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T-Mobile adjusts Simple Choice plan, allows for additional international calling options

While the wireless carrier wars wage on, this might be a decent plan if you’re traveling. According to iMore, T-Mobile has modified its Simple Choice calling plan to provide some cheaper options for international calls. Starting today, they can sign up to get unlimited calling from the US to landlines in over 70 countries for […]

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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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AT&T ceases “permacookie” tracking program for the time being, Verizon still enacting its own version

There are consequences for when a wireless carrier installs something that apparently tracks its user base a little too closely with no convenient means of removal. Per Macworld and ProPublica, wireless carriers Verizon and AT&T have been caught up in a privacy firestorm over their use of so-called “permacookies,” a method of tracking what their […]

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Rumor: Chipmakers gearing up production of Apple Watch components for possible early 2015 launch

Apple may have begun ramping up production of the Apple Watch for release in the relatively near future. Per 9to5Mac and DigiTimes, while Apple has yet to provide a specific launch date for the Apple Watch, leaving its early 2015 timeframe and internal memo revealing a spring launch after Chinese New Year as the only […]

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AT&T admits to testing “unique tracker” on smartphones, offers opt-out option

This isn’t the best news. According to Forbes, wireless carriers Verizon and AT&T have ceded that they’re tagging their customers with unique codes that are visible to third parties, making smartphone users far easier to track on the Web than they’ve ever been before, targeted advertising being that much easier to create as a result […]