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3 hrs ago | Business Journal

Austin's Pizza phone service fixed; sales shoot up after story runs

Austin's Pizza's fortunes have changed overnight thanks, in part, to a story that ran yesterday on the Austin Business Journal website.

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Related Topix: ATT, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, AT&T, Startups

18 hrs ago | EETimes

AT&T 4G LTE Available In Anderson

"Broadband technology is increasingly vital for economic success in today's economy, both for businesses and for individuals," said state Senator William O'Dell . "It helps create jobs and new educational opportunities, both of which are essential for keeping our economy moving and our area and State growing." to prosper, it is crucial that ... (more)

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Related Topix: Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT, Startups, Wireless, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi, Emerging Technology

Tue May 21, 2013

Business Journal

AT&T shifting 93 jobs from Birmingham to Minnesota

Lance Skelly, AT&T director of corporate communications, said the company is consolidating some teleconferencing work that is currently done in Birmingham to an AT&T facility in Minneapolis.

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Related Topix: Startups, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT, Birmingham, AL

Mon May 20, 2013

America's Network

AT&T turns up hiring for South Carolina's wireline and wireless workforce

AT&T is enhancing its South Carolina network staff with plans to hire 70 new employees as it looks to expand both its wireless LTE network and wireline U-verse services throughout the state.

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Related Topix: ATT, Startups, Cable & Satellite, Telecom

Sun May 19, 2013

Telematics Update

Mainstreaming the Intelligent Car Weekly Brief-5.20.2013

In this week's Brief: AT&T, Hughes Telematics, Intel, the Association for Competitive Technology, Verizon, Microsoft, Facebook, Waze, Mitsubishi, Pioneer, Garmin, INRIX, ORBCOMM, and DENSO If autonomous vehicles are to become mainstream reality - which the likes of Google, Audi, Volvo, and all the other players hard at work on autonomous driving ... (more)

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Related Topix: AT&T, Hughes Telematics, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Webs

Fri May 17, 2013

CED

AT&T updates on demand storefront

With search and recommendation becoming key assets for video service providers to reduce churn, AT&T has made it easier for its U-verse customers to find the content they're looking for.

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Related Topix: AT&T, Startups, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT, TV, Electronics

Wed May 15, 2013

D Magazine

Irving Mayor Gets Her Mind Right About Losing the Byron Nelson Tournament

What a difference in attitude a couple of months have made for Irving Mayor Beth Van Duyne.

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Related Topix: AT&T, Dallas, TX, Startups, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT

Freshnews

AT&T 4G LTE Expands Along North Shore Of Long Island

AT&T * has expanded the nation's fastest 4G LTE network** along the North Shore of Long Island.

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Related Topix: AT&T, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT, Startups, Wireless, Science / Technology, Wi-Fi, Emerging Technology

Tue May 14, 2013

Phone Scoop

Big Four Carriers to Target Teens with 'It Can Wait' Campaign

AT&T today announced a significant expansion of its It Can Wait program, which aims to educate consumers about the dangers of texting while driving.

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Related Topix: AT&T, Startups, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT, Memorial Day, Life

ComputerWorld

U.S. carriers line up against texting while driving

The major U.S. mobile operators are all putting their weight behind a campaign against texting while driving that will include a blitz of advertising and a driving simulator touring the country this summer.

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Related Topix: Verizon Communications, Telecom, Virgin Mobile USA, Verizon, IT Services, AT&T, Startups, Family, Teenagers

America's Network

AT&T ramps up North Carolina wireline, wireless workforce

AT&T is looking to add 250 more new members to its workforce in North Carolina who will serve about 30 sites to fulfill growing demand for wireline and wireless services.

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Related Topix: ATT, Startups, Cable & Satellite, Telecom

CoolSmartPhone.com

HTC First no longer coming to EE?

When HTC and Facebook announced their device called the 'HTC First' EE were chosen as the network in the UK.

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Related Topix: HTC, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, AT&T

EETimes

AT&T Calls On Connecticut Customers To Pledge: Never Text And Drive

AT&T's New England team is educating drivers across the region on the dangers of texting while driving, and urging them to take AT&T's "Txting & Drving: It Can Wait" pledge never to text and drive.

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Related Topix: AT&T, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT, Startups, New England, ND

CBS Local

Cell Phone Carriers Unite In Anti-Texting Ads

The country's four biggest cell phone companies are set to launch their first joint advertising campaign against texting while driving.

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Related Topix: Cell Phones, Cellphones, Electronics, AT&T, Startups, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT

TechSpot

Recent FCC filings could be for rumored Motorola X Phone

A Motorola smartphone bearing the model number "XT1058" appeared in FCC filings last week.

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Related Topix: Motorola, AT&T, Startups, Google, Emerging Technology, Search Engines, 4Home

Mon May 13, 2013

Business Journal

AT&T hiring 400 in NC

AT&T is looking to fill more than 400 job openings in North Carolina, including more than 250 new jobs primarily in network organization.

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Related Topix: ATT, Startups, Cable & Satellite, Telecom

The Campbell Reporter

Facebook 'Home' a high-profile disappointment

In just over a month since the launch of its eye-catching new Android app, Facebook's latest effort to win the hearts of smartphone users has turned into a high-profile disappointment for a company that describes mobile computing as its top priority.

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Related Topix: Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Science, Computer Science, Menlo Park, CA, Google

Bloomberg

AT&T Considers Dropping HTC Facebook Phone on Tepid Sales

AT&T Inc. , the second-largest U.S. wireless carrier, is considering whether to stop selling an HTC Corp.

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Related Topix: AT&T, Startups, Facebook, Social Software, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT

Automotive News

Akerson sees GM profits streaming from in-vehicle connections

One of the first things Dan Akerson did as CEO of General Motors Co. in 2010 was dive into the automaker's telecommunications business to get more profit from that in-car connection.

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Related Topix: CPU, Science / Technology, Cable & Satellite, Telecom, ATT, AT&T, Startups, Nextel Communications, Wireless, Facebook

Pocket-lint.co.uk

Nokia Lumia 928 pictures and hands-on

Nokia launched the Nokia Lumia 928 on Friday in the US on Verizon and Pocket-lint has managed to grab 5 minutes with the new phone that is the big red's answer to the original Lumia 920, launched last year on AT&T in the USA.

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Related Topix: Navteq, AT&T, Startups

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