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AT&T: We Told Our Customers ‘Unlimited’ Doesn’t Mean ‘Unlimited’

"We informed all unlimited data plan customers via bill notices and a national press release that resulted in nearly 2,000 news stories, well before the program was implemented," he said "In addition, this program has affected only about 3 percent of our customers, and before ...

ANALYSIS

BlackBerry Tries, Tries Again to Remake Its Brand

Like other analysts, I get email press releases from BlackBerry, but the company very seldom ever goes beyond that That screams that BlackBerry still does not understand the market and the basics of achieving success going forward -- not yet, anyway.

WiFi Insecurity: Crying Wolf or Big Bad Wolf?

First, the company gathered information about the targets through open source intelligence gathering -- looking at datasheets; implementation and support guides; case studies; manuals; public procurements; press releases; videos, presentations and photos; and software or firmware...

Tor Embroiled in $1M Revenge-Porn Lawsuit

Though the suit was filed in mid-June, it didn't draw public attention until Van Dyke alluded to it on Twitter this week. The attorney -- who bills himself as "quite possibly the meanest and most right-wing lawyer in Texas" -- then published a press release on the topic on Wednesday.

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Developing Customer IP

Information about changing circumstances comes in many forms: press releases, earnings reports, news items, analyst reports and much more. When added to what we already know about our territories and target accounts, this new information can turn a pile of routine marketing findings into powerful sales knowledge that approaches intellectual property. ...

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Completeness Is the New Black

Getting all the way to knowledge requires different approaches from simply filtering the social stream or completing profiles. After all, buyers often don't simply announce a desire to buy something. Instead they may do things like make pronouncements, issue press releases, or introduce reports. ...

Kaspersky Details Sophisticated ‘Mask’ Robber Ops

"The attackers are really professionals," Jaime Blasco, director of AlienVault Labs, told TechNewsWorld. "They were able to anticipate Kaspersky's public disclosure, and they shut down all the infrastructure within four hours of Kaspersky's publishing a short press release announcing the discovery of the Mask."

FTC Delivers Stern Message With Apple’s In-App Refund Deal

"This satisfies all the criteria for a PR stunt," said Howe. "Some money is paid. Apple is in the headlines. And nothing more needs to happen other than the FTC getting a press release." Meanwhile, Patrick Howard, an attorney with Saltz Mongeluzzi Barrett & Bendesky, who was c...

Security Firm Spills the Beans on Snapchat Vulnerabilities

However, in an April press release, the company described itself as a computer security group Gibson Security consists of Australian hackers, according to ZDNet.

Google May Be Barking Up Wrong Tree With EU Watchdog Plan

In response, Consumer Watchdog offered Google a challenge: release the documents to the public, or it would do so instead. The group sent out its first press release at 9 am London time Wednesday. Shortly afterwards, the Financial Times released the documents on its own Consum...

Mrs. B, Author Square Off Over ‘Everything Store’

Though he expressed concern about factual errors identified by Bezos, Stone pointed out that no one was challenging the book's major revelations, such as Jeff Bezos' Amazon.Love memo, the Cheetah and Gazelle negotiations with book publishers, the MilliRavi press release and the fight with Diapers.com and LoveFilm...

FAA Relaxes In-Flight Mobile Rules

Delta Airlines and JetBlue both sent out press releases on Thursday morning announcing that they were in the process of submitting plans to allow customers to use portable devices as early as this week. However, there could be delays before any of this actually takes flight "T...

ANALYSIS

IBM, Google, Nvidia and Pals Launch OpenPower

No matter how important or well intentioned, technology industry press releases are seldom entirely free of hyperbole. So in parsing any announcement, it's good to keep an eye on 1) what is being done; 2) who is involved; and 3) how and why the world will be different if they succeed...

Digital Won’t Kill the Book-Publishing Star

"Author website links are added to all press releases," says Random House's Kittle. "We do Livestreams with authors, online chats and posting author events online at every site possible." 'Some Things Work Better Than Others'...

OPINION

If Microsoft Built a Car, It Would Be Like a Tesla

There was a huge battle between GM and Microsoft at COMDEX years ago, when Bill Gates said, "If GM had kept up with technology like the computer industry has, we would all be driving US$25 cars that got 1,000 miles to the gallon." GM got pissed and issued a press release suggesting how a Microsoft-built car would operate, comparing it to Windows -- how often the car would crash, how incompatible it would be. GM brought up pretty much everything that was wrong with Windows a decade ago (this event is archived here). ...

US Navy Will Soon Pack Laser Heat in Persian Gulf

For the first time, the U.S. Navy plans to deploy a solid-state laser weapon on board one of its vessels, with the laser's debut scheduled for the Persian Gulf during fiscal year 2014. In a press release, the Navy said development and testing have resulted in a weapon that can "perform actions ranging from non-lethal disabling and deterrence all the way up to destruction."

HP Targets a Cloud-Friendly Future With Moonshot Servers

HP will use processors from Intel, AMD and other vendors in the Moonshot servers. In a company press release, the company said Project Moonshot servers will use chips that normally show up in smartphones and tablets, which will allow the servers to be more energy efficient and take up less space in data centers...

SEC Lets Companies Go Social With Market-Moving News

Even though the SEC's press release about the new rules said an executive's personal social media page would be an unlikely place to find key corporate information -- as opposed to that company's official social media page -- the agency said it did not initiate any enforcement actions against Hastings or Netflix...

Court Rules Broadcasters Can’t Pull the Plug on Aereo

Chet Kanojia, Aereo CEO and founder, said in a company press release that Monday's court decision "again validates that Aereo's technology falls squarely within the law, and that's a great thing for consumers who want more choice and flexibility in how, when and where they can watch television." ...

TECH TREK

Traditionally Progressive Iceland Mulls Internet Porn Ban

Roh first published the sensitive materials in a 2005 press release and on his website. He included a transcript of the conversations as well as the names of prosecutors who received cash from Samsung. Roh's full-court press prompted an investigation into Samsung's relationship with prosecutors...

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