Tech Week in Review 12-23-2011
Google+ Launches Major Improvements Before the New Year Google+ launched a number of improvements and goodies this week for your enjoyment over the holidays. One of the most important updates IMHO are better notifications. I’ve enjoyed using Google+ since their launch, but browser notifications were messy and often just didn’t work at all. Notifications now [...]
Read MoreDrake and Busta Rhymes to Attend Tomorrows Google Music Event in L.A.
Tomorrow Google will hold a Google Music event in Los Angeles, Calif called the “Experience The World of T-Mobile and Google.” There hasn’t been much information disclosed about the event, but the L.A. Times reports, Google will launch their music service, Google Music that has been rumored about. The partnership with T-Mobile for the event [...]
Read MoreT-Mobile Bobsled Gives Facebook Users Free Mobile and Land Line Calls
Watch out Skype, T-Mobile Bobsled is sliding into your VoIP territory. The service — which allows you to voice call yourFacebook friends from anywhere in the world — now lets you make free calls to those same friends’ mobile and landline numbers in the U.S., Canada and Puerto Rico, right from within your browser. You can [...]
Read MoreTech Week in Review 9-2-2011
Square Blowing Up Worldwide No matter what line of business you’re in, being able to accept payments via credit card is a major convenience. What’s inconvenient is the costs and hassles associated with accepting credit cards. There’s bulky equipment to buy and pipers to pay for each transaction. This is where Square comes in. We [...]
Read MoreAT&T Promises Approval of T-Mobile Deal Will Bring Jobs to the U.S.
In its latest pitch for approval of its planned $39 billion T-Mobile acquisition, AT&T said on Wednesday that it will bring back to the U.S. some 5,000 call center jobs if the deal is allowed to procede. The carrier also said it will promise that no U.S. call center jobs will be lost when the deal [...]
Read MoreMMTC Endorses the AT&T – T-Mobile Merger
In March, AT&T announced they planned to buy one of their competitors, T-Mobile. With the merge of both companies it would make AT&T the largest mobile company in the country and the only to offer GSM capabilities. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) were first to share their concerns about the decision in that they didn’t [...]
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