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...Manchester's Verizon Center has, undoubtedly, seen many iterations of the wave. I suspect, though, that the occasion of a visit from Barack Obama and Oprah Winfrey marked the first time the arena hosted a wave performed by an audience divided equally between middle-aged ladies in Christmas sweaters, hipsters in cords and ringer-tees and men of indeterminate ages bundled into parkas. Almost all of the 8,500 people packing the Center were white - and they were there to see two black people. Neither of whom would sing or throw a ball...
...Tuesday, Verizon Wireless announced its intent to open its networks for use by all devices and applications beginning in 2008. This unprecedented move by Verizon is an improvement for consumers. While Verizon still offers exclusive devices, customers with devices purchased elsewhere can now join Verizon without having to buy a new phone. This saves customers a significant amount of cost and hassle, and we hope that other companies will follow suit. This represents a change from the so-called “walled garden” approach that Verizon and competing companies within the United States had previously employed, which...
Notorious for restricting the kinds of phones and applications customers can use, Verizon may have liberated its users, serving as a model for the industry. On Nov. 27, the company announced it will let any phone, technology permitting, connect to its network. The plan could push other U.S. carriers to offer the same flexibility, already common in Europe and Asia...
...iPhone launch in June suggested that savvy new devices, not carriers, could dictate the market. Now Google is planning its own mobile operating system. In addition to breaking the carrier monopoly on phone sales, Verizon's move could pave the way for users to connect via cameras and gaming systems...
...which we don’t know what they are they are yet—it will backfire. It’s high-risk.” Twelve major companies have signed on to the initiative, including Coca-Cola, Blockbuster, eBay, Travelocity, Herbal Essences, Sony Pictures, and Verizon. “I feel like Facebook, recently, was actually made popular because of the fact that it was mostly geared toward students who wanted to get to know each other or just talk online. The whole corporate aspect of it seems like an intrusion and I don’t know...