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Amazon Working On Free Mobile Service For US Prime Members
Amazon is currently in talks with US mobile phone network providers to provide network plans with its Prime subscription with the possibility of a free inclusion to the $7.49 membership. Amazon Prime Mobile Network The information surrounding this possibility was shared by Bloomberg which states that Amazon is negotiating with…
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Razer Launch its New Edge 5G – The “Ultimate” Handheld Gaming Device
Razer has formally unveiled the Edge 5G, a new upcoming 5G handheld gaming device which they claim to be the ‘ultimate’ in the platform. This groundbreaking collaboration with Verizon will bring to market the world’s first dedicated 5G handheld console equipped with the world’s most advanced display of any gaming…
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Verizon Takes Huge Hit as AOL and Yahoo Get Sold!
Although representing one of the key parts of the early history of the internet, it doesn’t exactly take a genius to see that, as companies, both AOL and Yahoo are not the powerhouses they once were. When Verizon purchased both of them around 6 years ago, with the acquisitions totalling…
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2013 Yahoo Security Breach Worse Than Previously Thought
Web service provider Yahoo infamously had a massive security breach in 2013. Today they have sent out a notice disclosing a higher number of accounts than previously thought. The original estimate puts the number at one billion user accounts. This includes not just e-mails but all users who have a…
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Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer Leaving with $186M Payout
Marissa Mayer’s tenure as CEO of Yahoo is expected to come to an end after the deal with Verizon has been finalized. Although Yahoo’s acquisition has been lowered by $350 million following several high-profile hacks, she will leave the company with a $186 million payout with the bulk of the…
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Verizon Tests Flying Cell-Site LTE Drones for Disaster Relief Situations
Verizon has been flight-testing LTE drones as part of their disaster relief situation plan to expand network coverage after a catastrophic event such as storms, tornadoes or earthquakes which usually knocks out cell towers and disables people’s ability to contact emergency services. Verizon has been doing the tests since October…
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Yahoo Acquisition Offer Lowered by $350M Following High-Profile Hacks
Recent data breaches at Yahoo have not gone unnoticed, most importantly by Verizon who has announced plans for the company’s acquisition for $4.83 billion in July 2016. The offer has since been lowered by as much as $350 million with Verizon paying $4.48 billion in cash, following the revelation of…
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2016 Yahoo Security Breach Still not Secured
US telecoms giant has snapped up Yahoo for $4.48 billion, which is $350 million less than it had originally agreed to pay for the internet tech company after it was revealed that a five-month-old security breach has yet to be fixed. Last year, Yahoo suffered a major hack that compromised…
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Verizon’s Bad Data Responsible For Recent Outagaes
When you sign up for your internet, you expect that the company you’ve signed up and pay for monthly to provide you with the service you’ve paid for. Verizon recently suffered a large outage for many of its customers and now Frontier are happy to say who’s responsible, Verizon’s bad data.…
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Verizon’s Network Damaged During Strike Action
Verizon is currently in a bad place, with recent news that they were going to stop supporting and repairing people on copper cables in favour of upgrading to fiber networks being poorly received by those that see it as “no support or pay us more” and with the company only…
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Verizon Looking to Switch Everyone From Copper to Fiber
Internet speeds are going up and up, but the US still lags behind the rest of the world leaving many upset. Some companies charge for the bigger internet, but internet provider Verizon looks to be one of the first to encourage users to switch to fiber optic cables. “Fiber is the…
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Host of Potential Yahoo Buyers Emerge – Major Companies Linked
Yahoo is up for sale, and some of the major players in media and technology are keen to pick over the bones of the once-great company, with Microsoft, Google, Verizon, Time, and the Daily Mail all indicating an interest in future bids. “Media companies, such as the Daily Mail and Time…
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Verizon Enterprise Breach Leads to 1.5 Million Customers Records Up For Sale
It’s not been a good year for Verizon. Earlier this month we reported on the fact that the company had been fined by the FCC for “supercookie” tracking, and now it would seem that Verizon Enterprise has been breached resulting in 1.5 million customer records being put up for sale.…
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Verizon Fined $1.35 Million by FCC Over ‘Supercookie’ Tracking
Everyone wants your browsing data, from the government to your ISP, for reasons ranging from tracking potential criminals to lucrative advertisement revenue. Now Verizon is settling with the FCC over their usage of an ad targeting technology known as ‘supercookie’, which tracks the sites visited by phones on their network.…
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Apple Sued For Data Consuming “Bug”
Apple is known for a lot of things but none more than their iPhones, for better or worse. In this case, it’s again for the worse. Apple has had some problems regarding their software and just like almost a year ago when it was revealed that Siri shared your conversations with other companies,…
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