AT&T Opens up iPhone Skype Calls on its Cellphone Networks

Skype confirmed a report that AT&T is finally allowing iPhone users to make Skype calls over its cellphone network.  This news comes as a big welcome to all the iPhone users who have long wished to make long distance Skype calls on their iPhones. AT&T had not...

Apple Blocked Google Voice on iPhone for AT&T

Apple rejected Google Voice application from the iPhone App store, to protect their exclusive US partner AT&T. Apple's decision to block the service may have been unavoidable because Google Voice would compromise AT&T's business interest. However, the decision has...

4Chan.org Unblocked by AT&T: Wise Move

It looks like 4Chan.org is unblocked: apparently AT&T came to its senses just a day after blocking 4Chan. Will this stop 4Chan's widespread and difficult-to-control netizens from continuing to go after...

AT&T Blocks 4Chan.org, Prepares Will

Imagine, if you will, a can of worms. Only, this isn't any normal can of worms. These worms are large, powerful, slick, slimy, restless, malicious, irreverent, crude, tech-savvy, and have a lethal degree of strength in numbers. And they have teeth. Sharp, web server-chomping,...

Ed Whitacre, Former CEO of AT&T, Named New GM Chairman

Edward Whitacre Jr., the former Chairman and CEO of AT&T, has been named the new chairman of General Motors Corp.Interim chairman Ken Kresa hailed the appointment as "a very auspicious beginning...to complete the reinvention of GM".General Motors Corp filed for Chapter 11...

No One Talks About Israel’s Spying On America!

"Breaking the Taboo on Israel’s Spying Efforts on the United States By Christopher Ketcham, AlterNet. "Israel runs one of the most aggressive and damaging espionage networks targeting the U.S., yet public discussion about it is almost nil." Scratch a...

Lil Wayne Releases New Single "Prom Queen" Online

The rock album Rebirth is proving to have legs and be real since the debut single, Prom Queen has been released online through Facebook and AT&T. Initial reactions are mixed and as a large Lil Wayne fan...

HipVoice (sorta) Brings Push To Talk on BlackBerry, iPhone Soon

By Kevin C. Tofel January 02, 2009: 02:54 PM ET (gigaom.com) -- PTT, or Push To Talk, is pretty common for business teams that are spread out and I can see why. You may need instant information from a peer who’s...

AT&T Shills Proclaim End of the Internet

Telcom industry-backed group proclaims that a consumer traffic "exaflood" will overwhelm the internet unless the telcos are given more power and tax dollars, with less oversight and accountability. Hint; it's a trick."As a rule, most warnings of Internet capacity armageddon...

AT&T's iPhone Count Down

"To prepare, AT&T--the exclusive wireless carrier for the iPhone in the U.S.--has created an informational Web site and videos, upgraded its network and hired extra staff. "We are doing everything possible to make customers' purchasing experience quick and convenient,"...

'Internet Metering' Might Hit Major US Providers

Internet metering - that is, throttling of users based on what kind of data someone downloads or how much of it - might become a normal part of internet life, says a column in the New York Times. Comcast, AT&T...

WWDC 2008 - iPhone, Macbooks and voip, oh my!

It's probably the hottest product on the market right now, and geeks have been lining up since 6am and earlier to get a sneak peek at the new iphone G3. Photos can be found here at the Flickr GroupIt's one of...

Sony Pictures to Offer Movies on Mobile Phones

Video on mobile phones is still a nascent concept and the details need to be worked out better than this: paid subscription-based content, exclusively from one Hollywood studio, on a loop not on demand, streamed...

Comcast Blocks Internet and Public

"“Honestly, I’m just getting paid to hold someone’s seat,” said one person attending the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) hearing in Boston last week (on 2008-02-25). “I don’t even know...

AT&T Pays Florida $2.5M

" AT&T Mobility will be the first wireless company in the nation to “police representations made in internet advertising for cell phone content.”. The company will also make full restitutions to Florida consumers who were deceptively billed for “free” mobile phone...

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