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Sprig to reclassify large numbers of workers from contract to full employee status

There’s only so long that people will be content to work as “contractors”. Health food delivery startup Sprig seems to be acknowledging this, as the company will soon offer its hundreds of contract workers employment at the company. Over the past few months, startups like Instacart, Shyp and Luxe have all switched their workers to […]

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Verizon Wireless adopts harsher early termination fees, draws criticism

Well, this should give you another reason to dislike Verizon. Per Macworld and Droid Life, wireless carrier Verizon recently changed the terms of its customer agreement to state that the carrier will not discount its early termination fee (ETF) until the eighth month of service. In other words, if you signed up for a new […]

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CurrentC exclusivity contract at MCX merchants to expire in matter of months

The conflict between MCX’s CurrentC and Apple Pay may be short lived, as an exclusivity agreement that has caused some merchants involved in the MCX consortium — notably drug store chain CVS — to abruptly pull support for NFC-based payment systems, including Apple Pay and Google Wallet, is set to expire in “months,” according to […]

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Walmart now offering iPhone 5s for $49, iPhone 5c for $29 with two-year contract

You may not love Walmart, but you can get a cheap iPhone 5s and 5c there if you sign a two-year contract… Per Engadget, in an announcement on Thursday, Walmart announced it will be slashing prices on Apple’s latest iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c models on Friday ahead of an impending refresh cycle expected this […]

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Apple grabs another piece of the pie with China Mobile deal

Apple has been after the China market for some time, and it’s no wonder. China represents 1.3 billion of potential customers, which would be Apple’s largest market outside the United States. China Mobile is the world’s largest carrier by subscribers, servicing somewhere in the neighborhood of 700 million users. That number is more than twice the population […]