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Here Comes Dynamic Caller ID
Flat Planet Phone Co., an Israeli VoIP startup, has developed a new VoIP technology called Dynamic Caller ID that essentially allows you to have multiple caller IDs built on the fly. These caller IDs depend on the local number being dialed. For instance, if you call someone in Orange County, Calif., from New York,... »
To Aid Earthquake Victims in Haiti, the Verizon Foundation Announces $100,000 in Grants, and an Employee-Donation Matching Program
NEW YORK – The Verizon Foundation has awarded a total of $100,000 in grants to World Vision and Food for the Poor to assist the victims of the devastating 7.0 earthquake in Haiti. Related Topics: New York, Verizon »
Kodak launches lawsuit against iPhone and BlackBerry
Kodak has launched lawsuits alleging that the iPhone and BlackBerry – two of the world’s most popular mobile phones – infringe its patents. The photographic pioneer said on Thursday that it had filed a case in the Western District of New York against Apple and Canadian handset manufacturer Research in Motion, as well as an... »
Verizon and Lineage Power Will Test New Technologies to Reduce Power Used by Information and Communications Technology Equipment
NEW YORK – Lineage Power Corp. and Verizon Communications are partnering to test two new technologies that significantly decrease the amount of electricity used by information and communications technology (ICT) equipment. Related Topics: equipment, Info, information, LEC, New York, Verizon »
Verizon Unveils More Interactive TV Features, Including Navigational Shortcuts, in Western New York
NEW YORK – Verizon continues to deliver the ultimate home-entertainment experience, introducing even more innovative interactive features for FiOS TV subscribers in Western New York. Related Topics: home, New York, Verizon »
Verizon Business and Motorola Join Forces to Help Safeguard Retailers’ Wireless Networks From Hackers
NEW YORK – Retailers are increasingly using in-store local area wireless networks for a variety of key functions, including staying in close touch with sales personnel who are serving customers. But all too often, these networks are vulnerable to a variety of security threats such as attacks by hackers and the use of... »
Update on GoGO
Joe Sharkey has an update on the state of in flight WiFi in today’s New York Times. As a road warrior I choose my flights and hotels based on the broadband options available. Over the past month my trips to Northern California were 90 percent on Virgin America and only ten percent on Southwest. As... »
1,200 AOL Workers To Go the Way of Dial-Up
Some AOL Inc. (AOL) workers in the United States and Europe lost their jobs today and more will get pink slips on Wednesday.Too few people – only 1,100 – accepted the struggling company’s voluntary buyout offer in December, so now it’s enacting 1,200 layoffs, New York-based AOL said on Monday.The cuts …(194 words) Related Topics: Europe,... »
1,200 AOL Workers To Go the Way of Dial-Up
Some AOL Inc. (AOL) workers in the United States and Europe lost their jobs today and more will get pink slips on Wednesday.Too few people – only 1,100 – accepted the struggling company’s voluntary buyout offer in December, so now it’s enacting 1,200 layoffs, New York-based AOL said on Monday.The cuts …(194 words) ... »
Despite Risks, Internet Creeps Onto Car Dashboards
To the dismay of safety advocates already worried about driver distraction, automakers and high-tech companies have found a new place to put sophisticated Internet-connected computers: the front seat. Technology giants like Intel and Google are turning their attention from the desktop to the dashboard, hoping to bring the power of the PC to the car.... »
Joanna Stern Debuts in New York Times In Writing
Some of you will remember my Phweety, Joanna Stern, when the two of us had a voice call about 18 months ago over GoGO, back when they were saying "no way could you make a voice call" using Phweet. Or you may recall her from her Queen of the Netbooks role at Laptop Magazine where... »
GENBAND Set as First Nortel Carrier VoIP Bidder
GENBAND on Wednesday got government go-ahead to be first in line to buy bankrupt Nortel Networks’ carrier VoIP assets. If other firms decide to bid, an auction will take place on Feb. 24 in New York. The two companies on Dec. 22 said GENBAND was prepared to buy the unit …(316 words) Related Topics: carrier,... »
GENBAND Set as First Nortel Carrier VoIP Bidder
GENBAND on Wednesday got government go-ahead to be first in line to buy bankrupt Nortel Networks’ carrier VoIP assets. If other firms decide to bid, an auction will take place on Feb. 24 in New York. The two companies on Dec. 22 said GENBAND was prepared to buy the unit …(316 words) ... »
Google Shakes but Doesn’t Upend the Mobile Phone Market
Google sure does love shaking up the system. Remember the original Google search page? It made news because your search results popped up fast and weren’t cluttered with ads. Remember when Google went public? It made news because the founders auctioned off shares to the public. Remember when Gmail came out? It made news because... »
PAETEC Named Best Large Company to Work For in N.Y.
