NEW YORK — Verizon Communications Inc. on Tuesday said it attracted more than half a million smart-phone subscribers in the latest quarter, showing strength even before it starts selling the iPhone in February. Verizon Wireless added 872,000 subscribers on contract-based ...

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As a special surprise for the New Year, I learned that one of my e-mail accounts had an issue that kept me from seeing 5,582 new messages over the course of the past year. I told my husband about it, ...

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NEW YORK — Tourist in my own city? Ack. I learned within days of moving to New York City earlier this year that a) Times Square must be avoided at all costs and b) you don’t want to look like ...

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Clearly, there comes a time when the realities of a changing society force us to re-examine the way we behave and respond. For example, it was only a matter of time before condiment manufacturers like Heinz and Hunt’s caught up ...

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The age of the app is upon us. It seems that everyone — from consumer brands to celebrities — is launching mobile applications these days. Why? Because the media landscape has become irreparably fragmented and they’re looking for any possible ...

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SAN FRANCISCO — Two years ago, the Android invasion began when T-Mobile released the first smart phone running Google’s Android operating system, HTC’s G1. Now comes a speedier, flashier and more capable smart phone called the G2. Like the G1, ...

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NEW YORK — AT&T will launch three new smart phones ahead of the holiday shopping season that run on Microsoft’s new mobile software. The phones will be a test of whether Microsoft Corp. can catch up with rivals in the ...

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REDMOND, Wash. — Microsoft Corp. is suing Motorola Inc. for infringing on its smart-phone patents. The software maker on Friday said Motorola phones that use Google Inc.’s Android software step on Microsoft technology. The functions in question include synchronizing e-mail, ...

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