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Apple patent would require carriers to bid for iPhone service

by Kelly Hodgkins (Feb 10th, 2011)

Apple was recently awarded a patent describing a wireless selection system that would require carriers to compete for service on an iPhone. According to the patent, the phone would store the network settings for a variety of carriers and select the appropriate service based upon information sent to ...

David Pogue and his 'Take Back the Beep' campaign

by Mel Martin (Jul 31st, 2009)

David Pogue, who writes on tech for the New York Times had an interesting and thoughtful column yesterday. He's been complaining about the ridiculously long messages the cellular carriers stick on to the end of your voicemail message. He's right, too. But what I hadn't realized was that these ...