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Mobile Minute: New York joins “kill switch” debate

New York state attorney general Eric Schneidermann is reportedly asking carriers for information about the anti-theft software that Samsung wants to pre-load on mobile phones. Schneidermann wants to know why AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint and T-Mobile US are not allowing Samsung to pre-load the...

Mobile Minute: AT&T says Aio service restored

AT&T is thanking its Aio customers for their patience this morning after a service outage kept many users from sending and receiving calls and messages last night. AT&T says service is now fully restored. Aio is an AT&T prepaid brand that offers unlimited talk,...

Mobile Minute: AT&T and Rogers sign roaming pact

AT&T subscribers traveling in Canada can now take their LTE service with them. The carrier says it has a roaming agreement with Canada's Rogers Communications. AT&T says the Rogers LTE network reaches 70% of all the people in Canada, and 95 new markets are...

Verizon’s Terremark reportedly loses healthcare.gov contract (Mobile Minute)

Data center problems have reportedly been adding to the frustration of federal workers scrambling to improve the healthcare.gov website. The data center, run by Verizon Communication's Terremark subsidiary, went down at least twice during October, according to Bloomberg. But even before the most recent...

Mobile Minute: Qualcomm’s Toq coming Dec. 2

Another smart watch is hitting the market ahead of the holidays -- Qualcomm says its Toq smartwatch will be available to order online starting December 2. The Toq is compatible with Android devices. Like other smart watches, it can display texts, emails, phone messages,...

Mobile Minute: Apple said to plan bigger iPhones

Apple may finally be caving in to pressure from competing smartphones with larger screens ... or perhaps curving in is the more appropriate phrase here. Bloomberg reports that curved glass will be part of the next generation iPhone, and that the newest iPhones will...

Mobile Minute: Top stories for the week

BlackBerry canceled its plan to go private and instead will carry on with a new CEO, John Chen, former CEO of Sybase. Chen says he wants BlackBerry to focus on software going forward, particularly the BlackBerry Messenger app. As for the companies who were...

Apple building solar-powered sapphire plant in Arizona

Apple is bringing up to 2,000 jobs to Arizona - the company is building a new manufacturing facility in the town of Mesa, near Phoenix. The plant will employ at least 700 people, and the governor of Arizona says its construction and operation will...

Mobile Minute 9/25/13

Amazon is taking tech support to a whole new level. The online retailer has launched live 24/7 video tech support for its brand new Kindle Fire HDX tablets. The help function connects you to a live representative that you can see and hear in...

RCR Wireless Mobile Minute 9/23/13

Apple says it sold a record 9 million new iPhones this weekend. That includes sales of the 5S and the 5C. The company also says 200 million devices have downloaded iOS 7. At the other end of the spectrum, BlackBerry is confirming that it will...