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Nest May Introduce a New Wireless Camera at Next Week’s Event (Updated)

Kellen June 10, 2015 23

UPDATE: Here is our exclusive story on the Nest Cam and its new Android app. Nest has an event planned for next week, but up until today, a potential focus for the Google-owned smart home product maker was mostly unknown. Sure, we all assumed that a new...

FCC Passes Net Neutrality Rules, the “Strongest” in History

Kellen February 27, 2015 360

Sorry that we didn't have a chance to touch on this yesterday, but yep, the FCC passed chairman Tom Wheeler's plan to keep the internet open and free and awesome. In a 3-2 vote, the FCC passed "strong, sustainable" rules that will "protect the open internet."...

Phone Unlocking is Now, Like, Super Legal Starting Today

Kellen February 11, 2015 47

Over a year ago, the FCC and the CTIA (organization who represents all of the big wireless carriers) reached an agreement on how each of the big wireless carriers in the US should approach phone unlocking and unlocking requests from their customers. We are...

Placeholder: For All of the Laughable Statements That Will Soon be Released by ISPs in Response to Tom Wheeler’s Proposal

Kellen February 4, 2015 124

Now that FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has made his open internet, net neutrality proposal public, we thought we should create a placeholder or gathering ground for all of the laughable responses that will undoubtedly arrive from our favorite ISPs, both wired and...

FCC Chairman on Net Neutrality: Title II, Ya’ll! (Updated)

Kellen February 4, 2015 76

"The internet must be fast, fair and open." Those are the words of FCC chairman Tom Wheeler, penned in a post he wrote this morning that was published through Wired. Wheeler, in his statement, is talking about net neutrality, of course, the subject that will...

T-Mobile Agrees to Pay at Least $90 Million for Obscuring Premium SMS Charges

Kyle December 22, 2014 16

AT&T paid $105 million to settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) that it profited from stuffing subscribers' bills with premium texting fees. Now it's T-Mobile's turn. Facing identical charges, the "Uncarrier" announced last Friday that...

Obama Urges FCC to Re-Classify Internet Under Title II to Keep It “Open and Free,” Include Mobile Broadband

Kellen November 10, 2014 344

Thanks in part to 4 million comments by the American people, President Barack Obama and the White House released a statement this morning in favor of net neutrality and keeping the internet "open and free." His stance is that the internet is "essential" to our...

Nexus 6 Cruises Through the FCC

Kellen October 25, 2014 257

With an October 29 pre-order date on the horizon, we were starting to wonder if and when the new Nexus 6 was going to stop by the FCC seeking approval. Thankfully, that happened yesterday, so we should be good to go on Wednesday. The device showed up under two...