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AT&T and Time Warner have agreed to a purchase by the telecoms giant for more than $80 billion, according to reports. The deal would put media properties including CNN, HBO, and Warner Bros. under the second largest telecom in the U.S. Shortly after the news broke on Saturday, Donald Trump declared at a speech in Pennsylvania that he would block it. “As an example of the power structure I am fighting, AT&T is buying Time Warner and thus CNN — a deal we will not approve in my administration bec

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Eager to get your hands on the Samsung Galaxy Note Edge? If you live in the U.S., the wait is almost over.

Samsung on Monday announced that the Note Edge will be available in the U.S. beginning Nov. 14, in a bid to catch some holiday shoppers.

It will be available from AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile, Verizon Wireless, U.S. Cellular, and Best Buy.

Announced last month at the IFA trade show, the Note Edge’s main differentiator is a 5.6-inch Super AMOLED screen that wraps around the right side of the de

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Your two-year contract is finally up, and you want to save some money by bringing your phone to a carrier with lower monthly costs. Unfortunately, odds are that your phone is carrier locked, which prevents you from jumping ship and using your phone on another network. Thankfully, some carriers could already unlock your phone voluntarily, but the Unlocking Consumer Choice and Wireless Competition Act, which was signed into law early last month, set the unlock requirement in stone.

Now

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Amazon has yet to reveal its long-rumored smartphone, but the device may already have an exclusive carrier.

According to the Wall Street Journal, which cites “people familiar with the plans,” AT&T will exclusively carry Amazon’s smartphone, which the company is expected to announce Wednesday.

The smartphone will reportedly feature a 3-D interface made possible through four built-in cameras.

Amazon is dipping into a highly competitive smartphone market, currently domin

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With the launch of PlayStation Vita just over a month away, AT&T has announced the specifics of its data plans that will be available to those who purchase the system's 3G-equipped model in the United States.

Anyone with a smartphone on AT&T's network will be mostly prepared for the two plans available. One offers 250MB per month for $14.99, and the other offers 2GB (a cap eight times higher) for $25. Both will thankfully be available on a month-by-month basis, so you won't be forced in

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