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  1. technology
    Labor Dept. Asks Communication Companies For Increased Safety Training For Cell Tower Workers
    What We Know About the AT&T OutageAfter thousands of AT&T users were unable to make calls or send texts on Thursday morning, service was fully restored by the afternoon.
    By Nia Prater
  2. pivot
    Verizon’s Media Business Never Made Any SenseMaybe AOL and Yahoo’s new buyer will know what to do with them.
    By Intelligencer Staff
  3. haircare
    Shingy Reflects on His Time at AOL and What’s NextAOL’s Digital Prophet speaks out.
    By Brian Feldman
  4. the top line
    I Cut the Cord, But Not to Save Money. TV on the Internet Is Just Better Now.TV through the internet now provides a better user experience than traditional cable.
    By Josh Barro
  5. media
    Verizon Made a $9 Billion Bet on Digital Media. Here’s Why It Failed.By rolling up Yahoo and AOL—including HuffPost, Tumblr and more—the telecom giant was hoping to compete with Google and Facebook. It couldn’t.
    By Simon Owens
  6. death
    Tumblr’s Most Evergreen Meme Has Always Been Its Own DeathThe site’s been dying for years. It’ll keep dying forever.
    By Brian Feldman
  7. oath breaker
    Verizon Renames Oath to Verizon Media GroupOath breaking.
    By Jake Swearingen
  8. select all
    Verizon’s New ‘Unlimited’ Data Plans Are Great If You Love Slow InternetRaking customers over the coals again.
    By Brian Feldman
  9. select all
    Oath, the Place Yahoo’ll Go!Verizon is reportedly merging Yahoo and AOL and calling them “Oath.”
    By Madison Malone Kircher
  10. select all
    Does Anyone Need 750 Mbps Internet? Verizon Hopes SoVerizon Fios Instant is here, and it’ll give you more bandwidth than you could (probably) ever use.
    By Jake Swearingen
  11. select all
    Carriers Stop Offering Samsung Galaxy Note 7 ReplacementsThe devices were catching on fire, frequently.
    By Brian Feldman
  12. 200 Million Yahoo Accounts Got HackedYet another embarrassment to add to the list.
    By Brian Feldman
  13. select all
    Your Favorite Business, Comcast, Wants to Be Your Cell-Phone Carrier, TooIt’s teaming up with your other favorite business, Verizon.
    By Jake Swearingen
  14. Why Verizon Just Spent $4.8 Billion on YahooVerizon wants to buy its way into being an advertising giant.
    By Brian Feldman
  15. Bernie Sanders Joins Verizon Workers on Picket Line in New York CityThe democratic socialist condemned the company’s greed in a sidewalk speech to its striking workers. 
    By Eric Levitz
  16. This Guy Got Sir Mix-A-Lot’s Old Phone NumberHe was not prepared, and he cannot lie.
    By Claire Landsbaum
  17. privacy woes
    If You Have Verizon, the NSA Has Been Secretly Collecting Your Phone RecordsApparently the Bush-era practice lives on.
    By Margaret Hartmann
  18. scary internet things
    The Internet’s ‘Six Strikes’ Rule and YouBy annoying you with alerts and (maybe) throttling your bandwidth.
    By Kevin Roose
  19. hurricane sandy
    Verizon Says Manhattan Landlords Want Cash for CableThe company says it can’t get access to buildings unless it pays.
    By Adam Martin
  20. commercialized cats
    Verizon Workers Rescue Strangled Cat From Tree, Name It FiosSome sick individual hung Fios from a tree with a wire around its neck.
    By Brett Smiley
  21. safe text
    Verizon Scares the Crap Out of NJ Subscribers“Extreme alert” — no, sorry, just a test.
    By Menachem Kaiser
  22. cell phones
    Chuck Schumer on the Side of Phone LosersEspecially if they don’t have Verizon.
    By Caroline Bankoff
  23. downsides
    The Perils of Being Verizon’s ‘Can You Hear Me Now?’ GuyPeople pick inconsiderate times to utter your catchphrase.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  24. my iphone brings all the subscribers to the yard
    Verdict on the Verizon iPhone: Same As AT&T’s, Only BetterFewer dropped calls, slightly slower data speed.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  25. smartphone smackdown
    Tried to Make Me Buy the Verizon iPhone, I Said No, No, NoLet the backlash begin!
    By Nitasha Tiku
  26. the future is coming
    Mythic Verizon iPhone Finally Let Loose Upon the WorldIt’s heeeeeeeeeeeeeere. And AT&T isn’t happy.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  27. the future is coming
    Verizon and AT&T Bitch-Slap Each Other: The Coming iPhone WarThe iPhone war a’cometh.
    By Nitasha Tiku
  28. iphone therefore i am
    WSJ: Apple To Produce New iPhone For Verizon By End Of YearApple will have new version of smartphone ready by end of year.
    By Josh Duboff
  29. refunds
    Verizon Announces Massive Customer Refund PayoutUp to $90 million.
    By Josh Duboff
  30. iphone therefore i am
    Verizon Customers May Finally Be Able to Get iPhonesIn just seven months!
    By Josh Duboff
  31. anachronisms
    White Pages to Go the Way of VHSYou’ll soon have to use something called the Internet.
    By Adam K. Raymond
  32. iphone therefore i am
    Is the Verizon iPhone Finally Coming This Summer?And will it be thinner and faster than the current iPhone?
    By Chris Rovzar
  33. election hangover
    Obama’s Antiquated Cell Phone Breach!Verizon has confessed that some rogue employees were accessing the President-elect’s ‘simple voice flip-phone’ records.
    By Jessica Coen
  34. company town
    Andrew Cuomo’s Kiddie VictoryPlus the latest on what’s up with UBS, Beth Israel, and McDonald’s in our daily industry roundup.
  35. company town
    Sandy Weill Pulls Golden Carpet From Underneath Charles PrinceIn our daily industry roundup, the former Citigroup chairman second-guesses himself on the appointment of successor Charles Prince. And more!