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Netflix to sell another $2 billion of junk bonds as it braces for onslaught from Apple TV+, Disney+, and more
As the battle for streaming customers heats up, Netflix plans to raise another $2 billion in debt in order to finance new original content…
NBCUniversal’s ad-supported streaming service is called ‘Peacock,’ to launch in April 2020
The new service will take center stage during NBC’s coverage of the Summer Olympics in 2020 when the entire NBCUniversal fold will get behind the platform with a massive marketing push…
Carriers are adopting ‘Caller ID on Steroids’ to put an end to robocalls
Spam and robocalls are such a widespread problem — Americans endured over 26 billion of them in 2018 — that the FCC has stepped in…
Killing robocalls: How SHAKEN/STIR blocks spam calls with caller ID authentication
Based on the SHAKEN/STIR framework, AT&T, T-Mobile, and Comcast will now verify phone calls between the companies’ networks…
Comcast brings Apple Watch Series 4, iPad Air, and iPad mini to Xfinity Mobile customers
Comcast today announced it will offer Apple Watch Series 4 with built-in cellular, the new 10.5-inch iPad Air, and the new 7.9-inch iPad mini…
Apple among those outbid by WarnerMedia for J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot production company
The sweepstakes to land a massive overall deal with Bad Robot, the famed production company run by J.J. Abrams and his wife and co-CEO Katie McGrath…
As part of deal to carry iPhones, Comcast and Charter agreed to subsidize iPads and Apple TVs
Comcast and Charter have learned a hard lesson as they build out their mobile offerings…
Comcast broke law 445,000 times in scheme to jack up customers’ bills, judge finds
The nation’s largest cable company was found guilty of tricking customers into buying a near-worthless “protection plan” without disclosing its significant limitations….
Comcast’s Xfinity Mobile phone service uses ‘0000’ PIN, fraudster hijacks phone number and buys a new Mac
This is a security hole large enough to drive a truck through…
Apple tried to secure rights to stream ‘Friends,’ but Netflix’s $100 million sealed the deal
How do you value a sitcom that hasn’t been on TV for 14 years?
California strikes deal with FCC to delay state’s ‘net neutrality’ law
FCC Chairman Ajit Pai cast the delay as a victory for the Commission…
Internet provider groups sue over California ‘net neutrality’ rules
Four industry groups representing major internet providers and cable companies filed suit…
How AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner will impact cord-cutters
On Tuesday, a federal judge granted AT&T’s longstanding wish to acquire Time Warner…
Comcast bids $65 billion for 21st Century Fox assets, topping Disney
Comcast announced a $65 billion bid for Twenty-First Century Fox units that are currently in an agreement to be acquired by Disney…
President Trump highlights Apple in first State of the Union speech
In President Trump’s first State of the Union speech Tuesday night…
Joining Apple, Walmart and others, Starbucks to boost pay, benefits after U.S. lowers corporate taxes
Starbucks Corp will use some of the savings from the new U.S. corporate tax cuts to give domestic employees…
Get ready for home internet prices to double
Been enjoying your reasonably-priced home internet connection recently?
Apple’s iTunes loses market share in battle for video viewers
Apple’s market share for renting and selling movies has been falling for several years, tumbling to between…
New Apple Report suggests governments everywhere are demanding customer data
Apple has published the latest edition of its biannual report on Government Information Requests…
Hulu inks deals with Fox and Disney, adding ESPN, Fox News and more to forthcoming live service
Looks like Hulu’s live-streaming service just scored some potential subscribers…
Google signs up CBS for planned web TV service to debut in early 2017; close to deal with 21st Century Fox
It’s quite possible that without Steve Jobs’ help, Eddy Cue couldn’t get ink in a stationery store…
Apple, AT&T, others to work on ‘robocall’ crackdown
AT&T chairman and CEO Randall Stephenson will announce laster today that 33 companies including the Apple Inc…
Time Warner acquires 10% stake in Hulu for $583 million
Time Warner is taking a 10% stake in Hulu — joining existing owners Disney, 21st Century Fox and Comcast…
How to keep your Mac from automatically switching to other Wi-Fi networks
Why does my Mac keep switching to another Wi-Fi network? How do I make it stay on my network?
Why Apple’s Eddy Cue currently isn’t ‘a big fan of the skinny bundle’
Apple has spent years trying to assemble a ‘skinny bundle’ of TV channels that it could sell directly to consumers…
Eddy Cue on Apple’s TV plans and why Comcast and Netflix aren’t competitors
Whether we’re providing it or somebody else is, it really doesn’t matter to us…
U.S. Senators blast cable industry’s so-called customer service
U.S. senators blasted Comcast, AT&T, Charter Communications, and Dish Network over millions of dollars…
Comcast tries to do an end run around U.S. FCC on set-top box changes
On Wednesday, Comcast said that it is launching a new feature for its Xfinity service that will allow users to watc…
Apple demands delay in NY iPhone case: Company wants to test FBI hack in San Bernardino terrorist iPhone case
Apple last week asked a federal magistrate in New York to extend a court filing deadline…
FBI vs. Apple isn’t over; Fourth Amendment issues remain
The FBI and Apple reached a cease-fire last week, but it can’t last…
Apple says it may not be needed to unlock New York drug dealer’s iPhone
Apple Inc. said it may not be needed to help unlock an iPhone connected to a drug case in New York…
Donald Trump seems to have given up his Apple boycott
Three weeks ago, Donald Trump announced an impromptu boycott of Apple products…
Woz: U.S. government ‘picked the lamest case you ever could’
Woz said that he sided with Apple in the FBI fight, first because he’s always been strong on human rights…
This is Tim Cook’s Apple: Clash over iPhone privacy redefines Steve Jobs’ company
Cook has been using the pulpit of Apple to emerge as one of the world’s most outspoken corporate executives on privacy and other social issues…
U.S. Feds: New judge must force iPhone unlock, overturning ruling that favored Apple
As expected, federal prosecutors in an iPhone unlocking case in New York have now asked a more senior judge…
U.S. government appeals Apple win in Brooklyn iPhone encryption battle
Apple Inc. agreed to unlock a drug dealer’s iPhone before abruptly changing course in October after a judge…
John McAfee lied about San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone hack to ‘get a shitload of public attention’
McAfee has been on a media tour discussing a court order that directs Apple to write custom code to help the FBI access a terrorist’s iPhone…
Lavabit: U.S. government overreach may drive U.S. companies offshore
Another amicus brief has been filed in support of Apple in its legal battle with the FBI over the measures…
The full list of who’s for Apple and who’s for U.S. government overreach
Sheri Pym, the U.S. magistrate who ordered Apple to help the FBI hack into a San Bernardino shooter’s iPhone, has some reading to do…
Apple case exposes ongoing rift in Obama administration over encryption policy
FBI Director James Comey and the DOJ have long tried and failed to convince other departments to join the broader battle against unbreakable encryption…
Seth Meyers of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ looks at Apple vs. U.S. government
Seth Meyers of NBC’s ‘Late Night’ took aim at the subject of smartphone encryption and explained why…
