Cell phones and credit
In many countries outside the U.S., cell phones have replaced credit cards. In Japan and Finland, for example, travelers rarely carry cash, checks or credit cards, but rather swipe their phones or send text messages to pay for train rides.
In the U.S., the cell phone hasn’t yet [...]
Much anticipated multimedia messaging service
After AT&T delayed the launch of the iPhone multimedia messaging service (iPhone MMS) multiple times, the new, free feature will finally be available on iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS. If you have an iPhone 2G or iPhone 1G, the wait is not over for you. There’s [...]
I was as mad as BEEP
The first time I signed up for cellular telephone service, it was with Cingular. I wanted two phones so that my fiancée and I could communicate during our wedding planning phase, so I signed up for a family plan with shared minutes. At first the [...]
Reality bites Adam Lambert?
There’s nothing real about reality television. Most of us know this already, but that doesn’t tend to detract from our enjoyment of the completely fabricated situation. If you buy into the farce and fantasy of television and seek to shut down your brain for a while, you [...]
Verizon and iPhone? Give ‘em a hand!
When it comes to smart phones in America, there are three things that should be accepted as fact:
That they are expensive (there are people who have used payday loans and credit cards to buy them)
The iPhone is the phone of choice for non-business users
You [...]
AT&T sells netbooks with service
If you sign up for an AT&T high speed Internet plan in the near future, you can get a $50 computer with the deal. The company is offering the $50 netbooks with its $60-per-month plan. You could also get a $99 computer if you sign up [...]
Payday loans easier than getting the internet?
Is it easier to get payday loans in America than it is to find broadband Internet? If cases like those of Robert Berger are any indication, bank on payday loans.
Isn’t America the most technically advanced nation on Earth?
Robert Berger, a blogger who lives in [...]
More Lay Offs By Telecommunications Giant AT&T
Yesterday’s article “Payday loans Are Up, Available jobs are down | Want to keep you job? Here’s How”, spoke of the number of layoffs that the nation has been seeing do to the current recession America has been undergoing since December of 2007.
AT&T adds [...]