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Zoom, BlueJeans And Verizon; The State Of Webconferencing

Jeremy Hellstrom — Thu, 16 Apr 2020 17:25:45 +0000

You may not have heard of BlueJeans videoconferencing software until recently, however they have been in business for over a decade and in general it has enjoyed a good reputation with it's…

Samsung will be disabling the charging ability of the Note 7

Jeremy Hellstrom — Sat, 10 Dec 2016 03:58:51 +0000

If you are one of the 7% that like living dangerously and are not returning your Samsung Galaxy Note 7 you may find yourself unable to charge it. Samsung are going to…

Flustered over Win10’s surveillance habits? Have you met Predix?

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 15 Oct 2014 02:28:17 +0000

GM's Predix asset management platform has been used for a while now, after they came to the realization that they were in the top 20 of the largest software developers on the…

Verizon ALLSET Pre-Paid Plans Offer Rollover Mobile Data

Tim Verry — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:33:05 +0000

Verizon has taken the wraps off of a new pre-paid cell phone plan called “ALLSET.” The plans offer unlimited calling, unlimited texting, and 500MB of base data for $35/month for feature phones…

Phone companies branding tablets? What’s next; dogs and cats living together … mass hysteria …

Jeremy Hellstrom — Wed, 26 Feb 2014 05:49:06 +0000

Not content with selling phones and hotspots, Verizon combined both into a phablet called the Ellipsis 7 4G LTE tablet. It features a 1280×800 7" HD IPS display and runs Android 4.2.2…

But who gets the phone number 192.168.0.1?

Jeremy Hellstrom — Sat, 01 Feb 2014 00:52:07 +0000

AT&T and Verizon are investigating this newfangled thing called VoIP and if it works as an alternative to switch based telephone systems. The FCC has decided to allow them to do some…

Verizon Cloud Powered By AMD Seamicro SM15000 Servers

Tim Verry — Wed, 09 Oct 2013 09:59:11 +0000

Verizon is launching its new public cloud later this year and offering both compute and storage to enterprise customers. The Verizon Cloud Compute and Cloud Storage products will be hosted on AMD…

LG Launches Enact Smartphone With Physical Sliding Keyboard

Tim Verry — Fri, 23 Aug 2013 02:58:16 +0000

LG recently launched a new slider smartphone called the Enact on the US Verizon network. The new smartphone pairs low-to-midrange hardware with a physical keyboard and Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. The LG…

Verizon To Upgrade FIOS To 300Mbps for $204.99 a Month

Tim Verry — Sun, 03 Jun 2012 12:23:59 +0000

According to sources that talked with The Verge, Verizon is planning on offering faster internet services for its FIOS customers, but the new tiers are going to cost a pretty penny. Verizon…

Verizon And Coinstar Backing New Subscription Redbox + Streaming Movie Service

Tim Verry — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 22:27:04 +0000

Netflix has stood at the top of the hill for quite a while now as the streaming and disc subscription service of choice despite the price hikes and Warner Brothers’ stupidity in…

Samsung Droid Charge Review: The Droid Brand Goes 4G

Matt Smith — Wed, 06 Jul 2011 00:57:47 +0000

Introduction, Design and Ergonomics Samsung introduces it’s first Droid phone and we put it through the ringer. Droid. When the brand launched, this was a name that stood for something. While the…