PAETEC Holding Corp. (PAET) announced it has been recognized for a second consecutive year as a Best Large Company to Work For in New York state by the New York State Society for Human Resource Management (NYS-SHRM). The company was previously ranked tenth in the large company category in the 2009 …(216 words) ... »
Verizon Adds Mobile Broadband Backup for Dedicated Internet Service to Keep Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Online all the Time
NEW YORK – Small and medium-sized businesses now can get Verizon high-performance Internet access coupled with automatic wireless broadband backup to help ensure the businesses are always available to their customers. The new solution – Verizon Internet Dedicated Access with Mobile Broadband – automatically routes business traffic to the Verizon Wireless 3G EV-DO broadband... »
Google Moves to Keep Its Lead as Web Goes Mobile
Google’s expected unveiling on Tuesday of a rival to the iPhone is part of its careful plan to try to do what few other technology companies have done before: retain its leadership as computing shifts from one generation to the next. The rapid emergence of the smartphone as a versatile computing device may be as... »
Flurry Teams Up With comScore
Flurry, a San Francisco-based mobile app analytics company that recently merged with Pinch Media of New York, has teamed up with comScore in a deal that will marry Flurry’s analytics with comScore’s mobile panel data. The combined results, in turn, will be sold to comScore’s clients. The way I see it, it’s only a matter... »
PC, TV and Wireless Phone: Free Upgrade for Verizon Media Manager Service Puts Digital Entertainment Wherever You Are
NEW YORK – Verizon’s innovative Media Manager service just got better with a free software upgrade. It gives FiOS TV DVR users even more ways to easily enjoy personal photos, music and videos whenever they want – on whatever device they want – including their PCs, FiOS TV screens and Verizon Wireless V CAST... »
Verizon Operations Center in Basking Ridge, N.J., Earns Prestigious LEED Green Building Certification
NEW YORK – Verizon’s operations center in Basking Ridge, N.J., has earned the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED® Silver certification for the center’s environmentally friendly design and energy efficiency. Related Topics: New York, Verizon »
Verizon’s $17 Billion Network Investment in 2009 Pays Off
NEW YORK – Verizon continued to go the distance in 2009 with its secure, reliable global network, which is the essential foundation for the company’s award-winning wireline and wireless products and services for consumer, business and wholesale customers. Related Topics: business, consumer, New York, Verizon, wireless »
U.S. Telecom Firm Pays $3 Million in Fines Over China Business
UTStarcom, an American telecommunications company, has agreed to pay $3 million in fines after U.S. officials accused it of a long-running plan to bribe Chinese and other foreign officials with cash, travel junkets and other gifts. The U.S. Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission said Thursday that UTStarcom paid nearly $7 million... »
AT&T Wants to Kill The PSTN
TMCnet contributor Gary Kim has an excellent article about AT&T asking the Federal Communications Commission to create a timetable to shutdown the analog PSTN phone system in the United States. AT&T explains that maintaining two networks – IP and PSTN is retarding the deployment of the newer broadband IP network. Ok, I’ll grant you... »
Code That Protects Most Mobile Phone Calls Is Divulged
A German computer engineer said Monday that he had deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, in what he called an attempt to expose weaknesses in the security of global wireless systems. The action by the encryption expert, Karsten Nohl, aimed to question the effectiveness... »
Is 3G Wireless Doomed in Cities?
Felix Salmon submits: Is AT&T’s inability to provide decent wireless broadband in tech-savvy cities like New York and San Francisco a simple matter of physics? Phorgy says yes: At low frequencies, radio waves are kind of like molasses. They can ooze around corners and through buildings… Complete Story » Related Topics: 3g, AT&T, broadband, Cisco, iPhone, New... »
CableVision WiFi Is Really Working
From the earliest of days of public WiFi I have always felt the biggest players that would benefit from it were the cable operators. Seems I was right as Cablevision is proving how in the contiguous areas around New York City that their WiFi cloud is attracting users. And, they are all their already... »
AT&T Resumes Online Sales of iPhone in NYC
A post-Christmas depletion of online stock? A way to combat fraud? An odd attempt to decrease data traffic on a congested network? Whatever the reason (and ATT Inc. isn’t really saying), online sales of the iPhone were suspended in New York City over the weekend, then were officially resumed on …(284 words) Related Topics: AT&T,... »
AT&T Resumes Online Sales of iPhone in NYC
A post-Christmas depletion of online stock? A way to combat fraud? An odd attempt to decrease data traffic on a congested network? Whatever the reason (and ATT Inc. isn’t really saying), online sales of the iPhone were suspended in New York City over the weekend, then were officially resumed on …(284 words) ... »
Cablevision Wi-Fi Cloud Is Getting Easier, Smarter & Busier
Cablevision, the Bethpage, N.Y.-based cable operator, has quietly soft-launched a new automated sign-in process that allows its customers to log into its Wi-Fi cloud that covers many busy Long Island and New York City venues such as Madison Square Gardens, Radio City Music Hall and Long Island MacArthur Airport. (The network also serves southern... »
Poll: Will New Travel Restrictions Impact Your Plans?
View This Pollsurvey In the aftermath of the terrorism attempt on an international flight on Friday, there are new restrictions on airline travel, reports The New York Times. While these restrictions are pretty vague, various airlines are taking steps that include limiting passengers to only one carry-on item, asking them to remain in their seats... »