John Mayer Wants You All To Go On a Week-Long "Digital Cleanse"

John Mayer writes on his blog:

Hi guys, John Mayer here. I know it's been a while since I've "touched base," but you know I've been pretty busy with my fourth album launch, y'know, the "heartbreak handbook"? About thatanti-Twitter girl?

Anyway, Imma here to let you know that I think you should all take a one week digital cleanse. Defragment your mind, man—I'm talking about your mental and psychological hard drive!

Here's what I wrote on my Tumbly-blog-thang about my super-cool idea:

More on the simple guidelines after after the break..

AT&T offering 'incentives' to people willing to limit their data usage

Brandon Davenport Dec 18, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Mobile, News, World, breaking

AT&T is going to ruin their customer loyalty. They want us to limit our data usage and maybe make us pay more, even though nobody can ever get the 3G working in the first place.

They are going to offer "incentives" so we won't storm their offices with pitchforks, but what incentives will apply? We have no clue.

"A senior AT&T Inc. executive dismissed speculation that the telecommunications carrier is planning to change the way it prices data plans for its wireless customers, but said it will give customers incentives to limit their use of its wireless network for surfing the Internet or downloading mobile applications."

WSJ - NIRAJ SHETH

Maybe WiFi hotspots, maybe perks like more calling time (when it works) or more device upgrades. What would you like to se as an "incentive".

[via WSJ]

UK Pub fined for Illegal Download on its WiFi

£8,000, a little over $13,100, was the number on the bill handed to a British Pub owner after someone used his public WiFi to illegally download content, leaving him with the copyright infringement charge. Now this isn't fair at all, to put the blame on this sole guy for the actions of others, but it has to be pointed out that it's common practice by ISP's and such to insert lingo as 'any illegal action done on your internet connection, public or private, is against the terms of service in which you are liable for any damages accrued by such activity.' So in reality, no matter how unfair it may seem, this guy by the contract is at fault and has to pay up.

AT&T Bothered by White House Comments

It's no secret that the ISP's of America have been having an old fashioned sandbox fight like a couple of 5 year olds over what to do with Net Neutrality - being non-partial to all content on the internet, regardless of affiliation, beliefs, internet speed, or geographical location (as long as its legal content). Well, in the latest spat At&t called foul on some comments made by President Obama's deputy chief technology officer Andrew McLaughlin

Happy Turkey Day

Nick Mahar Nov 26, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Gaming, Humor, Okay Geek, Personal, Websites, World

In honor of Thanksgiving in America I thought of posting my favorite videos, which either make fun of it, or just use the holiday for humor. Of course, if anyone has ever seen Red Vs. Blue, you should know about the Turkey Day PSA about a "Turduckin". This is one of my favorite's and I hope you like it!

From All of us at T3chH3lp.com to You, Happy Thanksgiving!!

-NM

Fork Lift - Epic Fail

Nick Mahar Nov 5, 2009 Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Me Follow Us Internet, Movies, Videos, Websites, World

Funny video that has been shown on Digg, Conan O'Brian, and many other shows. Don't worry the man is safe but this makes you think about what could happen in Costco.

-NM

AT&T Sues Verizon Over "there's a map for that" adds

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[Photo Via Engadget]

So if you haven't seen the new Verizon Wireless adds yet, they show a nice map of the U.S. and the 3G coverage of both Verizon and AT&T. AT&T claims it makes new and existing customers think that they don't have coverage at all in many places around the U.S.. AT&T released in a statement:

In essence, we believe the ads mislead consumers into believing that AT&T doesn't offer ANY wireless service in the vast majority of the country. In fact, AT&T's wireless network blankets the US, reaching approximately 296M people. Additionally, our 3G service is available in over 9,600 cities and towns. Verizon's misleading advertising tactics appear to be a response to AT&T's strong leadership in smartphones. We have twice the number of smartphone customers... and we've beaten them two quarters in a row on net post-paid subscribers. We also had lower churn -- a sign that customers are quite happy with the service they receive.

I find it hilarious that AT&T really thinks they have any validity and would win but hey, it is America. AT&T starts listed off points such as,"reaching approximately 296M people" as if that means anything about 3G. AT&T does say that they have coverage with their 3G network where Verizon has no coverage at all. I think all us iPhone users can agree that we hope AT&T spends as much time creating more 3G coverage as it does making lawsuits.

-NM