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Verizon Will Pay $90M FCC Settlement Relating To Bill Cramming
Verizon is out $90 million after the FCC slapped it on the wrist for allowing, and profiting from ‘cramming,’ a mobile industry practice that sees recurring charges placed on consumer cell phone bills, without the full consent of the customer. In Big Media Push, Verizon Buys AOL For $4.4B [Memo From AOL CEO Tim Armstrong]
So this just happened. AOL, owner of TechCrunch, is getting acquired: U.S. carrier Verizon said in a statement that it is buying the company for $4.4 billion, or $50 per share. We’ve just been sent an internal memo about the deal that we are embedding below. Activate Your Red Zones: Verizon Has A Football Leather Moto X
Just like the song says: Are you ready for several foot falls? Verizon’s ready, ready to snap your halfback some yards after carry with its new, exclusive Moto X with a football leather back. You heard right, Bob Dikta freaks and Peyton Randolph fans – the same material used to coat everyone’s favourite roughly ball-shaped professional athletics thing is now on phones!… Read More
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Droid Turbo Review: Motorola’s Amped-Up Moto X Excels Where It Counts
Motorola barely let the 2014 Moto X sink in before announcing essentially a beefed-up version of the same. The Verizon-exclusive Droid Turbo is a Moto X with a better battery and a better camera, but in a package that’s hard to describe as an “improvement” on the original. Where the Verizon phone excels, however, it really excels, which makes it a tempting proposition for… Read More
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Hands On With The Motorola Droid Turbo From Verizon
The latest Droid device is fully unveiled, and it’s truly a beast of a device.
The most prominent and highlighted feature of the phone, it’s ability to charge quickly and last for up to 48 hours, is hard to test properly in a matter of hours. However, the look, feel, and general build of the device is already making an impression on me. Read More
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Verizon Announces The Motorola Droid Turbo With Battery Super Powers
Today Motorola and Verizon are announcing the Droid Turbo, a new Droid-branded smartphone with a focus on super fast charging capabilities. Verizon claims the phone can get eight hours of battery life in 15 just minutes by using a special turbo charger sold with the phone. And beyond that, a fully charged Droid Turbo promises 48 hours of battery life. Obviously, this is going to differ based… Read More
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Word around the ol’ phonegeek rumor mill was that Verizon and Motorola were prepping to release a new high-end Android phone to freshen up the Droid lineup — and whatdya know? The entire manual for just such a phone has leaked. 
A quick update for those trying to figure out which carriers will/won’t support the iPhone 6’s Wi-Fi calling feature anytime soon: T-Mobile is a go. AT&T will get it in 2015. Now Verizon is pledging to support it next year, too.