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Congress Rushes To Legalize Phone Unlocking; But Existing Bills Need A Lot More Work
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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As a lead activist on this issue, I can say that on Capitol Hill there has been a significant sea change on the issue of cellphone unlocking. Numerous Republicans and Democrats have come out publicly in favor of unlocking and against the criminal
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New Report Finds Efficient Number Portability Saved U.S. Consumers Billions of Dollars
Sterling :: VA :: USA | 2 months ago
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A new report released today found that Americans have the fastest wireless number portability system in the world, resulting in billions of dollars in annual savings for wireless consumers. The report also found that any disruption to the number
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Carriers often lock phones to own system
Sim :: Russia | 2 months ago
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There is a dirty little secret they usually don't tell you at the AT&T, Verizon or T-Mobile stores: That shiny new smartphone you bought for $99, $199 or maybe even got for free is likely locked so that it can be used only on that carrier. In other
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Slow but steady: How the iPhone is changing the phone industry
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 2 months ago
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Because Apple has a remarkable track record of having reinvented industries before, and the reward for a job well done issurpriseanother job. The critical backlash to Apple's involvement, or rumored involvement, is frequently immediate and vehement:
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Ark. AG outlines election reform proposals
Little Rock :: AR :: USA | 2 months ago
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Ark. (AP) Attorney General Dustin McDaniel on Thursday said he is pushing a package of legislative proposals that would toughen the penalties for fraudulently gathering signatures for a ballot measure and require more disclosures from those working
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California lawmaker to present bill revoking cellphone unlocking ban
Palo Alto :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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California Congresswoman Anna Eshoo (D-Palo Alto) said Wednesday that she plans to introduce a bill that would lift the ban on consumers unlocking their cellphones. "The ban on unlocking cellphones puts consumers in the back seat when it comes to
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Parents' Signatures Forged On Davis Excel's Online Petition Website Won't Remove Names
Sacramento :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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Some Davis parents are outraged after discovering their signatures were forged on a petition and quotes were fabricated as part of a controversial school program. Some of these names and comments were up for a month before parents even found out
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Cell phone unlocking: all of a sudden, every bloody senator wants to pass a law
San Francisco :: CA :: USA | 3 months ago
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A day after a make-cell-phone-unlocking-legal petition at WhiteHouse.gov received a you go, girl from the Obama administration, senators are pouring out of the bureaucratic woodwork and tripping over each others' thousand-dollar heels to put a bill
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Recall effort begins
Detroit :: MI :: USA | 3 months ago
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Gun-rights advocates filed a recall petition against state Rep. Mike McLachlan, D-Durango, on Tuesday. A group called Colorado Accountability has been threatening the recall for two weeks. Organizers now have about two months to collect 10,586 valid
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Ballot petitions allowed at trial
South Bend :: IN :: USA | 3 months ago
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Ballot petitions can be used as evidence against a former Democratic Party chairman and three county voter registration workers accused of forging signatures to get Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton on Indiana's 2008 presidential primary ballot, a
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