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Business

Comcast Funds Civil Rights Groups That Rallied Against New FCC Rules

Last week the U.S. House of Representatives followed the Senate and voted to overturn new FCC rules that would have required Internet service providers like Comcast […]

Business

Comcast Rolls Out Xfinity Prepaid Internet Service Across Entire Service Area

Comcast announced on Thursday that its latest option for customers looking to break out of Internet contracts — Xfinity Prepaid Internet Service — is now […]

Business

U.S. Senators Vote to Gut Internet Privacy Rules

The U.S. Senate sent Internet privacy down the drain on Thursday when it voted to repeal Obama-era rules aimed at protecting consumers’ online data. Without […]

Business

Comcast Should Stop Saying Its Internet Is America’s Fastest

Consumers have long been suspicious about the fine print in Comcast’s bundle deals and now they have reason to be wary about what the company […]

Business

DuckDuckGo Hit Its 10 Billionth Anonymous Search

As debates about internet privacy heat up again, one thing remains constant: most Americans don’t want Big Brother spying on them through the interwebs. And […]

City Life

The Internet Is Killing Happiness. Can We Stop It?

So, I’ll admit it: I was looking at my phone the moment my two-year-old fell off a stump at our little Fairmount playground and bashed […]

Property

Coming Soon from Comcast: The Wireless Remote For Your Whole House

If you’re one of the 10 million current Xfinity Wireless Gateway users, your whole household is about to experience a change – and for the better. At […]

Business

Comcast Increases Internet Speeds in Pennsylvania

Comcast will increase internet speeds at no additional cost for many customers in Pennsylvania, as well as in 13 other states in the Northeast Division, […]

Business

Watch Out Comcast, Startup Aims to Deliver Cheap Internet

Chet Kanojia has an incredibly ambitious plan to take on some of the biggest businesses in the world. He aims to provide low-cost, gigabit-speed Internet access […]

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Tina Fey: Don’t Ask Me to Explain My Jokes

If you’ve followed Tina Fey over the past few years, you know she’s no fan of the Internet — despite the fact that the Internet […]

Business

Comcast CEO Defends Data Caps

Comcast CEO Brian Roberts defended the company’s use of data overage charges while speaking at the Business Insider conference this week in New York. Comcast is rolling […]

Business

Comcast’s 2-Gig Internet Costs Up to $299 Per Month

After Comcast released its super-fast, fiber-based Internet service in several markets, people in Philadelphia were undoubtedly excited. Internet at a speed of 2n gigabits per […]

Business

Comcast to Increase Internet Speeds

Comcast is increasing Internet speeds for many customers in the Northeastern United States — although Philly still has to wait a while for the ultra-fast 2-gigabit-per-second service that […]

City Life

These Are the 20 Stupidest Computer Passwords

You know you ought to change the passwords you use online more often. You hear about it, you read about it, you even know that […]

City Life

Study Links Craigslist Personal Ads to Increase in New HIV Cases

A new University of Minnesota study that was published in MIS Quarterly links the introduction of Craigslist personal ads to a “15.9 percent increase in reported […]