Post Tech Archive: Consumers
Consumer electronics group calls for broad FCC set top box review
It’s been more than six years since federal regulators looked at competition in the market for video set-top boxes. And in that time, the video landscape has dramatically changed. Telecom companies AT&T and Verizon have joined cable companies in bringing...
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Cecilia Kang
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November 24, 2009; 9:26 AM ET |
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Comcast
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Online Video
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Reader wants to know Web sites involved in Rockefeller's marketing scam report
On Sen. Jay Rockefeller's (D-W.Va.) report about aggressive online marketing, reader "sbuck" reminds me to keep up my reader-friendly manners. "I know you're a tech/biz blog rather than a consumer one, but the most helpful thing you could do...
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Cecilia Kang
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November 19, 2009; 8:00 AM ET |
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Secret Internet copyright talks raise concerns
A secret trade negotiation going on in Seoul, South Korea this week could lead to your Internet service provider snooping in on your Web activity. That’s the fear held by some civil rights and public interest groups, which complained to...
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Cecilia Kang
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November 5, 2009; 7:15 PM ET |
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Sprint won't change early termination fees
In response to Verizon Wireless' unpopular announcement that it will double its cancellation fees for smart phone subscribers, Sprint Nextel took the opportunity to say it would not be following suit. Instead, Sprint subscribers with two-year contracts will still be...
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Cecilia Kang
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November 5, 2009; 5:18 PM ET |
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Consumers
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FTC
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Mobile
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Has the Web really turned us into loners? A new study questions that conventional thinking
Maybe the Internet isn’t turning us into loners after all. According to a study released Wednesday by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, an increased use of the Web, mobile phones and other consumer technologies hasn’t made us more...
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Cecilia Kang
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November 5, 2009; 8:00 AM ET |
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Consumers
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Online Anthropology
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Update: Verizon jacks up early cancellation fees on smart phones
With a whole new line of smart phones coming onto the market, Verizon Wireless says that starting November 15 it is doubling to $350 the penalty fees for subscribers who leave their contracts early. James Gerace, a spokesman for Verizon...
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Cecilia Kang
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November 4, 2009; 4:46 PM ET |
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