“Evernote, the popular cross-platform note taking and sharing app, has issued a statement about some recent “suspicious activity on the Evernote network”.”
How AT&T Is Planning to Rob Americans of an Open Public Telco Network
“AT&T has a sneaky plan. It wants to exploit a loophole in the Federal Communications Commission (FCC)’s rules to kill what remains of the public telecommunications network — and all of the consumer protections that go with it.”
Apple vs. Samsung: Damages cut by $450 Million, new trial ordered
“Just when you thought the Internet was safe from the the Apple v. Samsung courtroom drama, it comes back. Today Judge Lucy Koh, who is presiding over not one but two (and possibly now a third) trials between Apple and Samsung, has ordered the to be cut by $450,514,650.”
Free Press: AT&T’s About to Make Broadband Market Much Worse – Severing DSL, POTS Lines Creates Major Issues
As I’ve been noting, both AT&T and Verizon have been busy trying to gut absolutely all regulatory oversight of those companies, in the process severing the DSL and landlines of tens of millions of users, who’ll have to flee to an even less-competitive cable monopoly, more-expensive and capped LTE service, or even pricier and more-heavily capped satellite broadband.
The gadget-obsessed press and incumbent-beholden regulators so far have napped through the implications of this, AT&T’s claim that regulations simply need to be “modernized” as we go all IP appears to have lulled most of them into a compliant slumber. This is however the biggest shift in telecom in the last thirty years, and it deserves more than the usual fringe attention broadband telecom policy receives.
Free Press Research Director Derek S. Turner has posted a good read over at Wired clearly illustrating what’s at state if the country dumbly plays along with AT&T’s efforts to sever the PSTN while killing off nearly all serious regulatory oversight of the industry giant. Namely, higher rates, seniors suddenly without landlines, and worse service:
Seniors, low-income families, and rural residents all of whom are more likely to rely on fixed-line voice services or dial-up internet access would especially feel the pinch. Carriers that are now required to offer universal service will be free to redline poor neighborhoods and disconnect consumers at will. Elderly grandmothers living on fixed incomes rely on rate-regulated landlines to stay connected, but they need not worry: AT&T has an expensive wireless plan they can purchase instead.
That sounds dramatic, but it’s a very real outcome. Turner doesn’t even get into the fact that AT&T and Verizon’s exit from the fixed-line broadband market creates a much stronger cable broadband monopoly, driving up costs for those users as well. All of this will be swatted down by paid industry pundits despite the fact that historically, you’d be hard pressed to find a time when deregulating AT&T didn’t make service considerably worse and more expensive for the end user.
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Apple Patent Would Use The iPad’s Built-In Magnets To Turn The Tablet Into An In-Car Entertainment System
“A new patent application by Apple published by the USPTO this week describes a stand for the iPad that uses magnets to hold the Apple tablet in place.”
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Foreign hackers steal more than a terabyte of data per day in ongoing cyberwar
“Two decades after computer security began generating billions by selling expertise and software designed to protect unwanted network intrusions, experts say those networks are more vulnerable than ever.”
Falcon Pro Update Resets Twitter ID Tokens, Hopes to Free Up A Few More Spots – Droid Life
“One of the best and most loved Twitter applications, Falcon Pro, has recently hit the 100,000 user mark that Twitter is enforcing on third-party applications. The developer has pleaded with Twitter to lift the limit and got a response of “no.”
Sources Say Google is Worried Over Samsung’s Android Dominance – Droid Life
“This is a topic we have discussed a few times, mainly when we are speedily going back and forth on the Droid Life Show, speculating whether or not Google cares that Samsung’s success could spell trouble for them down the road.”
