Verizon offers unlimited data for their FiOS fiber-optic broadband service, but as one person found out recently, as with all things, it’s not truly “unlimited.” A California man, who goes by the handle Houkouonchi online and preferred not to be…
Posted April 8, 2013, 1:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Mobile Computing
Talking or text messaging while driving is already illegal in a number of states but that’s seemingly not enough for California officials. As such, lawmakers in The Golden State have passed a law making it illegal to use a hands-on…
Posted September 6, 2012, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in The Web
Amazon will begin collecting sales tax on purchases made by residents of California in just over a week, prompting many tech-savvy buyers to stock up on household goods and pull the trigger on big-ticket purchases like notebook computers and cameras.…
Posted September 9, 2011, 3:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News
Amazon and the state of California have prepared legislation that would give the online retailer one more year to try and change federal tax policy. This means that Californians could buy online goods without being charged sales tax for another…
Posted July 1, 2011, 9:00 AM by Jose Vilches | Filed in The Web
California just became the latest U.S. state to sign the so-called "Amazon tax" that will enable it to start collecting sales tax from online transactions. The move will likely trigger a response from Amazon, which has made it clear that…
Thousands of California state employees can kiss their government-issued cell phones goodbye. Newly elected California Governor Jerry Brown has issued a mandate demanding government workers to return some 48,000 handsets. The state currently pays for 96,000 phones, which amounts to…
Posted August 2, 2010, 1:29 PM by Matthew DeCarlo | Filed in Mobile Computing
Continuing the gradual deployment of their 4G network, Clearwire and Sprint have announced the availability of WiMAX in parts of Delaware, California, Florida and Michigan. More than 240,000 residents of the Wilmington, Delaware region are now covered by the network,…
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