Post Tech Archive: Consumers
Apple changes purchases policy to protect kids on iPad, iPhone games
Apple said Thursday that it changed its policy for how purchases can be made within applications on the iPhone and iPad, an attempt to protect users, particularly children, from accidentally racking up iTunes charges.
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Cecilia Kang
| March 10, 2011; 11:53 AM ET |
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Apple, Consumers, FTC, Gaming, Kids Online
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FTC: Identity theft, Internet auctions, services among top 10 complaints
The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday that the top complaint it received from consumers last year was over identity theft. Also high on the list were complaints about Internet and telecommunications services and Internet auctions.
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Cecilia Kang
| March 8, 2011; 11:28 AM ET |
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Consumers, FTC, Mobile, credit cards, internet
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Q&A: LightSquared CEO: Breaking open wireless
Chief executive Sanjiv Ahuja, based at LightSquared's Reston headquarters, talked the company's vision, opposition from global positioning companies and getting the money to make it all work.
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Cecilia Kang
| March 1, 2011; 9:00 AM ET |
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Broadband, Consumers, Mobile
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The Circuit: WikiLeaks and Anonymous, Google executive released, Intel resumes shipping chips
The Circuit: WikiLeaks and Anonymous, Google executive released, Intel resumes shipping Sandy Bridge
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Hayley Tsukayama
| February 8, 2011; 8:35 AM ET |
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Consumers, Google, International, Kids Online, cyber security
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The Circuit: Verizon sells out iPhone 4, throttles data; Hulu CEO in hot water; Apple's online ads beat TV ads
The Circuit: Verizon sells out iPhone 4, throttles data; Hulu CEO in hot water; Apple's online ads beat TV ads, Hotmail offers throwaway accounts, gadgets vary by generations and tweeting is allowed from the UK Supreme Court.
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Hayley Tsukayama
| February 4, 2011; 7:13 AM ET |
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AT&T, Apple, Consumers, International, Mobile, Online Video, Verizon
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Sprint Nextel to raise unlimited data fees for new smart phone users
Sprint Nextel said Tuesday it will increase by $10 per month the fee for unlimited data plans for new smart phone customers beginning Jan. 30. The current cost is $99 per month for unlimited data, texting and voice. The nation's...
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Cecilia Kang
| January 18, 2011; 10:24 AM ET |
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