Sprint to hook up 50K students with free wireless service

The program is part of the White House's ConnnectED initiative, which will provide access to low-income students. Sprint is throwing a lifeline to low-income students. The company is participating in an initiative by President Barack Obama to provide free wireless service to 50,000 students from kindergarten through the 12th grade across the US. The program, dubbed ConnectED, is a White House program President Obama referenced during his recent...

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AT&T unveils new low-cost family plan

As wireless carriers turn up the heat on competitive pricing plans, AT&T announces lower-cost shared plans with unlimited talk, text and 10GB of data. AT&T chose Super Bowl eve to announce what the carrier insists is a new super pricing deal for families. Under the plan that kicks in on Sunday, a family of four can get unlimited text and talk, plus 10 gigabytes of shared data, for $160 a month. AT&T says that's a $100 monthly...

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Restaurant customer leaves $15K for three waitresses

Waitresses were talking about bills, student loans when woman approached them with checks. Three waitresses at an Illinois restaurant got a nice surprise over the weekend - $5,000 tips for each of them. "This very nice lady walked in today at the restaurant and gave $5,000 to each of my waitresses," the Boone County Family Restaurant in Caledonioa, Ill., posted on its Facebook page. "What a nice lady." Waitresses Amay Sabani, 25, Sarah...

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Samsung Galaxy S5 coming on February 24 at Unpacked 5: All you need to know

Galaxy S5 will be unveiled at Samsung's Unpacked event Finally it’s official! After a string of rumours, leaks and speculations, Samsung will pull the curtains off its flagship Galaxy S5 on February 24 at the company’s ‘Unpacked 5′ event.  The company will be hosting the event at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Though Samsung has been tight lipped about its specs, a lot has already been said and written about the S5....

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Samsung Electronics to unveil Galaxy S5 smartphone in late Feb

Samsung Electronics Co will unveil a new version of its flagship Galaxy S smartphone this month, but expectations are low that features such as a bigger screen will lead to a sharp jump in sales given intensifying competition. Samsung sent out invitations on Tuesday for "Samsung unPacked 5" event on February 24 at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The launch has been brought forward by around three weeks after sales of Samsung's S4...

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