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Apple to pay up to $500 million to settle U.S. class action lawsuit in iPhone slowing case

Sometimes the thing you thought was a good idea comes back to bite you. Apple will pay up to $500 million to settle a U.S. class action suit related to iPhone slowing allegations. The claimants involved in the case stated that Apple deliberately slowed devices to push users to upgrade to newer, faster ones. Per […]

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FCC issues combined $200 million in fines to AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile for selling geolocation data to third-party aggregators

It probably wasn’t the best idea to sell their customers’ geolocation data to third-party aggregators in the first place. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday issued a total of $200 million in fines to the nation’s four largest cellular carriers for selling access to real-time consumer geolocation data to third-party aggregators. AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, […]

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MCX responds to Apple Pay blocking controversy with questionable responses to issues at hand

The most recent shot in the NFC payment wars has been fired. And it kind of made MCX look like a bunch of jerks. Per 9to5Mac, MCX, the retailer consortium behind the CurrentC mobile payment system, has responded to the controversy over its members being required to block Apple Pay or face fines with some […]

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Wireless handset unlocking becomes illegal in U.S. without carrier permission

Well, here’s the thing that’ll drive you nuts today. Per Electronista and TechCrunch, phone unlocking without carrier permission is now illegal in the United States. A 90-day transition period, permitting the practice after an exemption added to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was reversed in October, has now run out. The expiration of the exemption […]