verizon

Verizon is a broadband and telecommunications company, headquartered in New York City. It was founded in 2000 after one of the original seven Baby Bells that was created after the large break up of AT&T in 1983, Bell Atlantic, acquired the company GTE. It's primary service area is on the east coast of the United States. Verizon is best known for its land line and wireless phone services.

The company is currently in the process of remaking itself as a data and video provider with its service Verizon FIOS. At an estimated cost of $4,000 per household the company is installing fiber-optic cables directly to consumers' homes. This allows the company to give users fiber-optic speeds of up to 50 Mpbs and good HDTV picture quality.

As a large and well known company, Verizon is often covered and discussed on blogs for its wireless product announcements, company privacy practices and customer service issues.

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Latest blogosphere posts tagged “verizon”

 

• I bought a new Dell laptop it has an expresscard slot how can I use my Verizon Wireless card? It doesn’t Fit.

  
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  The Verizon card is PCMCIA Type II and it is too big to fit are there converters or something I can g
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• Sick of Waiting for a 3-Pin Car Dock for the Galaxy Nexus? This IndieGoGo Project Might be Worth a Look

  
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  The line of accessories for the Galaxy Nexus has been nothing short of a disappointment. At the unveiling of the device, we were introduced to this fancy 3-pin connector on the side which would allow it to have all sorts of fun with accessories when docked. See original here: Sick of Waiting for a 3-Pin Car Dock ...
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• Droid 4 $99.99 Plus $40 Bill Credit At Wirefly

  
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  I probably haven’t spent enough time on this site writing about the Droid 4 but I’m starting to regret it now.  I think I initially just looked at it as a Droid RAZR with a keyboard (which it is) but didn’t really pay attention to the fact that this phone is a Droid RAZR with a bloody keyboard.  That makes the ...
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• Halo Screen Protector Film Invisible (Clear) for Verizon Motorola Droid RAZR(XT912/XT910) (3-Pack) / RAZR MAXX – Premium Japanese Screen Protectors

  
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  Halo Screen Protector Film Invisible (Clear) for Verizon Motorola Droid RAZR(XT912/XT910) (3-Pack) / RAZR MAXX – Premium Japanese Screen Protectors Compatible with: Verizon Motorola RAZR(XT912/XT910) and RAZR MAXX Highest Quality Multi Layer Grade A Japanese Film available on the market! Clear Screen Protector is ...
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• LG Optimus LTE II coming to Verizon

  
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  2GB? 4.7 screen? I’m interested, 720p IPS LCD2 would look nicer than pentile AMOLED, and the GSIII is likely running the same S4 and this we know has 2GB RAM. Sure may not be first choice, but it’s no slouch either. I am also miffed that it doesn’t have a microSD slot. The earlier LG phones had too little ...
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• Microsoft wins injunction against Motorola over texting in Germany

  
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  Microsoft has won a ruling today in German regional courts against Motorola, saying that the handset maker’s Android devices infringe on patents related to the handling of long text messages. Microsoft issued a celebratory statement asking Motorola to join other Android device makers in licensing the relevant ...
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• (VZ) Verizon Wireless to Unveil Viewdini

  
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  Verizon Wireless, a joint venture of Verizon Communications Inc. (VZ) and Vodafone Group Plc (VOD),... Visit StockBlogHub to view complete post.
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• BlackBerry Storm 9530 VERIZON PHONE NO CONTRACT + Unlocked GSM + World Cell Phone with 3.15 Mega pixel Camera

  
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  Hp Smartphones Sale BlackBerry Storm 9530 VERIZON PHONE NO CONTRACT + Unlocked GSM + World Cell Phone with 3.15 Mega pixel Camera hp smartphones sale – click on the image below for more information. BlackBerry Storm 9530 Smart Phone Black Unlocked Included in the Box is : Phone, Battery, Charger, USB ...
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• MOTOROLA DEVOUR A555 8GB GOOGLE ANDROID 3G SILVER CDMA VERIZON TOUCHSCREEN Reviews

