1926: The National Broadcasting Company is established. The network would dominate radio during that medium’s Golden Age and become the foundation of a massive media empire that to this day just keeps growing.
During the Radio Days, NBC was the most successful in the game, but it was far from the earliest successful player. That distinction [...]
Posts Tagged ‘AT&T’
Sept. 9, 1926: Radio Sets Up a National Broadcasting Craze
September 9th, 2010 |
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Apple starts bumper refunds, iPhone thief found in 9 min, LG can’t meet iPhone/iPad screen demand
July 23rd, 2010 |
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Apple has started issuing refunds to iPhone 4 buyers who also purchased a bumper for their iPhone. This is the start of the “fix” for the antenna issue.
A thief stole an iPhone from a woman’s hands in San Francisco. What the thief didn’t know was that the lady was testing real-time tracking software on the [...]
Skype app updated for iOS4, AT&T profit beats estimates, AT&T comment on dropped calls
July 22nd, 2010 |
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The Skype app for the iPhone has been updated to version 2.1. The new update makes the app compatible with iOS4 and adds multitasking support.
AT&T posted profits that beat estimates thanks to the iPhone. Earnings were 61 cents per share and the company sold 3.2 million iPhones over the quarter and gained 496k users.
AT&T offered [...]
iPhone 4 jailbreak not released, AT&T iPhone exclusive end a positive, WiFi enabled iPhone closer to Chinese launch
July 12th, 2010 |
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In the world of jailbreaking Apple products Geohot is the man. Geohot has a jailbreak ready to go for the iPhone 4, but apparently won’t release the software because the release would just lead to users demanding the next step in the unlock cycle.
Reuters reports that if AT&T loses iPhone exclusivity early next year it [...]
YouTube HTML5 site for iPhone, AT&T throttling is network defect, iPhone 4 signal won’t be fixed by firmware
July 8th, 2010 |
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The lack of support for Flash on Apple devices is infamous. YouTube has now launched a new mobile site for the iPhone and iPad that is made with HTML5.
Some iPhone 4 users have been reporting significantly decreased upload speed sin some areas. AT&T has announced that a defect in its network is causing the issue [...]
AT&T apologies for data breach
June 14th, 2010 |
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AT&T has apologized to iPad users for the recent leak of email address from its network. The company has sent e-mail to the users in this regard asked for forgiveness.
But the network service provider has also blamed’ self-described hackers for uncovering of the company website that enabled the hackers to expose 114,000 e-mail [...]
Foxconn rumor points to factory closing, AT&T talks iPhone upgrade, Apple considers two WWDC shows a year
June 11th, 2010 |
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A big rumor is floating around that Foxconn might be closing down its Chinese manufacturing plants for the iPhone. The rumor claims the operations would be moved to India and Vietnam.
AT&T is offering some information for folks who just purchased the iPhone 3GS before the iPhone 4 was announced. IPhone 3GS buyers that purchased between [...]
No iPhone tethering for iPad, decoding new data plan rates, MasterCard app enables money send and receive
June 4th, 2010 |
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You won’t be able to tether your iPhone to the iPad and it’s not AT&T’s fault this time. Apple has apparently blocked the Bluetooth profile on the iPad that allows tethering and has no plans to enable it.
Computerworld has posted up a story on decoding the new AT&T iPhone data plans and helping the user [...]
AT&T CEO doesn’t like email, Flurry to stop gathering device data, Verizon says no iPhone plans for now
June 3rd, 2010 |
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Steve Jobs may respond on occasion to customers who email him but the CEO of AT&T doesn’t like to be bothered by the little people it seems. AT&T has threatened one customer with a cease and desist letter after he emailed the AT&T CEO twice.
Apple says no more grabbing of device data for tracking firms [...]
AT&T promises tethering in OS 4, Jobs talks lost iPhone, Apple defends factory conditions
June 2nd, 2010 |
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AT&T gave a bit of good news and bad news today. The carrier announced that it was ending unlimited data plans for the iPad and the good news was that the firm promised to support tethering in iPhone OS 4, the real question is how much it will cost.
Steve Jobs talked about many things at [...]
