December 2011
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Verizon Wireless Donates $10,000 in Long-Distance...
For the third year in a row, Verizon Wireless donated $10,000 worth of long distance calling cards to benefit wounded U.S. servicemen and women recovering at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center in Bethesda, Maryland. The donation is providing hundreds of minutes of talk time for thousands of recovering soldiers during the holiday season and in 2012. This contribution supplements three...
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WatchThe Verge’s Joshua Topolsky discussed his love of the combination of the Galaxy Nexus and Verizon Wireless on Jimmy Fallon. See the video here.
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Pass Along Your Old Phone to Charity
MomTrends.com posted about HopeLine today.
HopeLine provides women and families with a vital link to emergency or support services by collecting old phones.
Through this program old phones and phone accessories are collected and distributed to participating domestic violence agencies and organizations nationwide. These phones are then provided to victims and survivors as they rebuild their...
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Verizon HopeLine Helps Victims Of Domestic...
In 2001 Verizon started using recycled cell phones to help victims of domestic violence and since its beginning they have collected over 8 million phones and awarded more than $10 million in grants to agencies and organizations to help bring about awareness and support to victims of domestic violence. We the people can now help to bring about a change. The next time you go in to upgrade...
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What can you expect with Ice Cream Sandwich?
• Redesigned user interface – software navigation buttons, a first for Android smartphones, and a dedicated recent apps button to make multi-tasking easy • Face Unlock – use state-of-the-art facial recognition to unlock Galaxy Nexus • Android Beam – quickly share Web pages, apps, contacts and YouTube videos with friends by simply tapping two compatible phones together • Redesigned Camera...
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Galaxy Nexus Available In Verizon Wireless Stores
The wait is over! Verizon Wireless, Samsung and Google announced Galaxy Nexus is available starting today in Verizon Wireless stores and online at www.verizonwireless.com for $299.99 with a new two-year customer agreement. Galaxy Nexus runs Android 4.0, Ice Cream Sandwich, which brings an entirely new look and feel to Android. Galaxy Nexus offers customers a redesigned user experience with...
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Around noon this afternoon a test emergency notification text message was sent to customers in Middlesex, Monmouth and Ocean Counties in New Jersey. This test message was not clearly identified as a test. We apologize for any inconvenience or concern this message may have caused.
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After surgery, a robot may be at your side In...
When Erin Tally took Aidan, her 2-year-old son, home from Children’s Hospital Boston on the day after his urinary surgery, she brought along a new friend: a 4-foot-6, 17-pound, two-wheeled robot to help care for her recovering child. Overthe course of two weeks and five video consultations, the robot, made by Vgo Communications Inc., of Nashua, eliminated the need for Tally to drive Aidan...
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$25,000 Verizon Grant Increases Domestic Violence...
The University of Maryland, Baltimore County is taking steps to heighten awareness on campus and better educate and train students and faculty, thanks to a $25,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation and Verizon Wireless’ HopeLineprogram. The funding will support UMBC’s Violence Prevention Advocates Program, which educates and trains students, faculty and staff on relationship violence...
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