Archive for April, 2011

FCC rules in favor of smaller service providers, mandates Verizon and AT&T to let smaller service providers to use their data roaming service

04.08.11

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) orders AT&T and Verizon Wireless to let its wide mobile data services be used by smaller service providers for data roaming. These required both service providers to sign an agreement with smaller competitors for the cause.

This gives companies like U.S Cellular and Cellular South to offer nationwide coverage to its subscribers freely using AT&T and Verizon Wireless data networks.

AT&T and Verizon Wireless reacts to this by saying that the FCC and the government is pulling the progress of the mobile industry as this will discourage future investors to invest in their companies and considering it as a defeat of their subscribers too.

Grooveshark Music app gets kick out of the Android MarketPlace as well.

04.06.11

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Grooveshark is confirmed to have been removed from the Android Market today. This is due to the copyright infringement violations it committed. For those who don’t know, Grooveshark works with users uploading their own music content for others to play when they want.

Grooveshark was kicked by Apple a long time ago for the same reason. If we live in a perfect world, apps like this would definitely prevail. The service is too good to be true. Users can pull up any song on Grooveshark’s database, listen to them and even cache the file for offline listening. The app is free with ads but you can opt for a $9 a month payment for the ad free version.

Users on webOS platforms are the only ones that can still enjoy the Grooveshark service.