan violates FCC guidelines, AT&T has responded with a statement calling the outrage a "knee jerk reaction," the kind of explanation that makes angry consumers even angrier. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 18, 2012

These Share Data Plans Aren't a Good Deal

Following Verizon's lead, AT&T has announced the data-centric plans it had threatened and they don't sound like money savers compared to the old solo subscriptions. 

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By John Hudson

Jul 9, 2012

How Many People Phone Companies Hire to Give Away Your Information

Thanks to a report in today's New York Times, we know cell phone companies are besieged with requests for phone records from the U.S. government. But who's answering all those requests?

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jun 12, 2012

The End of the Phone Is Getting Closer

Verizon has just announced the first ever data-share cell phone plans, meaning that end of the phone we predicted a couple weeks ago just got closer.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jun 1, 2012

The End of the Phone Is Nigh

These days our "phones" aren't really phones in the dictionary sense ("an instrument for reproducing sounds at a distance") any more. And soon enough, if the CEO of AT&T is correct, they won't even involve namesake capability anymore.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

May 7, 2012

A New iPhone Will Cost You More than Ever Before

It's always exciting when someone stands up to a bully—unless that results in jacking up of the price of the hottest phone even higher than it already is. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 24, 2012

AT&T Is Winning an iPhone Battle It Doesn't Even Want to Win

This morning's earnings report from AT&T confirms that it sold more iPhones than its competitor Verizon last quarter, something it probably isn't too ecstatic about. 

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Apr 19, 2012

Here's Why Apple Doesn't Have to Worry About a Subsidy Problem

Verizon's strong Q1 earnings were a lot about the iPhone, proving Apple has nothing to worry about in terms of its wireless partners' subsidy of their mega-selling smartphones.

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By Adam Martin

Apr 9, 2012

Can Anyone Make Yellow Pages Work?

AT&T has finally decided to give up on its Yellow Pages business, selling its majority share to the private equity firm Cerberus Capital Management for nearly $1 billion, which seems like a big bet for Cerberus on a business in decline.

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By Daniel Frankel, PaidContent

Mar 28, 2012

Signs of Cable's Ratings Decline

With the cable business finally reaching saturation when it comes to adding new subscribers, and viewers blessed with more on-demand choices than ever, many top cable channels have recently experienced their worst ratings declines ever.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Mar 21, 2012

The iPad Is Turning Everyone Into Expensive Data Superusers

With the iPad selling like too-warm cakes (get it?!) and the expansion of 4G LTE networks we are all turning into very expensive super-users.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Mar 1, 2012

AT&T Puts the 'Limit' in Unlimited Data

The data dependent army of tweeters are fuming over AT&T's announcing that it will cap its unlimited data plans.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Feb 8, 2012

The iPhone Has Enslaved Mobile Carriers

The big three cell phone carriers have a paradoxical relationship with the iPhone: each carrier needs the device to survive, but the more iPhones they sell, the more money they seem to lose.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Jan 9, 2012

AT&T Wants to Take On Apple With Its Own App Store

At an executive-studded keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, AT&T unveiled a very unexpected new initiative: an Apple-like, HTML5-powered app store.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 21, 2011

The iPhone Is Killing Mobile Carriers

If the failed merger of AT&T and T-Mobile taught us anything, it's how our new smartphone-driven lifestyle is driving mobile carriers to resort to extreme measures in order to slow sinking profits caused by the high cost of pouring data into our pockets.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 19, 2011

AT&T Finally Pulls the Plug on the T-Mobile Merger

Though signs of optimism had been flickering for weeks, AT&T announced their decision to drop its proposal to merge with T-Mobile on Monday, citing pressure from the Federal Communications Commission and the Department of Justice.

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By Adam Clark Estes

Dec 12, 2011

AT&T Buys Some Time to Reposition Its T-Mobile Bid

After speeding towards the precipice of total failure, AT&T won a little victory in its controversial quest to merge with T-Mobile by winning a federal judge's permission to delay the court case until next year.

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Oct 7, 2011

The Pros and Cons of the Different Ways to Buy an iPhone 4S

Providers have started taking pre-orders and we're here to help

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By Adam Clark Estes

Sep 6, 2011

Sprint Lawsuit Against AT&T's T-Mobile Takeover Could Be Useless

The underdog mobile carrier says the merger would lead to "higher prices and less innovation"

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By John Hudson

Aug 31, 2011

With DOJ Opposition, AT&T Merger Looks Unlikely

AT&T faces an uphill battle, and most reactions are pessimistic

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By Uri Friedman

Aug 31, 2011

Justice Department Moves to Block AT&T-T-Mobile Merger

The government says combining the two major wireless carriers will stifle competition

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By Uri Friedman

Aug 31, 2011

AT&T Tries to Win Merger Approval by Returning Outsourced Jobs

If regulators approve the T-Mobile purchase, AT&T will bring back 5,000 call-center jobs

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By John Hudson

Aug 12, 2011

AT&T's Merger with T-Mobile May Actually Fall Through

A string of bad publicity and an accidental leak has soured the fortunes of AT&T

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By Rebecca Greenfield

Jul 15, 2011

The Advocacy Groups Under Fire for Supporting AT&T

The NAACP finds itself in a controversy soon after GLAAD withdraws its support

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By John Hudson

Jun 10, 2011

GLAAD Taking More Heat for Endorsing AT&T Megamerger

Dismayed members of the gay community call for GLAAD's president to resign

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By John Hudson

Jun 3, 2011

Strange Bedfellows

Why a Gay Rights Group Is Endorsing AT&T's Mega Merger

The president of GLAAD urges the FCC to approve the T-Mobile acquisition. But why?

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By Adam Clark Estes

May 31, 2011

Sprint Attempts to Stonewall AT&T and T-Mobile Deal

The third place mobile company says the merger won't add value to consumers

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By John Hudson

Mar 21, 2011

AT&T's Coming Regulatory Battle for T-Mobile

The wireless merger plan will test the Obama administration's antitrust policy

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By John Hudson

Mar 3, 2011

How Bad Is the Bobby Jindal Charity Scandal?

Major corporations in Louisiana have donated generously to a charity headed by the governor's wife

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