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Vonage makes free Facebook phone call app (AP)

AP – Vonage, a pioneer of home phone service over the Internet, has a new application for the iPhone and Android phones that provides free calls between Facebook users. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News Read More →

Wireless broadband network set to launch next year (AP)

AP – U.S. consumers and businesses may get more options in wireless service starting next year, with the launch of a new wireless broadband network that aims to provide competition to the incumbent phone companies. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News Read More →

U.K. Timesâ€™ paid online readership said to be disappointing (Christopher Null)

Christopher Null – Two weeks ago, the hugely successful London Times newspaper put up a wall: a “paywall,” designed to make its content available largely only to readers who pay a monthly subscription fee. (The Sunday Times is the 40th-largest newspaper by circulation in the world, and the daily version of the Times is No. 100.) View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News Read More →

New wireless broadband network to launch next year (AP)

AP – U.S. consumers and businesses are going to get more options in wireless service starting next year, with the launch of a new wireless broadband network that will provide competition to the incumbent phone companies. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News Read More →

China satisfied with Google search engine tweak (Reuters)

Reuters – China is satisfied that U.S. Internet giant Google Inc is complying with Chinese laws after it tweaked the way it directs users to an unfiltered search page, a senior official said on Tuesday. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News Read More →

China satisfied with Google search engine tweaks (Reuters)

U.S. said to toughen up broadband deployment report (Reuters)

Reuters – High-speed Internet providers are expected to get a subtle rebuke from U.S. regulators this week when a report omits language that has previously said they are rolling out broadband to all areas in a “reasonable and timely fashion.” View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News Read More →

Free speech fight ends quietly in lost iPhone saga (AP)

AP – A brewing free-speech debate touched off by a lost prototype of Apple’s iPhone has ended quietly with a blogger’s agreement to cooperate with investigators. View full post on Yahoo! News: Internet News Read More →