Samsung will allow Verizon-owned Oath to load new bloatware on phones around the world

It's not only Verizon-locked Galaxy S9 and S9+ variants that will be getting a number of apps owned by Big Red subsidiary Oath pre-installed. Soon enough, the bloatware partnership is set to expand around the world.

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Verizon and Google lead prospective Yahoo buyer pack, as AT&T backs down

Another tech colossus is reportedly for sale, and just like last year, when AOL sought new management and financial support, Verizon seems the odds-on favorite to take Yahoo over. Only this time, the largest wireless service provider stateside has competition.Strong, reputable and vast competition, including the likes of Google, Time Inc., and private equity funds Bain and TPG. Not carrier arch-rival AT&T, though, as Ma Bell has

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Verizon data tracking combines with AOL ad network

The recent power move of Verizon acquiring AOL — one of a few major moves in the telecom industry — is now producing consequences for data privacy hawks and Verizon’s advertising coffers. And whether or not Verizon Wireless customers know it or like it, they’re all involved in the process.The AOL Advertising Network, which collects information from traffic from its sites and other vendors using AOL’s ...

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