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<title>Sprint enables 4G LTE gradually in New York, San Francisco</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/18/areas.being.enabled.without.official.announcements.from.sprint/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358446222_sprint-swoosh.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint is enabling its 4G LTE network in areas, without officially announcing a market as "live." Areas including New York City, Washington D.C., and San Francisco are finding some locations are getting 4G LTE service, though not a blanket coverage of entire areas as usually associated with normal network rollouts....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>AT&amp;T buys $1.9 billion in 700MHz B spectrum from Verizon</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/25/should.allow.att.to.make.significant.lte.expansions/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1356110565_attnetworkcoverage1212thumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[AT&amp;T has bought $1.9 billion in 700 MHz B spectrum from Verizon Wireless, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing.  AT&amp;T says that the licenses should cover over 42 million people in 18 states: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Louisiana, Montana, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington and Wyoming.  As a part ...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jan 2013 17:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sprint adds 28 more markets to LTE coverage</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/01/17/expansion.mostly.limited.to.minor.towns/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1358446222_sprint-swoosh.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sprint has expanded its LTE 4G coverage to 28 more towns in the US, according an announcement. The new locations are spread out across Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Kentucky, South Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi, Minnesota, Washington, Pennsylvania, Florida, Arizona, Michigan, Louisiana, Texas, and Massachusetts. Most of them are relatively minor; some notable names include Branson, Missouri, and G...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 18:08:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>WV Senator floats bill mandating violent video game study</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/12/19/senator.believes.court.rulings.supporting.games.do.not.get.it/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1355961330_rockefeller-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Vague and unconfirmed reports that school gunman Adam Lanza periodically used violent video games for recreation have not gone unnoticed by lawmakers in Washington DC. Senator Jay Rockefeller (D-WV) has put forth draft legislation that would require the National Academy of Sciences, in conjunction with the Federal Communications Commission, to "study the impact of violent video games and violent v...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2012 23:55:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Microsoft avoids data center fine by wasting energy</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/09/24/threat.of.continued.wasting.forced.fine.reduction/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1348482871_aerial.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Microsoft wasted a vast amount of electricity last year in order to avoid paying a fine. According to the New York Times, ìmillions of wattsî were deliberately used to meet estimations on a Washington data center's energy use. The penalty of $210,000 was avoided, but was then followed by threats to continue wasting energy until the fine was lowered....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:23:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple CEO meets with US House Speaker John Boehner</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/15/issues.discussed.length.of.meeting.unrevealed/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/Apple-Cook-Boehner-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[In a surprise move, Apple CEO Tim Cook was in Washington DC today and met with US House of Representatives Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio). The speaker's office released a picture of the two men in mid-conversation, but did not release any details about what they talked about or the length of the meeting. Cook later also met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and Senate Minority Leader Mi...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 01:38:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple US government lobbying efforts far behind Google, MS</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/05/10/apple.11th.place.behind.hp.oracle.intel.others/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1205/capitalhill-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Politico reports that Apple has spent only $500,000 on federal lobbying and associated governmental programs thus far in 2012. By contrast, political action committees (PAC) formed by Google have dropped $5 million, and a separate Microsoft PAC has doled out $1.8 million in the same time period. Sources within Washington suggest that Apple will have a rocky road with DC lawmakers unless they start...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 10 May 2012 06:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Netflix forms PAC to gain political foothold</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/04/09/netflix.continues.its.political.agenda/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1203/netflix-roku.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Netflix has formed a new political action group in an effort to gain more influence in Washington. Newly filed federal records
 show that the new group, called FLIXPAC, can officially make political donations directly to federal candidates of up to $5,000 for each election cycle. Politico argues that it gives Netflix a way in which it can push its pro IP, anti-piracy agenda....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 09 Apr 2012 12:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Australian Apple Store growth faces disruption</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/12/02/23/in.us.new.seattle.store.under.consideration/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn.macnn.com/news/1107/applestore-bondi.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Two or more planned Apple Stores in Australia could be in trouble following problems with a contractor, notes ifoAppleStore.  Kell &amp; Rigby is believed to be the structural contractor for all of Apple's Australian retail chain, but has been hunting for companies to buy parts of its business in order to avoid bankruptcy.  Talks with several potential rescuers in the past two weeks have reportedly fa...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Feb 2012 17:05:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple announces iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/11/10/20/revives.tech.talk.concept/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/news/1110/ios5techtalk.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has unveiled plans for an iOS 5 Tech Talk World Tour.  Apple experts are scheduled to visit nine cities during the tour, including Berlin, London, Rome, Beijing, Seoul, São Paolo, New York City, Seattle, and Austin.  Events will start in Berlin on November 2nd and end in Austin on January 23rd.  Registration for January 13th's New York City event is already full....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 20:10:00 GMT</pubDate>
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