BLOGGER: SHAI SHAMIR 30 million downloads. 15 million people use it each day. It’s kicked Angry Birds right off their Number 1 perch. And it’s made its developer OMGPOP very, very rich indeed – according to TechCrunch’s Josh Constine, rich to the tune of the $200 million (give or take a few) that Zynga has [...]
BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK Imagine receiving a bill for $18,000 dollars. That’s what happened to one retiree in Dover, Mass, after a promotional no-limit data plan expired without warning. It’s just one of many stories about subscribers suffering from bill shock, which have damaged service provider reputations. However, the new landmark agreement between US carriers and [...]
BLOGGER: RAFI KRETCHMER Google’s announcement that every Chrome OS netbook will ship with free data access from Verizon does not mean consumers can look forward to downloading huge amounts of data for free once the netbooks hit US stores in the first half of next year. Under its partnership with Verizon, every Chrome OS netbook [...]
BLOGGER: JEFF BARAK With all the public concern over bill shock and the FCC’s meeting today to propose rules requiring mobile phone companies to alert customers when they are have reached monthly usage limits, what many people are forgetting is that it’s actually in the service providers’ interest to avoid bill shock. Given the intense [...]
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