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Thursday, May 23 1 note

Virtual Tour of the Verizon Innovation Center

Verizon established its Innovation Program to encourage the growth and development of the 4G LTE ecosystem and to uncover ways to wirelessly connect just about anything.

Verizon’s Innovation Program now has more than 200 participants and, to date, more than 30 products on the market, ranging from digital jukeboxes and telepresence robots to routers and gateways embedded with 4G LTE connectivity. The recently-introduced Verizon 4G LTE Router is one of the first solutions from the Innovation Program to be sold in Verizon Wireless stores. Much of the work is concentrated at the Verizon Innovation Center in Waltham, Mass. In addition to providing opportunities to demonstrate and showcase solutions, the Center is also home to working labs, where engineers from Verizon and participant companies work side-by-side to develop, test and refine solutions.

Nearing the two-year anniversary of its official opening in July 2011, Verizon’s Innovation Center in Massachusetts has hosted hundreds of customers, prospective collaborators, and companies both large and small, who have seen the kinds of solutions that are possible. The Center in Waltham has also won prestigious awards, including being named a World Class Center by the Association of Briefing Program Managers and receiving LEED Gold certification.

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Wednesday, May 22

Infographic: How Smartphones and Social Keep Us Connected

Effective Student Marketing released a new infographic last week that details important information about how smartphone users are using their devices throughout the week, and specifically how they’re using the social and communication applications on their phones.

The key finding in the study was that smartphones have revolutionized the way we communicate, socialize, share, and connect. Smartphones, combined with the social and communication applications, allow us to stay connected with our friends, family, and community throughout the day.

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Thursday, May 9 1 note

Verizon Aiming to Make Your Smartphone Greener

If you’re a Verizon subscriber, all that Facebooking, texting, and tweeting you do on your smartphone is about to get a bit greener. Verizon will be installing fuel cell and solar products at a variety of Verizon buildings, including corporate offices, call centers, data centers and central office.

The Green Energy Project is part of a plan to halve the carbon emissions per terabyte of data streaming through Verizon’s network by 2020.

Verizon currently operates one of the largest fuel cell sites of its kind that helps power an environmentally friendly call-switching center and office building in Garden City, N.Y. Verizon also uses 26 solar-assisted cell sites in remote areas in the western United States to help power the portion of the nation’s largest and most reliable wireless network serving those areas. Click through to learn more.

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Wednesday, May 8 1 note

Infographic: How Well Do You Protect the Information On Your Mobile Phone?

Consumer Reports recently spoke with privacy experts, wireless carriers, phone makers, government agencies, and white-hat hackers —the good guys who test the security of phones and apps—to find out just how private and secure our smart phones are and what we can do to protect ourselves. They also asked 1,656 smart-phone users about their experiences as part of a nationally representative survey of 3,036 adult online users, who also talked about their use of home computers.

The study found that a smartphone can be quite secure if you take a few basic precautions. Check out the below infographic to see what their study revealed. Do you think your smartphone is secure?

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Monday, May 6

A Gift for Every College Grad

No matter what their plans for the future may hold, college grads will love these helpful mobile gadgets. Use Verizon’s handy decision tree to help choose the best gift for your graduate

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Friday, May 3

Empowerful Smartphone Wallpapers

Staying on track with your fitness goals is about to get a little easier with Verizon’s fitness inspired smartphone wallpapers. Click through to choose from motivational wallpapers that are designed specifically for your phone. No cropping or adjusting needed!

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Wednesday, May 1 2 notes

Infographic: Mobile Devices Overtake Daily Life

New Relic predicts an increase in the mobile app market to more than 89 billion downloads by 2015.

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Tuesday, April 23

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 Learning Lab, which started last year, is a program that combines the use of technology with college mentors, to create a 360-degree comprehensive environment to help the students learn and grow.

The program also partners with Northeastern University and six schools in Boston.

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Friday, April 5 1 note

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 Support System, like joining diet and fitness groups on Facebook.

Check Your Health regularly for example, NHS Direct (iOS/Android) is a free app that can help assess any symptoms you may have. Or get help with creating a diet that works for you with MyFitnessPal (iOS/Android/Windows Phone/BlackBerry OS), a free application that has a database of over 2,000,000 foods. For more suggestions click through to the full article from Hive Health Media.

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Tuesday, April 2

Verizon Wireless Announces Educational Empowerment Program With Local Boston High Schools

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 focuses on mobile learning, teaching students how to leverage technology in and out of the classroom, preparing them for entering higher education or the workforce.

The program’s signature component is its student application development competition. Ten teams of three students, all selected by the schools’ administration, will work to develop unique app concepts and create marketing plans. Students will attend workshops facilitated by Verizon Wireless team members, covering topics relevant to high school seniors, such as creating resumes and sharpening job interview skills. At the end of the project in May, teams will present their app concepts and marketing plans.

A panel of judges from Verizon Wireless will select the top three finalists of the four-month project and a public online vote will determine first and second place winners. Each member of the winning team will receive a $5,000 scholarship, a new Samsung tablet and Verizon Wireless summer internship opportunities. Each member of the second and third place teams will receive a Samsung tablet.

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