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Verizon to offer free Wi-Fi at Staples Center, Nokia Plaza
Going to a large sporting event usually means you won't have Internet connection until you leave the stadium, but Los Angeles' Staples Center will no longer have that problem. The arena, which is home to the Lakers, Clippers and the Kings, has been...
Tags: Blake Griffin, Social Media, Los Angeles Kings, Los Angeles Clippers, Kobe Bryant
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Wireless carriers to launch ad blitz against texting and driving
The country's largest wireless carriers have joined together for a national advertising campaign to discourage mobile users from texting while driving. AT&T announced that competitors Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile and more than 200 other...
Tags: Memorial Day, Advertising, Media Industry, T-Mobile, Walmart
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Nokia unveils the Lumia 928 smartphone for Verizon
Nokia and Verizon Wireless are teaming up to launch the Lumia 928, a variation of the Finnish phone maker's flagship smartphone. After a few days of teasing users with vague ads like one that ran in a recent issue of Vanity Fair, the company...
Tags: Verizon Communications, Mother's Day
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Black Keys to headline 2013 KROQ Weenie Roast on May 18
The Black Keys, Thirty Seconds to Mars and Vampire Weekend top the lineup for the 2013 KROQ Weenie Roast, coming up May 18 at Verizon Wireless Amphitheater, KROQ officials announced Monday. Tickets go on sale this Friday for the annual indie rock-punk-...
Tags: Radio Industry, Ticketmaster
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Dish Network makes $25.5-billion bid for Sprint Nextel
Dish Network Corp. is taking a run at Sprint. The satellite television company made an unsolicited $25.5-billion bid for Sprint Nextel Corp. on Monday in an attempt to marry one of the nation's biggest pay-TV providers with the third-largest U.S....
Tags: ABC (tv network), Restructuring and Recapitalization, Satellite Technology, Consumers, Sprint Nextel Corporation
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Taxpayers failing to get their fair share of wireless gold rush
Satellite TV provider Dish Network says it's thinking only of customers as it offers $25.5 billion to buy Sprint Nextel, the third-biggest U.S. wireless company. "A transformative Dish/Sprint merger will create the only company that can offer...
Tags: Freedom of the Press, Deutsche Telekom AG, Consumers, Federal Communications Commission, Sprint Nextel Corporation
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Kid Rock to charge fans only $20 for tour tickets
In maybe one of the best bargains arena concertgoers will catch all year, Kid Rock has announced that tickets -- including VIP -- for his summer shows will come at the very low cost of $20. Dubbed the $20 Best Night Ever tour (in support of last year&...
Tags: Walmart
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Black Sabbath to tour North America, play L.A. on Sept. 3
Here's some Ozzy Osbourne news that has nothing to do with the singer's marital troubles: Black Sabbath is headed out on a full North American tour. The legendary English heavy-metal band -- or three-fourths of it, anyway -- announced Thursday that it...
Tags: Black Sabbath (music group), North America
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FCC needs to stop 'cramming' on cellphones
Wen Chao received a text message on her iPhone the other day from something called Ringtunecloud.com. It offered mobile content, such as ring tones, for $9.99 a month. Chao, 43, ignored it. About an hour and a half later, she received a more ambiguous...
Tags: Federal Communications Commission, Federal Trade Commission, Computer Hardware, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System
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Live: Unboxing the BlackBerry Z10 [Video chat]
The BlackBerry Z10 touchscreen smartphone will make its U.S. debut next week, but we just got a pair that we'll unbox live at 12 p.m. The new BlackBerry device is the first to run the Canadian tech company's new BlackBerry 10 operating system. The Z10...Tags: Computer Hardware, Verizon Communications, BlackBerry
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Verizon taking pre-orders for BlackBerry Z10, due in stores March 28
Verizon Wireless began taking pre-orders for the BlackBerry Z10 on Thursday and announced it will sell the smartphone in stores beginning March 28. The device, BlackBerry's first to run on the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, will be available from...
Tags: Verizon Communications, BlackBerry
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Chromebook Pixel is a fine laptop, but is it worth the price? [Video]
Google's first computer, the Chromebook Pixel, is technically impressive and excels at what it was designed for: browsing the Web and running Web-based software. If you live on Facebook, work on Google Docs and watch Netflix, the Chromebook Pixel...
Tags: Easter, YouTube, Netflix Inc., Google Chrome OS, Chromebook
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