Strikes Still Work
For the vast majority of working Americans, wages have been almost flat for the past 35 years. How can regular working people get more money? Organize. And strike.
After working without a contract for more than eight months, 39,000 union Verizon workers in the Northeast are on strike. Support them by not wasting your life looking at screens. It’s a beautiful day outside.
The Huffington Post Union Campaign Has Officially Begun
Last week, news leaked that writers at The Huffington Post had formed a committee to unionize. This morning, the campaign began in earnest. Get excited, Arianna!
A Salute to AOL's Tim Armstrong, a Real Shitty Boss
In May 2011, Tim Armstrong spent a day at work barefoot to raise awareness about barefoot children, instead of just donating money to barefoot children to buy them shoes. This is the kind of boss Tim Armstrong is: ineffectual, vapid and stupid.
Telecom giant Verizon will gobble up AOL for a cool $4.4 billion, at $50 a share, in a deal described by the Wall Street Journal as “aimed at advancing the telecom giant’s growth ambitions in mobile video and advertising.”
This Poor Guy Has to Pay $20,000 for Terrible Time Warner Internet
A man living in upstate New York recently learned that if he wanted broadband internet access in his home, he'd have to pay for installation fees totaling $20,000. Even worse: his only option is fucking Time Warner.
Obama's Weak Remarks on NSA Spy Programs Are Not at All Reassuring
This week, we learned that the NSA is engaged in a series of prodigious data-mining operations in concert with several huge communications and technology companies. Today, Obama addressed the news. He didn't make anyone feel better.
NSA Secretly Collecting Phone Records From Every Verizon Customer
Since at least April, the National Security Agency has been collecting the telephone records of every Verizon customer in the US. In total, the NSA has gathered data from millions of Verizon customers, including for phone calls placed within the US and for calls made from the US to other countries.
Welcome to the U.S. Copyright Alert System, Where Companies Can Slow Your Internet If You Download Illegally
Hope you downloaded enough episodes of Game of Thrones Sunday night to last you the rest of your life; starting this week, the five major internet service providers (AT&T, Cablevision, Comcast, Verizon and Time Warner Cable) have free rein to harass you with notices, block you from visiting certain websites, and even…
Verizon Employee Arrested for Stealing Naked Pictures Off of a Customer's Cellphone
Dealing with a broken cell phone is pretty nightmarish. The thought of losing your precious contacts and funniest text messages is straight from the devil himself. Hopefully the workers fixing your prized mobile device will treat you better than a Verizon employee that helped a Florida waitress deal with some data…
Call Me...Maybe? Wireless Providers to Disable Stolen Phones
AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile are teaming up with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to make it harder for thieves to use stolen phones, since you seem hell-bent on accidentally leaving yours everywhere.
Striking Verizon Employees Going Back to Work
The 45,000 or so unionized Verizon workers who have been on strike since August 7 will go back to work on Tuesday under an extension to their existing contract, while negotiators for both sides are still trying to agree on a new and not necessarily improved contract.
The 'Can You Hear Me Now?' Guy's Perpetual Catchphrase Prison
You know exactly who Paul Marcarelli is, even though you don't know that you do. He's the "Can you hear me now?" guy. His be-spectacled face has graced dozens upon dozens of Verizon ads, which have bombarded you for nearly a decade of your life, whether you like it or not.
Party King of Scottsdale Accused of Cellphone Fraud
Time to check in with an old friend: Jason Hope—the Arizona entrepreneur whose $500,000 Christmas party made him the "Party King of Scottsdale" and ignited fake-baked nightlife warfare—is getting sued. Verizon Wireless has launched a legal battle against 26 people and companies they say are fleecing consumers with…
White House Email Goes Down
Don't be mad if President Obama doesn't respond right away to your email about how the C.I.A. weather rays will affect the tiny civilization in your neighbor's backyard—White House email accounts were down for several hours today.
Facebook Mobile Says To Call 911
Ignore those texts from Facebook instructing you to call 911; they're a Verizon glitch. The ones asking for bank information and incriminating photos, however, remain very important and should be obeyed like any other SMS from a stranger.
Jon Stewart Celebrates the Arrival of the Verizon iPhone
Tonight, Jon Stewart opened The Daily Show with a segment about today's Verizon iPhone announcement. He's excited about having Apple's golden product on a different network! Why? Well, because he may actually be able to make calls now. Watch inside.
Die, Phone Book, Die
These days your fingers are likely walking on iPad touchscreens, not dead tree pages. After a decade of obsolescence, the local phone directory is finally getting the chop as states wise up to reality.
Verizon Paying Out $50 Million to Customers over 'Mystery Fees'
Verizon is refunding 15 million customers some $50 million total after an FCC investigation into "mystery fees"—mostly charges for data transfer that never occurred. I will continue to regard my entire phone bill as one single "mystery fee."
Jon Stewart Addresses Google and Net Neutrality
On tonight's Daily Show, Jon Stewart addressed the Google-Verizon deal that may end net neutrality. After addressing the details, including a Google slam or two, Stewart got to the real heart of things: how will this affect surfing for porn?
