Well if AT&T and t-mobile can merge, why can't verizon and sprint. That would leave two carriers, less competition means higher prices.

Once again Apple spearheads the assault on technology by body slamming the tablet world. Once again everyone seems to be playing catch-up, Android being second, and everyone else is fighting for 3rd.

Apple is the pathfinder of the digital world, they introduce it... Then everyone tries to catch-up, copy, and imitate it....

The tactic of Steve Jobs introducing the iPad 2 was marketing strategy, a person taking sick leave, then appearing for the first time in public to ...

The wider use of data is straining the capacity of the networks. So the carriers try to offload traffic from the cell networks. And they are doing exactly what consumers are doing — moving to Wi-Fi.

Fewer people have landlines. A quarter of American homes use only cellphones. We are talking less and texting more. And as we use more data on cellphones that are really hand-held computers, we must search for alternative networks, usually Wi-Fi, to bypass a strained cellphone network. ...

Global-positioning systems, called GPS, and other technologies used by phone companies have unexpectedly made it easier for abusers to track their victims. A U.S. Justice Department report last year estimated that more than 25,000 adults in the U.S. are victims of GPS stalking annually, including by cellphone.

Craig Thompson, Retina-X's operations director, says the software is meant to allow parents to track their kids and companies to keep tabs on phones their employees use. He ...

“Many leisure travelers with iPhones are going to Europe, not turning off their data and allowing their apps to continue downloading data,” said Ken Grunski, chief executive of Telestial, a company that provides wireless services for travelers. “U.S. travelers were already getting hammered with expensive voice calls that start at $1 per minute. I know of people that have returned home to $1,000 or more roaming bills.”

Luckily for tech-savvy travelers who want to stay in touch, there ...