Posts Tagged Telecommunications

Correction: Dish-Sprint story

ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) — In a story June 18 about Dish Network Corp.’s announcement that it will not submit a revised bid to purchase Sprint Nextel Corp., The Associated Press reported erroneously that Softbank’s competing bid for Sprint falls short of Dish’s. In fact, the two offers are not directly comparable. Softbank is offering $21.6 billion for a 78 percent stake in Sprint. Dish is proposing to buy all of Sprint for $25.5 billion.

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Ideas for keeping your data safe from spying

LONDON (AP) — Phone call logs, credit card records, emails, Skype chats, Facebook message, and more: The precise nature of the NSA’s sweeping surveillance apparatus has yet to be confirmed.

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SF, NY prosecutors push for anti-phone theft moves

Citizens Crime Commission of New York president Richard Aborn, far left, Annie Palazzolo, second from left, and her father Paul Boke, third from left, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, second from right and Nassau County, N.Y. Distrct Attorney Kathleen Rice, far right, listens as  San Francisco District Attorney George Gascon speaks during a press conference on Thursday, June 13, 2013, in New York.   The group announced the launch of what they call the "Secure Our Smartphones Initiative" aimed at encouraging the cell phone industry to adapt technology to deter cellphone theft.  Palazzolo, 29, spoke about her sister who was killed for her cellphone. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)

NEW YORK (AP) — Law enforcement officials nationwide are demanding the creation of a “kill switch” that would render smartphones inoperable after they are stolen, New York’s top prosecutor said Thursday in a clear warning to the world’s smartphone manufacturers.

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