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Yahoo turns Tinder’s CEO to its Boss

Abiodun A. — Sat, 11 Sep 2021 13:33:22 +0000

One-time internet giant Yahoo, which has undergone recent ownership changes and strategic pivots, announced Friday that Tinder CEO Jim Lanzone will be its new chief as the company looks for new opportunities. When Lanzone takes over as chief executive officer on September 27, he will inherit a company that once contended to be the main [...]

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Verizon Offers Free Apple Arcade, Google Play Plus for Select Unlimited Subscribers

Abiodun A. — Tue, 25 May 2021 20:58:01 +0000

Verizon said it is giving away six- and 12-month subscriptions to Apple Arcade and Google Play Plus as it adds more bundled content offerings to its wireless subscriptions. New and existing Verizon wireless subscribers will get six months free of either Apple Arcade; or Google Play Plus with a line activation on select unlimited plans. [...]

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Verizon feels the heat as it rolls out spectrum for upgraded 5G

Abiodun A. — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 20:41:59 +0000

Competition in wireless is heating up as Verizon reports heavy losses in wireless customers in the first quarter of 2021. The company is in the early stages of rolling out new spectrum for its next generation 5G service and as executives have warned for months; the competition with rivals AT&T and T-Mobile is intensifying. Still, [...]

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Verizon Plans to Shut down 3G Network ny Dec. 2021

Abiodun A. — Wed, 31 Mar 2021 21:34:41 +0000

Verizon is once again announcing that it’s shutting down its 3G network, and this time, the carrier says it’s not moving back the date again. After the end of 2022, its CDMA 3G network will be shut down for good. According to Verizon, just 1% of its customers use the legacy network at all. After [...]

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Verizon Announces Nationwide 5G

Abiodun A. — Wed, 14 Oct 2020 15:23:46 +0000

Verizon is making a big expansion of its 5G network: the carrier is now rolling out nationwide support for the new networking standard, which will reach more than 200 million people. Until now, Verizon’s 5G has been almost exclusively focused on the mmWave band, which offers the fastest speeds but suffers from extremely poor range. [...]

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