Regular columnist Michael Stoler on Verizon's major sales the last few years.
While companies like Google are hungry to own commercial real estate in New York City, its competitor Verizon continues to sell off corporate real estate here. Read More
In a completely expected move, Verizon has decided to sue the F.C.C., challenging the agency's newly adopted rules on net neutrality.
When the new rules were passed, The Observer noted that they were laying the groundwork for future legal challenges.
F.C.C. chairman Julius Genachowski was hoping his compromise package would placate business interests.
But as Aparna Read More
No more "Droid Does."
Verizon has uploaded its first self-congratulatory iPhone commercial to YouTube, and it's just about the opposite of the ridiculous robot-themed campaigns it's been running to promote Android phones.
The Android ads were dark and scary, with evil-looking machines poking at touchscreens with their creepy Read More
Everyone knew that Verizon would find some way to differentiate itself from AT&T when it began offering the iPhone today.
But few expected the announcement that the Verizon iPhone would support tethering, acting as a mobile hotspot for up to five other devices.
For AT&T users, who have trouble getting a reliable phone signal for just that Read More
The iPhone will finally sever its exclusive relationship with AT&T today when it debuts on Verizon.
These two telco giants share the same mother, Ma Bell that is, but apparently broadband runs thicker than blood. Jenna Wortham breaks it down for The New York Times:
“I’m not sure iPhone users are ready for life in the Read More
Looks like we owe the idiot rumormongers an apology.
The Verizon iPhone that people have speculated about since September 2008 is really coming true.
Really! This time there is really, definitely going to be a Verizon iPhone, like, for sure!
Verizon has a press event tomorrow at Lincoln Center. "Join us as we share the latest Read More
There was hope that Verizon CEO Ivan Seidenberg would announce a Verizon iPhone during his keynote address at the Consumer Electronics Show today--he didn't.
Tech bloggers and mainstream media outlets have been obsessing over Apple's exclusive deal with AT&T, whose service is notoriously slow and frustrating in New York and San Francisco.
Instead, Seidenberg Read More
The new rules adopted by the FCC today are supposed to protect what has become the central tenet of the web, network neutrality. It's a compromise, said FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski, designed to encourage companies to invest in broadband infrastructure, while preventing them from favoring one website or service over another.
But the ambiguous language of Read More
Facebook hosted a dinner last week for big Web publishers. Tina Brown was in attendance, along with reps from ESPN, The New York Times and Conde Nast.
According to Peter Kafka at All Things D, it's part of a campaign by Facebook to woo big media and put itself in between consumers and the news and Read More
Google premiered their Chrome OS notebooks today. It's an exciting step forward in mobile computing.
Traditional operating systems were not based around the web. Chrome OS is focused on the web from the bottom up.
The first time you turn on the notebook it prompts you to enter your Google ID and take a photo. Then Read More
You know how Verizon, T-Mobile and Sprint have been going around touting their new "4G" networks with "lightning-fast speeds"? Yeah, not so much.
The International Telecommunication Union, which decides these things, defines "4G" as a network that can deliver download speeds of 100 megabits per second (Mbps). The ITU's definition is by no means unrealistic Read More
The small New York firm, Bug Labs, has become the darling of the nation's biggest carriers, who hope developers will use Bug Labs tools to create lots of cool new gadgets, inspiring consumers to purchase more of the expensive data that runs over their networks.
In the last month, Bug Labs announced partnerships AT&T and Read More
As they have every few weeks for the last several months, a new story has appeared in The Wall Street Journal claiming that the iPhone will soon be available on Verizon. Perhaps jaded by these constant cries of wolf, New Yorker's reactions were decidedly mixed.
"Before, if you wanted to have an iPhone, you had Read More
Soho based Bug Labs announced a major partnership today with Verizon Wireless. It's a huge opportunity for Bug, but founder Peter Semmelhack also felt he had some explaining to do.
In a blog post he wrote, "It may come as a surprise to you that a company that is so often vilified for being Read More
Yesterday, Google and Verizon both issued brief statements addressing a New York Times article in which it was reported that the two companies were nearing a deal that would undermine the principles of net neutrality. The statements were so strongly worded that it seemed like there could only two scenarios: either Google and Verizon Read More