Leaks won’t hurt iPhone HD sales, 24M iPhone HDs to ship this year, meet the man in charge of listening to drop call complaints for AT&T
May 17th, 2010 |
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So far, there have been two leaks of the iPhone HD, one of which has been suspect. According to some, the leaks will not hurt the sales of the device, and why should they. If anything, the leaks will get more folks to be aware of the device.
Foxconn is said to be making 24M next [...]
AT&T and Apple tweak iPhone, Desk Phone dock, Tapulous Radiation
April 2nd, 2010 |
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AT&T catches most of the blame for poor performance of the iPhone. Apparently, some of the issues are Apple’s fault too with engineers from both firms reportedly working on tweaks for the device and seeing improved performance.
A crazy dock has turned up that can turn your iPhone into an ugly desk phone. It looks like [...]
Wireless jailbreak, multitouch suit, AT&T building up network
March 31st, 2010 |
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When it comes to Jailbreaking your iPhone or iPod touch you typically need to first tether the device. A geek has come up with a new over the air jailbreak method that makes the process a bit easier.
The Apple iPad and iPhone have been hit with another multitouch patent suit. This suit was brought against [...]
Google backs Android and HTC, Apple may force HTC to remote cripple smartphones, AT&T CEO says iPhone important for some time
March 3rd, 2010 |
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Google has announced that it is backing HTC and Android in the patent feud between Apple and HTC. Google wasn’t named in the suits, but HTC builds its Nexus One device.
A patent expert is warning that if Apple wins its patent suit against HTC, HTC could be forced to remotely cripple some of its smartphones. [...]
AT&T beefing up network, band promotes music with fighting game, ADBOWL lets iPhone users rank Super Bowl commercials
February 1st, 2010 |
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With the iPad being unveiled last week iPhone owners may be wondering how much worse the AT&T network will get. AT&T has announced that it is updating its network to handle the new load and improve service.
It’s not uncommon for bands to promote themselves in games on the iPhone like TapTap and Rock Band. A [...]
AT&T sells 3.1 million iPhones, Google VoIP app hits iPhone, iStunt game free today
January 28th, 2010 |
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AT&T is gaining a bit on Verizon thanks to the iPhone. Last quarter AT&T sold 3.1 million iPhones and now has 85.1 million total subscribers.
Apple may have denied the Google Voice App for the iPhone, but Google has a workaround in place. The search giant has made a GV Web App that works with HTML5 [...]
iPhone dev agreement placeholder, Google grabs most iPhone web traffic, AT&T promises better iPhone service
January 27th, 2010 |
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Eagle eyed developers have noticed that the iPhone developers agreement has been changed with a placeholder referencing the event today. We only have a while to wait before we find out what Apple has up its sleeves.
A report has surfaced that shows the majority of the web traffic generated by the iPhone goes to Google. [...]
Parrot AR.Drone, Chomp for Apps, AT&T working on network
January 7th, 2010 |
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One of the coolest things to go with the iPhone I have seen out of CES so far is the Parrot AR.Drone. The flying toy is controlled by the iPhone via WiFi.
Chomp has been revealed and the service is sort of like Yelp for iPhone apps according to The Washington Post. The service links you [...]
ATT Tells FCC It Wants to Ditch Land-Line Services
January 2nd, 2010 |
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AT T tells the FCC that in order to meet Congress’ goal of extending broadband access to 100 percent of Americans, it needs to heave the old land-line business off its shoulders so it can focus funds on broadband and IP-based communications.
– AT amp;T has told the Federal Communications Commission that in order to
meet Congress’ goal of extending broadband access to 100 percent of Americans,
it needs to ditch its land-line business in favor of focusing on broadband and
IP-based communications.
quot;That transition is under way alre…
Apple stock up for AT&T, iPhone accounts for most global web traffic, and iPhone gets DJ app
November 24th, 2009 |
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AT&T is getting beat up in the media by Verizon over its 3G coverage, which I will admit is shoddy in most areas. Apple has now come out with some adds that are taking up for AT&T. I wonder if those adds will keep running if Verizon gets the iPhone.
A study by AdMob has [...]