May 2013
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WatchVerizon Wireless Goes Below Ground
Verizon Wireless has entered into a new contract with Transit Wireless to connect to their underground wireless infrastructure to provide service to Verizon customers in 76 NYC subway stations by the end of the year. Pat Devlin, Verizon regional president, says this is a natural extension of Verizon’s reliable network, intended to empower customers and...
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Fun Apps for Rainy Spring Days
Today may be a beautiful spring day, but how do you keep your family entertained when those infamous spring showers hit? Playing video games on a tablet or smartphone might keep kids busy, but there’s a way to make rainy days fun and educational at the same time. With a little online research, parents can find and download apps for their kids that entertain and teach. Click here for a list of...
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April 2013
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Earth Day With Verizon Wireless In Hoboken New Jersey
This year Verizon Wireless in the New York Metro region launched TAB, a consumer education program to encourage customers to Think Green, Act Green, And Be Green by going paperless with their billing, requesting e-receipts and recycling old cell phones through the Device Recycling Program or by donating old phones to the Verizon Wireless...
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Learning on four wheels with Verizon in Worcester, Mass.
Channel 3 for New England Cable News (NECN) toured Verizon’s Mobile Learning Lab at South High School in Worcester, MA where Holy Cross students meet one-on-one with students to help prepare them for college, as well as SATs. It’s all made possible by Verizon Wireless and technology donated by Samsung.
Verizon’s Mobile...
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Verizon Foundation Pledges $100,000 to ‘One Fund...
The Verizon Foundation has pledged $100,000 to One Fund Boston to assist the victims of the April 15 bomb attacks and their families. The foundation also will provide a 1-to-1 match of employee online donations to One Fund Boston. One Fund Boston was established by Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick and Boston Mayor Thomas Menino to assist families most affected by the bomb attacks. “The...
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Hampstead Academy Students Win National Mobile App...
A team of eighth grade students from Hampstead Academy in NH are winners of a national competition to develop mobile applications that address a need or problem in their school and community. Their ‘Chow Checker’ app concept is one of 10 winning designs. The app will help people with food allergies avoid foods and ingredients they are allergic to – such as milk, eggs, peanuts and shellfish. The...
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Get Ready For Earth Day in the Garden with these...
How will you celebrate Earth Day this year? A great way to commemorate Earth Day at home is to start a garden. You can use your smartphone with an app or two to help you have a successful gardening adventure. To help you figure out what you want to plant in your garden and the optimum planting times for your area, check out the Garden Time Planner from Burpee. This app tells you when to sow...
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Verizon Wireless Empowers Paterson, NJ Youth
Verizon and their Education Empowerment Program, with the help of the Paterson Public School and the Board of Education of Paterson, selected 20 students to compete in a competition to develop a new marketing plan for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2. Partnering with Samsung and SOTI, the School of Business, Technology, Marketing and Finance as a part of the John F. Kennedy High School in Paterson, NJ...
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Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School Wins...
Sixth-graders at the Bronx Academy of Promise Charter School in Mott Haven are among the winners of the Verizon Innovative App Challenge. A team of six students created the concept for an app, Quest Math, which can helps fellow students increase their speed in basic math by playing a mythology-themed game.
The contest, sponsored by the Technology Students Association and the Verizon Foundation,...
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Introducing Verizon's Powerful Answers Award
Last week, Verizon launched its Powerful Answers Award, an effort to discover ideas that deliver the best new solutions in three core areas of focus: education, healthcare and sustainability. The program is intended to spark innovative thinking and problem solving across industries and to generate ideas, solutions and answers for some of the world’s biggest challenges.
Winners, who will be...
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How To Use Your Smartphone To Get Healthy
Getting in shape and staying healthy can be a struggle, especially as people lead such busy lives nowadays. If you’ve been feeling sluggish and out of shape and need a bit of motivation to kick-start an active lifestyle, your smartphone could lend a helping hand. Here are some top tips of how mobile phones can be used to help get you fit and feeling your best again… Try using a Social Network...
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Verizon Wireless Announces Educational Empowerment...
Verizon Wireless announced last week that it’s offering its educational empowerment program at two Boston Public Schools in partnership with Samsung. First introduced locally in 2012 at the John D. O’Bryant School of Mathematics and Science, the Verizon Wireless Education Empowerment Program is being offered again at O’Bryant and has also expanded to include Boston Green Academy. The curriculum...
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March 2013
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March Madness on the Go
March Madness, kicked off in earnest last week and will be going strong for the next few weeks.
How do you keep up with all the games — let alone watch them all? Here are some helpful apps to help you cope with all the madness.
NCAA March Madness Live—If you want to watch the tournament from your smartphone or tablet, you can do so with this app. Its free to download...
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Verizon Wireless Recognized As The Network Quality...
Verizon Wireless ranked highest among all other national wireless providers in New England, in the J.D. Power and Associates 2013 Wireless Network Quality Performance Study(SM), Volume 1, issued earlier this month. This is the 17th consecutive reporting period that Verizon Wireless ranks highest in the Northeast region. The study measured network quality among U.S. wireless service providers....
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Smartphone Use Among American Teens Grows: Pew...
Smartphone adoption among American teens has increased substantially and mobile access to the internet is pervasive. One in four teens are “cell-mostly” internet users, who say they mostly go online using their phone and not using some other device such as a desktop or laptop computer.
These are among the new findings from a nationally representative Pew Research Center survey that explored...
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Frederick County becomes Md.'s first to add 'Text...
Frederick County says it’s becoming the first jurisdiction in Maryland where people can send text messages to 911. County officials are announcing the service for Verizon Wireless customers at a briefing today in Frederick.
They say texting is important for people who may be unable to make emergency telephone calls to 911.Frederick is home to the main campus of the Maryland School for the...
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Spring Has Sprung! Don't Leave Home Without These...
Spring is officially in the air, but unfortunately for many in the Northeast, this also means a constant battle with pollen, spores and grass as allergy season springs on us as well. Thankfully, there are many apps that can help keep sniffling and sneezing at bay.
ZYRTEC AllergyCast can provide localized pollen and four-day weather forecasts, updated hourly. And for when you need allergy relief...
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Mobile Learning Fosters Critical Skills for...
In schools across the country, the power of mobile technology in the classroom can open a world of learning opportunity, strengthen teacher effectiveness, improve test scores and provide a rich learning environment.
Today, with the help of Samsung, SOTI, through Verizon’s education empowerment program, students at Havre de Grace High School in Harford County, Maryland, will participate in...
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Verizon Blackberry Z10 Now Available for...
Verizon customers waiting for the BlackBerry Z10 can now preorder the new smartphone online! The new smartphone will be available online and in Verizon Wireless stores starting March 28. Customers will be able to choose from two color models, Black or White, with White being a Verizon Wireless exclusive. The Z10 will cost $199.99 with a two-year Verizon contract. For more info, to preorder your...
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Add Your Gadgets to Your Spring Cleaning List
Neglecting to clean your smartphone or tablet is a nasty tech habit to break this year. These gadgets have been proven to carry bacteria and germs. If there’s one new routine to create for yourself this Spring, it’s keeping these items shiny and clean. Your health will thank you. Here are some quick, easy-to-follow tips:
· As with cleaning any other gadget, when disinfecting a...
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Celebrating Women Pioneers in Technology for...
Every March, the extraordinary contributions of women throughout history are recognized during Women’s History Month. This year, The National Women’s History Project has selected “Women Inspiring Innovation Through Imagination” as its theme for the celebration. The imaginations and contributions of women inventors have revolutionized the way people live their everyday lives, including several...
