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| 11:20AM 1/28/2011
Netflix, the largest video-streaming company in the world, has been tracking the download speeds of North American broadband ISPs. On Thursday, it posted a chart of its findings: On average, ISPs in Canada handily beat their U.S. counterparts.
| 7:30AM 9/20/2010
Early Monday, telecom giant Verizon Communications (VZ) named Lowell McAdam president and COO, which would put him in line to eventually succeed longtime CEO Ivan Seidenberg. McAdam currently serves as the CEO of Verizon Wireless, a joint venture between the U.S. company and Vodafone.
| 1:50PM 6/21/2010
It's aiming to attract new customers away from cable and satellite providers with a 30-day, no obligation, lock-in-the-price-for-two-years contract. Verizon is also launching a new month-to-month billing plan.
| 4:30PM 6/08/2010
If you're an entertainment maven, chances are you love movies enough to rent them, whether it's a brand-new video such as "Avatar," or a recent classic along the lines of "You've Got Mail." (Hey! Now that sounds catchy...)
So in this installment of the Savings Experiment, allow us to...
| 4:00PM 6/02/2010
Every few months, the cable bill seems to grow a little bigger. A penny here. Ten cents there. Before you know it, it's topping $150. To help us tame that beast, BillShrink.com's CEO Peter Pham offers five tips in an interview with WalletPop:
Be realistic...
...about your needs. Does that guest...
| 2:20PM 11/03/2009
As the hype mounts for Verizon (VZ)'s launch of its Google (GOOG) Android-powered phone, investors have started anticipating what a hit could mean for Google's and Verizon's bottom lines.
Shares of BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (RIMM) got hammered yesterday after analysts said that the Droid...
| 3:00PM 7/15/2009
Telecom giant Verizon (VZ) announced today it will start offering software applications thorough its new online store, aping Apple (AAPL)'s iTunes strategy.
These applications would initially be usable on TVs connected to PCs or to the internet. The store will deliver Twitter, Facebook, and other...
| 9:30AM 4/27/2009
Communications giant and Dow component Verizon (VZ) just announced its quarterly earnings, will it be enough to turn around a bearish morning for the Dow? Let's take a look. The country's top-rated mobile-phone company reported a first-quarter profit jump of slightly more than five percent. For the...