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Check your bill: AT&T adds new 'administrative fee' to wireless bills
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If you’re an AT&T customer and you recently noticed an increase in your wireless bill as I did, you aren’t alone. As of May 1, 2013, the carrier began tacking on an administrative fee of $0.61 per line for all consumers currently under contract.
Bitcoin's big mystery: who created the virtual currency system?
- It’s no secret that Bitcoin comes with its fair share of controversy but what most people don’t realize is, it’s also shrouded in a veil of mystery. That’s because, even five years after its launch, nobody knows who came up…
Ad industry says IE10's Do-Not-Track implemenation hurts web
- Recently, Microsoft's decision to equip Internet Explorer 10 with Do-Not-Track and enable it by default has raised quite a few eyebrows. Unsurprisingly, the Association of National Advertisers is the latest organization to express its "profound disappointment" regarding Microsoft's choice. The…
Over $175 million pledged with Kickstarter in just three years
- Kickstarter, a crowd funding website where individuals pitch their ideas to the masses and ask for funding, just celebrated its three year anniversary. The site opened on April 28, 2009 and since then, nearly 50,000 projects have sought financing with…
Facebook's long rumored IPO is imminent
- In the past few years Facebook has grown far beyond its somewhat humble roots. There used to be a time when it played second place in the social networking space to that other website no one even cares to visit…
Groupon becomes largest Internet IPO since Google, raises $700 million
- Groupon has raised $700 million in its initial public offering and is currently trading much higher than the original $20 per share asking price. The daily deals company managed to sell 35 million shares at $20 each, thus becoming the…
Ultrabook makers pushing Intel for 50% discount on CPUs
- Intel is pushing hard to make "Ultrabooks" hot-selling items in the upcoming holiday season, investing in manufacturers that innovate on hardware design and providing a bill of materials to show that the $1,000 price point can be reached. Many of…
The ultrabooks are coming, Intel pushes forward with $300 million fund
- Intel is getting more serious on their intent to drive sales of "Ultrabooks" in the upcoming holiday season and beyond. We had reported earlier on rumors that the chip giant was paying first-tier notebook vendors to develop Ultrabooks, but with…
Apple has more money than the US government
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Apple now has more liquid cash and marketable securities on hand than the US government, according to financial statements released by the US Treasury on Wednesday. Last week Apple posted their best-ever quarter with $28.57 billion in revenue and a net profit of $7.31 billion.
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