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The First Cellphone Went on Sale 30 Years Ago for $4,000

March 17, 2014 no comments

Somewhere in either Chicago, Baltimore or Washington, someone plunked down $3,995 to buy the Motorola DynaTAC 8000X, the first handheld cellphone, on March 13, 1984 — 30 years ago today. We don’...

Dear Brands: Here’s How to Avoid Screwing Up on Social Media

September 12, 2013 no comments

“Shame on you, AT&T.” “Very tasteless.” “Pathetic.” These were not the responses AT&T expected after posting its Sept. 11 photo tribute on Facebook and T...

AT&T updates Wireless Home Phone service with LTE internet in new...

July 31, 2013 no comments

Big Blue’s been doing its best to catch the eye of nostalgic folks who miss the era of landlines. After introducing prepaid options for Wireless Home Phone in May, Ma Bell’s now extending...

Samsung posts kernel source code for Galaxy S4 Active on AT&T, Ga...

June 25, 2013 no comments

Samsung may have been busy this past week with the launches of the Galaxy S4 Active and Galaxy Note 8.0, but it hasn’t forgotten its duties to Android programmers. It just posted the kernel sou...