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Verizon Announces Layoffs Affecting More Than 13,000 Employees

Verizon Announces Layoffs Affecting More Than 13,000 Employees

The move by Verizon to lay off over 13,000 workers is one of the most significant workforce cuts taken by...

Verizon Outage: Customers Report Widespread Service Issues Check Outage Map and Estimated Restore Times

Verizon Outage: Customers Report Widespread Service Issues Check Outage Map and Estimated Restore Times

One of the most popular Verizon outages has paralyzed the work of millions of customers in the United States, depriving...

Verizon’s outage was Brief But The Lesson Should Last

Verizon’s outage was Brief But The Lesson Should Last

Verizon, a U.S.-based telecommunication company, issued an apology in response to yesterday’s connectivity hiccup. The carefully crafted apology by the...

Verizon Defies Telecom Headwinds with Strong Q2 Beat

Verizon Defies Telecom Headwinds with Strong Q2 Beat

Verizon Communications, the company best known for providing topnotch wireless and wire line communications services and products has recently stunned...

Can Verizon’s Best Unlimited Plan Be A Little More Limitless? Maybe Yes

Can Verizon’s Best Unlimited Plan Be A Little More Limitless? Maybe Yes

Unlimited plans are never unlimited. They are limited to some extent, and everyone knows this unspoken rule. However, Verizon’s ultimate...

The Joy of Tech takes an unpopular but sadly realistic take on the NSA Verizon controversy

The Joy of Tech takes an unpopular but sadly realistic take on the NSA Verizon controversy

With Verizon vans rolling down the road being called "NSA Surveillance Vehicles" and every tech and political blog on the...

Tips to avoid international mobile expenses

Tips to avoid international mobile expenses

Knowing your data plan can mean the difference between a normal cell phone bill and a heart attack. 1 in...

Telecom companies spend billions on advertising

Telecom companies spend billions on advertising

In the competitive world of telecommunications, it's often a matter of name recognition and trust that help people determine which...

Verizon’s “Share Everything” plans make everything unlimited for up to 10 devices

Verizon’s “Share Everything” plans make everything unlimited for up to 10 devices

Verizon has had its share of foibles over the last few months over how their customers interact with their cellular...

Samuel J Jackson and Zooey Deschanel promote Siri for Verizon

Samuel J Jackson and Zooey Deschanel promote Siri for Verizon

Celebrities are often called on by companies to promote their products by inserting their use into their "real" lives, demonstrating...

Confused by what Verizon’s 4G LTE really means? Saturday Night Live is, too.

Confused by what Verizon’s 4G LTE really means? Saturday Night Live is, too.

Speed is relative. Internet speed is extremely relative, which is why Verizon has been touting the impressive speeds that their...

Who will buy T-Mobile now?

Who will buy T-Mobile now?

The unraveling of the AT&T merger with T-Mobile was not entirely bad for the fourth largest mobile carrier in the...

Verizon Strike: 45,000 union workers take battle to the streets

Verizon Strike: 45,000 union workers take battle to the streets

Verizon customers who have land line phones, internet, and FiOS television services will be affected by the strike of 45,000...

Verizon CEO “Not Concerned” About T-Mobile Merger

Verizon CEO “Not Concerned” About T-Mobile Merger

In what could be one of the largest shakeups in America's mobile industry for years, AT&T is seeking to acquire...

ATT-Mobile: The $39 Billion Deal Will Face Roadblocks

ATT-Mobile: The $39 Billion Deal Will Face Roadblocks

AT&T intends to buy T-Mobile USA from Deutsche Telekom. The deal, which is worth $39 billion in cash and stocks,...

HTC Thunderbolt Strikes March 17, Brings LTE To Verizon Customers

HTC Thunderbolt Strikes March 17, Brings LTE To Verizon Customers

The first LTE-enabled Verizon phone is official. The HTC Thunderbolt will strike Verizon Wireless stores on March 17 for $249.99...

iPhone: Verizon for Calls, ATT for 3G

iPhone: Verizon for Calls, ATT for 3G

In a recent test using Speedtest, the AT&T iPhone proved to be around twice as fast as Verizon for 3G...

And So, The Verizon iPhone Hype Begins

And So, The Verizon iPhone Hype Begins

We knew it was coming. If anything, it may have started later than most predicted. The Verizon iPhone hype is...

Cell Phone Shake Up: A Guide to Picking Your Mobile

Cell Phone Shake Up: A Guide to Picking Your Mobile

The announcement of the Verizon iPhone launching next month has a lot of people considering changing providers. Some are thinking...

Buying Into The Verizon iPhone and Weighing The Options

Buying Into The Verizon iPhone and Weighing The Options

The Verizon iPhone is upon us, so now it is our job to let you know all the details so...