This summer is a landmark period for the evolving Internet in the U.S., with new Open Internet rules being considered by the FCC and a couple of big media mergers being debated. Recently, a few new arguments against the biggest merger on the table -- that of Comcast, the nation's largest cable provider, to the second largest, Time Warner Cable -- have emerged from Dish Network, Netflix, and the response to an Internet outage.
The Labor Department announced on Thursday that 298,000 Americans applied for unemployment benefits the week ending Aug. 23, a thousand fewer than the previous week.
NYC servers and bussers who make $5.50 an hour can look forward to 10-hour shifts, work on weekends and no overtime. Pre-tax, they've gained $385 at the end of a 70-hour work week. Workdays that are longer than eight hours are illegal, but employers are stealing far more than time from their employees.
The Congressional Budget Office, providing nonpartisan analysis for Congress, predicted U.S. GDP will increase by 1.5 percent by the end of 2014, and Speaker of the House John Boehner, R-Ohio, used the news to criticize Democrats and the Obama administration.
The collapse in a merger deal between Sprint and T-Mobile has caused a sharp and quick turnaround in the relationship between the two carriers, resulting in a price war for customers.
Following the loss of Internet service to millions nationwide early Wednesday, many are now ramping up the opposition to a Time Warner and Comcast merger.
New operating system is expected to present problems different than iOS 7 Apple has run its newest mobile operating system, iOS 8, through the gamut of beta testing and developer feedback, and the time is nigh for the California tech giant to release its final test version of the software ahead of a public release.
In an exclusive interview in the world's financial capital, New York City, Edward De Valle II joins Carlos Anaya in front of the U.S. Stock Exchange on Wall Street to outline the current economic footprint of Latin America on a global scale.
On Wednesday, Inditex, a Spain-based fashion retailer, apologized for a Zara brand children's shirt after receiving complaints that it looked like the clothing Nazis made Jewish people wear during the Holocaust.
Kinect is expected to retail for $150 In a rather curious move, Microsoft on Wednesday revealed that on Oct. 7 it will start shipping a standalone Kinect sensor for Xbox One.
Taiwan-based suppliers claim that Apple has already started ordering parts Apple appears set to capitalize on an increase in popularity of its already-popular line of computers and is rumored to be planning to release a thinner version of its MacBook laptop.
Early Wednesday morning Internet services for TWC Time Warner Cable (TWC) customers nationwide were without Internet service early Wednesday morning for almost two hours.
HD video and voice calling could be coming in the next few weeks Verizon announced on Tuesday that it would be rolling out VoLTE, or voice over LTE. The company will call the service Advanced Calling 1.
The organizations claims e-cigarettes pose a risk to public health The World Health Organization has urged countries to begin regulating electronic cigarettes, saying that the devices, which are marketed as a benign alternative to cigarettes, are harmful.
The first of the big telecom mergers may be set for approval later this year as it looks like AT&T and federal lawmakers are on the same page when it comes to acquiring DirecTV.
Burger King will move its home base to Canada. Burger King has agreed to acquire Tim Hortons for about $11 billion in a deal that would bring the combined company's base to Canada.