  
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• Bayer, GlaxoSmithKline, Verizon, and CUNA Drop Heartland Institute, Continuing Corporate Defections

  
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  This is a guest post by Jesse Coleman that originally appeared at PolluterWatch . Pharmaceutical giants Bayer and GlaxoSmithKline, along with Verizon, Wisconsin Insurance Alliance, and Credit Union National Association, have announced that they will not fund the climate change denying Heartland Institute in 2012 ...
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• Samsung Galaxy S3 at AT&T and T-Mobile – All We Need Now Is The Announcement – Release Date: This Summer?

  
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  Alright folks, we’re one week away from summer and that means the Samsung Galaxy S3 is (or at least should be, if everything goes well) just a few weeks away from its release date in the US. If you’ve been following us for some time you should be aware of the fact that we’ve kept an eye on all four big ...
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• Verizon CFO: LTE lets us get creative with data plan pricing

  
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  Verizon Wireless CFO Fran Shammo spoke at the Barclays Global Technology, Media and Telecommunications Conference about LTE data plans and he mentioned that 4G LTE gives Verizon greater flexibility to price data plans. “There’s a lot of innovation that LTE brings to give us the ability to price data very ...
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• Why carriers need to treat developers more like partners

  
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  “Operators treat partners like vendors.” That quote comes form Google director of global Android partnerships John Lagerling, who said it during a panel discussion this week at Management World in Dublin, where it was captured by Light Reading . It’s a telling statement, especially coming from one of the most ...
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• Fresh Beat Band: Verizon Theater Concert

  
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  Fresh Beat Band I’d been super giddy to take our three year old to the Fresh Beat Band concert and gladly obliged to the pricey pit tickets. I so much as took a few hours off work just so I could: get my princess from daycare, get her dressed for the concert and then make the lengthy drive to Verizon Theater at ...
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• Apple’s New iPad Is On A Springboard

  
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  The full potential of Apple’s ( NASDAQ:AAPL ) new iPad had not been realized in the company’s second quarter earnings report because of its late launch date. However, in a little over two months since its early-March release, the company’s latest tablet has already become more widely used than the ...
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• Patent Lawsuits Extreme: Household Names Compete for Customers, Brand Reputation and Innovative Technologies

  
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  But how exactly do patents do all of these wonderful things for companies? Unlike trademarks and copyrights, patents are incredibly difficult to acquire. But a patent, once acquired, grants the holder a fairly long monopoly over their creation. No other individual or corporation can use the patent holder’s ...
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• Verizon and 2 Telecom Titans Making Headlines

  
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  AT&T, Inc.  ( NYSE:T ): The NVIDIA ( NASDAQ:NVDA ) Icera 410 LTE multimode data modem chipset for tablets  and clamshell devices were officially tested and validated to be used on the AT&T 4G LTE network. NVIDIA’s  SVP of Mobile Communications stated,  ”Validation with AT&T is an achievement that ...
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• NetCompetition Release: Verizon-Cables Market-based Spectrum Transaction Promotes Competition

  
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  FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE May 24, 2012 Contact: Scott Cleland 703-217-2407 Verizon-Cables Market-based Spectrum Transaction Promotes Competition Promoting secondary market for spectrum & new forms of competition is in the public interest read more
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• Goldman Sachs Very Important Short Positions For Hedge Funds: Q1 2012

  
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  Goldman Sachs is out with its Q1 2012 Hedge Fund Trend Monitor and weve already posted up Goldmans VIP list of most important stocks to top funds.  Now were posting a new addition to their research: the very important short position list. This tracks short exposure of hedge funds as an... ...
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• Verizon Galaxy Nexus one step closer to Android 4.0.4?

  
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  Early this month an update file for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus was discovered on Google’s servers that upgraded the device to Android 4.0.4 (build IMM76K). Google quickly pulled the file down so we assumed it was just a test version and not the final Verizon approved file. Now several weeks later, the update file ...
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