At an investor conference, an exec says the carrier is killing the plan for “grandfathered” customers and will force existing and new customers to sign up for a tiered “data share” plan on its 4G LTE network.

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Researchers at the Tokyo Institute of Technology have developed a new wireless transmission system that works above all currently regulated spectrum frequencies. The new system works at the range of 300GHz to 3THz (terahertz), which is the Far Infrared (FIR) frequencies of the infrared spectrum. That spectrum is currently totally unregulated by any country or standards organization in the world, making it ripe for development of new technologies. So far the Japanese researchers have transmitted data at 3Gbps, but in theory speeds of up to 100Gbps should be possible.
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Some 10,000 calls a day to the city’s emergency response number are accidental, a new report estimates.
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Nine months ago, a tremendous controversy began with a simple e-mail:

“Gentlemen, The BART Police require the M-Line wireless from the Trans Bay Tube Portal to the Balboa Park Station, to be shut down today between 4 pm & 8,” wrote Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) construction supervisor Dirk Peter on August 11, 2011. (The Transbay Tube runs beneath the Bay, moving people to and from San Francisco; Balboa Park is a residential city neighborhood.) “Steve,” the note continued, “please help to notify all carriers.”
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HelloFax got one step closer to its goal of eliminating the fax machine this week. The service has been integrated into Google Drive.
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Apple’s second quarter earnings are out, and it’s another doozy: $39.2 billion in revenue and $11.6 billion in profit, with 35.1 million iPhones and 11.8 million iPads sold.

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Apple is currently in a legal dispute down under with the Australian competition regulator, but is attempting a novel way of digging its way out of trouble: by trying to rebrand what “4G” actually means.

Apple’s iPad 3 doesn’t work on any 4G LTE network outside North America. A few European countries have complained that Apple has misrepresented or misled consumers into thinking their shiny new iPad 3 could access the next-generation 4G LTE network.

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is particularly displeased with Apple, and took the maker of shiny rectangles to court.
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A German court on Friday upheld a ban on “push” emails in Apple’s iCloud and MobileMe services in Germany, ruling in favor of rival Motorola Mobility.
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Now that the iPad 3 (yes, that is what Apple should call it) is out and available we are seeing even more rumors of the next iPhone. I am also getting lots of questions from coworkers and readers about the next iPhone wondering if they should wait or get the iPhone 4S now. Talking about this with them led to me thinking about the iPhone naming convention and realizing there really isn’t one so I thought it would be fun to have a discussion about it.
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