Verizon is rolling out a new cellular service in a frequency band that could bring big performance improvements. In some cases, the gains have been large enough to push 4G performance over and above the newer 5G standard. That’s according to PCMag’s Sascha Segan, who got an opportunity to …
Read More »Samsung Galaxy S20
Google released Android 11 a few months ago, but the software has only been available on a small number of phones thus far. That’s changing with news that Samsung has started the Android 11 rollout with the Verizon Galaxy S20 family. Not only does this include the Googley Android …
Read More »Windows 10 PC With 5G
Verizon’s Lenovo Flex 5G Is the First Windows 10 PC With 5G Connectivity Verizon has been pushing its millimeter-wave 5G for over a year now, but the multi-gigabit speeds possible with this network is of limited usefulness on a smartphone. A computer, though? You might actually want to use …
Read More »Verizon Doesn’t Seem to Know How Much its $70 Gigabit FiOS Actually Costs
Verizon gave itself a hearty pat on the back earlier this week as it rolled out a new gigabit tier of its FiOS internet service. The new option, Verizon said in the press release, would only cost $70 per month. FiOS customers were understandably excited. But make sure you’ve got …
Read More »Report: Verizon wants $1 billion discount after Yahoo privacy concerns
It’s bad news for Yahoo. The company is in the midst of finalizing its sale to Verizon, but recent revelations about hacking and spying may be costing them a pretty penny. A story from the New York Post alleges that Verizon is now asking Yahoo for a hefty $1 billion discount …
Read More »Verizon says Yahoo privacy breach had “material” impact
It looks like those 500 million hacked Yahoo accounts may affect its sale to Verizon (TechCrunch’s parent). At a company public policy round table in DC this afternoon, Verizon general counsel Craig Silliman said: “I think we have a reasonable basis to believe right now that the impact is material …
Read More »Verizon says it’s “still evaluating” Yahoo discount as carrier sees another quarter of revenue decline
Verizon, the largest carrier in the U.S. and owner of a large set of media properties via AOL (including TechCrunch), today reported mixed third-quarter earnings and saw growth in subscriber numbers. But it was light on a detail about the big elephant in the room: would it ask for a discount on its original, recent $4.83 billion offer to buy Yahoo? Update: During the …
Read More »Verizon won’t push Samsung’s Note 7 bricking update, but the other carriers will
Early this morning Samsung announced plans to finally extinguish the on-going fire that is the Note 7 once and for all here in the States by way of a software update that won’t allow the troubled phone to charge at all. Apparently not everyone involved is onboard with the move. …
Read More »Verizon is close to buying Yahoo assets: sources
The protracted question of who is buying beleaguered Yahoo may finally have an answer. According to three reports published today, and our own sources, Verizon (which owns TechCrunch by way of AOL) is now the most likely company to snap up the company’s core assets — which include its search, content, mobile and …
Read More »Verizon buys Yahoo for $4.83 billion
After a months-long bidding process and many layoffs, Yahoo has finally found a buyer. Verizon (which owns AOL, which owns TechCrunch) is officially acquiring Yahoo’s core business for $4.83 billion in cash, which includes Yahoo’s advertising, content, search and mobile activities. “Just over a year ago we acquired AOL to enhance …
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