Featured Report:The $15M iPhone (Yes, 15 MILLION Dollars)

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RCR Wireless U.S.
Google studies how consumers shop for wireless
Apr,16,2013
by:+ Kelly Hill
Google scrutinized shopping and online habits of wireless consumers, and found that people looking for mobile devices are thoroughly researching their purchases and being influenced by video content.

Google relied on Compete’s 2 million member U.S. consumer panel and examined wireless shoppers’ online behavior for patterns in shopping and searching; looked back at online behavior of purchases before the purchase, and surveyed cell phone shoppers in November 2012 to compile data for the new Wireless Shopper Study released today.

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Fierce Wireless
Dish, SoftBank poised for bidding war over Sprint
Apr,16,2013
by:+ Mike Dano
Dish Network's (NASDAQ: DISH) surprise $25.5 billion bid for Sprint Nextel (NYSE:S) may spark a bidding war between Dish and Japan's SoftBank over the United States' third-largest wireless carrier, according to comments from shareholders and investment analysts. Further, the situation likely won't get straightened out anytime soon, given the difficulty of comparing the two complex transactions.

For its part, SoftBank said Dish's bid for Sprint won't derail SoftBank's plans to acquire 70 percent of Sprint for $20.1 billion

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Wireless Week
Carriers Deny Cell Shutdown Following Boston Bombings
Apr,16, 2013
by:+Andrew Berg
Wireless operators say they did not shut down cell service following the deadly bombings at the finsh line of the Boston Marathon yesterday.

Amid the chaos and confusion immediately following the explosions, the Associated Press issued a report citing an unnamed source who claimed cell service had been terminated in the Boston area to prevent the remote detonation of more bombs from cell phones.

Verizon wireless and T-Mobile denied any interruption of service in the area, and the Associated Press later retracted the story.

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Featured Report:The $15M iPhone (Yes, 15 MILLION Dollars)
CIO Mobile
Apr,16, 2013
by:+Al Sacco
The world's most expensive phone is supposedly this iPhone with a 26-carat, black-diamond home button, 135 grams of 24-karat solid gold and more than 650 white, flawless diamonds. The price? A cool $15.3 million.

I've featured gaudy gadgets from U.K. jeweler Stuart Hughes many times in this blog—most recently around Valentine's Day—but this latest device really takes the cake. It is apparently "the world's most expensive phone" at £10 million, or roughly $15.3 million, and it's a custom-made, one-of-a-kind device commissioned by a wealthy Chinese businessman/super villain. (Okay, I have no idea if the dude is a super villain or not, but the assumption seems like a safe bet, doesn't it?)

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Hello Businesses Owner,

I am writing to you because our changing health care system will have a profound effect on all of us. Now that the election is over and the Supreme Court has ruled, the Affordable Care Act (ACA) is not going away. It will not be repealed and it is up to us to make sure it will work for small businesses and individuals as it was intended to do.

That’s why I joined the Campaign for Better Health Care’s newly created Small Business Health Care Consortium (SBHCC). This consortium views the needs of small businesses and their employees as a top priority.

And, as a member of the Steering Committee of the SBHCC I am personally inviting you to join our network of small businesses who know that only through our collective voices that will assure that the Affordable Care Act live up to its goal of making healthcare affordable for all.

Discussions around health reform have been confusing and, sometimes, even misleading. It is the goal of the SBHCC to provide factual information about the changes that are already happening and those coming in the near future. The SBHCC discusses the benefits and opportunities of the ACA and what Illinois small businesses need to do to make sure this law will benefit them.

Many key components of the ACA are national in nature. For instance, small businesses currently providing health insurance to their employees could be eligible for a 35% tax credit. And, while employers with fewer than 50 full time employees are not required to provide health insurance, their employees can take advantage of the ACA’s benefits.

Other components will be implemented at the State level and these decisions will either enhance small businesses or provide another hurdle. One important component is that all states must implement a health insurance exchange (marketplace). These exchanges will include a rate review process with defined, easy to understand plans to consider and review side-by-side.

As small business owners we share many of the same, serious business challenges. It is my hope that you and your small business peers do want to learn more about the ACA. Let’s take this opportunity to act collectively to get control of health insurance costs and improve access to coverage. The opportunity to create positive change is now. It is about fairness and choices for small businesses. To that end I like for you to hear my own personal story about how the new healthcare law will effect me.

Please go to this link at Healthcare.gov to see my story Watch My Story

Then Join the SBHCC do not hesitate to contact me with any questions or thoughts. I may be reached at wireheadtec@gmail.com or Wirehead Technology

Sincerely,
Howard Lee
CIO
Wirehead Technology
Tel-312-286-8416