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Telecommunications Sector

  • Blogs

    February 3, 2012

    The Machine Is Raging: Bob Lefsetz on How "Music Gets Around"

    Yesterday, I wrote about Neil Young's quip that "Internet is the new radio" and that piracy is how "music gets around." Of course, Neil gets all the attention for making such a statement. Ah, the power of celebrity! Meanwhile, plenty of folks have been grumbling about this same thing for years, name ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 10, 2011

    AT&T and T-Mobile Grease Liberal Groups With Cash for Their Support of Merger

    ​Ever wonder why a bunch of liberal groups like the NAACP, the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, and the National Education Association would sing the praises of a gigantic telecommunications-company merger? Might it have something to do with the loads of cash that the groups have be ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Montana Radio Shack Offers Free Guns for New Dish Network Customers

    ​When the Founding Fathers wrote the constitution they intended to preserve the rights of citizens to rise up and overthrow television providers that offer lousy service or weak new-customer incentives. Hamilton, Mont. Radio Shack Super Store owner Steve Strand understands the Founders' intent ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 21, 2011

    AT&T To Eat T-Mobile in $39B Monopoly-Flavored Merger

    ​T-Mobile thinks AT&T is just terrible. Or, at least, it used to. Now that the companies announced plans to merge, it looks like T-Mobile will have to stop pointing out how shitty AT&T's service is in almost every commercial it makes.

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Cable-TV Marketing Company Has Sneaky Way to Get You to Not Use Xbox 360 as Your TV

    ​Watching the "Experiment in Cord Cutting" video put out by Hill Holliday and picked up by tech blog Kotaku, it's easy to come to the conclusion that the Internet TV available on Xbox 360, Apple TV, Google TV, Boxee Box, and Roku is a sad excuse for cable. But that's assuming you can look past ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 15, 2010

    Washington's Ban On Online Gambling May Affect Players Outside Washington

    ​Washington State's ban on internet gambling may be keeping people who don't live in Washington from playing too.

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2010

    Public Access TV Funds May Be Used For City Email Instead

    dailyinvention on Flickr​Last week at a City Council budget meeting, Bill Schrier of the city's Department of Information Technology (DoIT) dropped a bombshell: Starting next year, the $625,000 given annually to public access television could be reduced to $100,000, and the contract currently ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2010

    CORRECTED Classmates.com Finally Surrenders to Facebook, Announces Revamped Website

    ​Update: United Online CEO Mark Goldston contacted SW over errors in this story. It has been corrected and updated, see below. This week, United Online, Classmates.com's parent company, announced that it will be getting out of the social networking game since apparently people don't want to p ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 13, 2010

    T-Mobile One of 10 Brands That May Disappear

    ​Remember when Joe Mallahan ran for mayor on the strength of being T-Mobile's "ideas man"? Well T-Mobile could really use a couple good ideas right about now. Because according to a post on 24/7 Wall Street, the Bellevue-headquartered company is at the top of a list of businesses that may be g ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 4, 2009

    Did T-Mobile Outage Hurt Joe Mallahan?

    FlickrHere's one Mallahan promotional tool that never loses service.​Some thought it was just a bad omen. But TechFlash's John Cook says that maybe, just maybe, T-Mobile's massive election-day outage was enough to swing the mayoral race in Mike McGinn's favor. Here's the gist of Cook's admitt ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 3, 2009

    T-Mobile Service Currently Down: Ominous Sign for Mallahan?

    Mallahan makes use of more reliable communication technology at the REVERB debate than his cellular company's.​Being a T-Mobile subscriber, and being surrounded by a handful of T-Mobile subscribers here on Western Avenue, I can confirm that, presently, T-Mobile service is on the fritz. And tha ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 12, 2009

    Microsoft a Danger to Sidekick Users

    Oh no, I totally lost all your contacts! Haha. You should see your face right now.​If you're a software giant, and your next big push is into the world of mobile phones, the absolute best possible marketing tool would be to prove that you have what it takes not to screw up the service you alre ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 3, 2009

    Low-Cost Digital TV Converters Available Friday

    You may recall how, despite the imminent shift to digital TV, many stores aren't carrying low-cost digital TV converters. Well, if you're among those in possession of a government coupon for a converter, Friday's your chance to get hooked up. Local group Reclaim the Media is teaming up with several ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 30, 2009

    Nickels Gets Another Challenger: Joe Mallahan

    First there was McGinn, then Donaldson, then Sigler. Now T-Mobile Vice President Joe Mallahan has officially thrown his hat into the Mayoral ring. (View his campaign site.) In his announcement, he touts his ability to provide basic services, citing work he did for T-Mobile in Texas during Hurricane ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 16, 2009

    Ballmer Demands Market Share!

    Over at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft has several announcements designed to up its share of the valuable smartphone market. As the NYT reports, having 90 percent of the PC software market is not enough. (Besides, Windows is a mature product.) MSFT only has about 14 percent of mob ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 20, 2008

    Len Bosack's Got the Fiber Hookup

    Over at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Microsoft has several announcements designed to up its share of the valuable smartphone market. As the NYT reports, having 90 percent of the PC software market is not enough. (Besides, Windows is a mature product.) MSFT only has about 14 percent of mob ... More >>

  • News

    April 16, 2008

    Paul Allen's $69 Million Mystery Bid

    Is Vulcan planning a broadband wireless network?

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2008

    Free(ish) WiFi at Starbucks

    Is Vulcan planning a broadband wireless network?

  • News

    January 9, 2008

    Paul Allen vs. Google?

    Cable, wireless phones, and billions of dollars for the FCC.

  • Calendar

    November 14, 2007

    ARTLAND

    Our local art heroes on the little screen

  • Blogs

    October 29, 2007

    Net Neutrality Teleconference at the Croc

    Our local art heroes on the little screen

  • Blogs

    March 27, 2007

    Best Buy Swallows Speakeasy

    Our local art heroes on the little screen

  • News

    April 19, 2006

    The Seattle Oil Tycoon

    An update of Paul Allen's world: pipelines, insurance, and maybe some bankruptcy.

  • News

    September 24, 2003

    Data Unbound

    New mobile-phone services are roaming for customers.

  • News

    June 18, 2003

    Wherefore and Wi-Fi

    Seattle companies developing the wireless Internet are chasing new venture capital.

  • News

    May 7, 2003

    The GOPs Lean Slate

    Republicans plan to field just one strong candidate each for governor and Senate.

  • News

    January 8, 2003

    Ventures: Wipeout

    Seattle's remaining tech companies aren't likely to rebound soon, but some are poised to capitalize if new products catch on.

  • News

    December 4, 2002

    Dialing for Doom

    An appraisal of the hazards of driving while phoning.

  • News

    July 31, 2002

    Qwest Mess

    But don't panic about your Qwest phone service—yet.

  • News

    May 3, 2000

    The past, the future

    But don't panic about your Qwest phone service—yet.

  • News

    March 1, 2000

    How broad is your bandwidth?

    Serving up high-speed hope to home Web surfers.

  • News

    December 15, 1999

    SQUISHING CHANNELS

    Cramming 10 pounds of TV into a two-pound bag.

  • News

    September 29, 1999

    More dispatches from the privacy front

    Cramming 10 pounds of TV into a two-pound bag.

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Don't touch that dial

    Seattle should take a closer look before jumping into the cable business.

  • News

    January 13, 1999

    Bad rules, good neighbors

    Seattle should take a closer look before jumping into the cable business.

  • News

    November 18, 1998

    Dialing for digits

    How Microsoft hopes to route your phone calls through NT.

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