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An FCC investigation found that Verizon Wireless was unfairly charging customers, who didn’t have data plans, for accidently accessing the web on their phones. Verizon has agreed to pay $25 million to the federal government and $52 million to the 15 million customers who received the charges. This is the largest settlement a company has Continue Reading →

Tech sales have been on the rise over the last few years, but The NPD Group thinks tech sales are going to decline this holiday shopping season by 1 to 3 percent. Among the reasons for the expected decline is the fact that consumers are used to 20-25 percent discounts on high priced tech items Continue Reading →

The FTC has stopped its investigation of Google’s Street View mapping program. The investigation began after Google acquired personal data, like email addresses and passwords, while collecting information for Street View. The FTC believes the collection of personal data was unintentional and feels comfortable with the “assurances” Google’s made that it won’t happen again. Read Continue Reading →

The release of the long awaited white iPhone 4 is delayed, again. The white model was supposed to be released this past July, but now Apple is saying it won’t be available until next Spring. Apple has never commented on what the specific difficulties are with manufacturing the white device. Read the full story on Continue Reading →

Myspace is hoping a website redesign will help make the site more relevant in the social-networking world. The new site features video sharing, music and games. News Corp purchased the site in 2005 for $580 million and has struggled ever since to compete with Facebook. Read the full story on wsj.com Continue Reading →

Google donated $5 million in grants to non-profit organizations, “to encourage innovation in digital journalism.” As news organizations and individuals continue to expand and share news online, Google aims to find new and creative ways of presenting information online. In addition, Google hopes the donation will allow the company to develop better news products for Continue Reading →

As a child there is nothing better than a “snow day,” but some kids in Ohio will no longer know the joys of spontaneously getting to the day off from school. Starting this winter the Drake County school district will require kids to attend class via the Internet if weather conditions prevent schools from being Continue Reading →

Google announced its Android platform now has over 100,000 apps. While the Android Marketplace for apps has shown tremendous growth, it is still trailing Apple which has an estimated 280,000 apps. However, it may not be long before Android overtakes Apple for the lead, as more developers are starting to make apps for Android devices. Continue Reading →

The U.S. Army wants to better equip troops, with the help of smartphones. The Army’s Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program is being developed to help provide ground troops with better information. One of the goals is to stream video surveillance taken from the air directly to a soldier’s phone. Companies are currently working to Continue Reading →

Orange mobile network took an extremely high-res photo of 70,000 people who attended the Glastonbury Festival in England. Since the resolution of the photo was so high, people were able to go online and tag themselves in the photo on Facebook. Over 7,000 people tagged themselves in the photo, which makes the photo the Guinness Continue Reading →