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...incentive to improve the software that runs on their phones. Like network TV in the 1980s, the U.S. mobile-phone system is dominated by a handful of established giants: Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile control nearly 90% of the market. They have used that power to maintain tight control over their networks. In this so-called walled garden, when you sign up to use a carrier, you can use only the services they want you to use. Imagine if Seinfeld were available only on RCA televisions. Or if your broadband service let you use Hotmail but not Gmail...
...shaved head who looks like ancient turtle-met with a group of battalion commanders in the ruins of a medical center that had been blasted, by someone, several years earlier. Situation maps were leaned against a white ceramic tile wall; the officers sat in campaign chairs, hunched in a tight semi-circle; bottles of cold water were passed around...
...national champions, Princeton, for the Compton Cup. The Tigers, having lost many of their best oarsmen to graduation, were not much of a match this time around, as Princeton and MIT both succumbed to another clean sweep by the Crimson’s boats. The varsity race was tight at first, with Harvard lagging behind Princeton for much of the course. But the Crimson recovered to win by almost a length...
...varsity boat, on the other hand, pulled itself into silver after a very tight race against Georgetown and Cornell, finishing just a second behind the victorious...
...HERO, were passed out by the thousands. All the while, Chaudhry sat silently in the passenger seat, staring straight ahead. He refused to sign autographs and occasionally attempted a vague presidential wave. His impassiveness only seemed to encourage the crowd further. A young man in a t-shirt and tight jeans ran along side the slow-moving vehicle and shouted through an open window, "Thank you sir, I'm so proud of you sir." Another, wearing the traditional salwar kameez and prayer cap, said, "We stand behind you sir, and we are millions...