Tue May 15, 2012 5:08 PM EDT
Facebook's reach is wide but not deep. Few users surveyed in an Associated Press-CNBC poll say they click on the site's ads or buy the virtual goods that make money for it.
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Tue May 15, 2012 12:09 AM EDT
Improvements in customer satisfaction at Sprint Nextel Corp. and AT&T Inc. have narrowed differences among the Big 4 wireless carriers to the point that they're basically even in terms of pleasing their subscribers, according to a study released Tuesday.
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Mon May 14, 2012 3:49 PM EDT
LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.
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Thu May 10, 2012 5:48 PM EDT
Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century.
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Wed May 9, 2012 8:01 PM EDT
U.S. consumers have had their fill of expensive, contract-based phone plans.
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Wed May 9, 2012 6:19 PM EDT
Will Americans buy a Chinese smartphone? We're about to find out, as Huawei, one of the world's biggest phone makers, is planning a big push into U.S. cellphone stores.
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Tue May 8, 2012 8:05 PM EDT
Six months after AT&T's deal to buy T-Mobile USA collapsed, T-Mobile's TV ads are going back on the attack against a favorite target: AT&T Inc.
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Tue May 8, 2012 11:42 AM EDT
The head of AT&T's wireless business says he's looking to introduce plans that share a data allowance among family members, similar to the way it sells family calling plans.
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Tue May 8, 2012 12:02 AM EDT
T-Mobile USA on Tuesday said that Nokia Siemens Networks and LM Ericsson AB will supply the network equipment for its new wireless broadband network, a project worth $4 billion.
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Mon May 7, 2012 12:02 AM EDT
AT&T Inc. will start selling home automation and security services nationwide, taking on incumbents led by Tyco International Ltd.'s ADT.
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Fri May 4, 2012 5:16 PM EDT
Sprint Nextel CEO Dan Hesse on Friday said he's cutting his 2012 pay by $3.25 million after shareholder complaints about how his 2011 pay was calculated.
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Thu May 3, 2012 2:46 PM EDT
Samsung Electronics Co.'s latest Galaxy phone will have a high-definition touch screen that's nearly twice the size of the iPhone, while being thinner and lighter than Apple's phone.
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Thu May 3, 2012 7:25 AM EDT
Viacom Inc., the owner of Paramount Pictures, MTV and Nickelodeon, on Thursday said its net income rose 56 percent in the latest quarter, even though a slate of movies that was lackluster compared with last year held back revenue.
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Wed May 2, 2012 7:09 AM EDT
Comcast Corp., the country's largest cable company, reported a 30 percent profit increase in the first quarter, beating expectations on the strength of Super Bowl advertising and its popular broadband service.
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Fri Apr 27, 2012 4:41 PM EDT
Smartphones are the hottest gadgets in the world. But who's the biggest smartphone maker? We don't really know.
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Wed Apr 25, 2012 5:18 PM EDT
Apple CEO Tim Cook has long seen as the humorless and unemotional guy running the show from behind the scenes. But he is beginning to reveal a more assertive and eloquent side, hinting that he's learning to shoulder more of Steve Jobs' role as a front man and leader.
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Wed Apr 25, 2012 7:36 AM EDT
The iPhone boosted struggling Sprint Nextel Corp. in the latest quarter, letting it beat AT&T and perhaps even Verizon in recruiting high-paying phone subscribers to the Sprint network.
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Tue Apr 24, 2012 4:44 PM EDT
Apple Inc., the world's most valuable company, trumped skeptics once again by reporting blowout iPhone sales.
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Tue Apr 24, 2012 7:46 AM EDT
Hidden in AT&T Inc.'s financial statements is a story that runs counter to its optimistic profit projections: The company is generating less revenue from each new smartphone subscriber.
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Mon Apr 23, 2012 4:39 PM EDT
Apple is set to report another record quarterly profit on Tuesday, continuing the relentless string of results that's made it the world's most valuable company. Those profits don't come out of thin air: A range of businesses _from the company's wireless carrier friends to its PC-making foes— are seeing their profits melt away and flow to Apple's bottom line.
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 3:57 PM EDT
Apple generates more gossip than the Kardashians.
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Thu Apr 19, 2012 7:55 AM EDT
Holiday sales of the iPhone 4S started to boost revenue at Verizon Communications Inc. in the latest quarter, as subscribers settled in to paying their new monthly bills.
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Wed Apr 18, 2012 11:29 AM EDT
Verizon Wireless on Wednesday said it will auction a parcel of radio frequencies, which could be worth billions of dollars in an industry scrambling to offer consumers more cellular broadband.
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Mon Apr 16, 2012 5:31 PM EDT
How much would you pay for an amazing, state-of-the-art light bulb? Shoppers will be asking themselves that very question at Home Depot and other outlets starting Sunday — Earth Day — when the bulb that won a $10 million government contest goes on sale.
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Thu Apr 12, 2012 4:33 PM EDT
Barnes & Noble Inc. on Thursday said it's tackling one of the shortcomings of black-and-white e-readers with a screen that lights up so it can be read in the dark.
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