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Google started sent out an email to Google Play customers on Tuesday informing them that they could be eligible for refunds under a recent agreement with the FCC. Read more »
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Google started sent out an email to Google Play customers on Tuesday informing them that they could be eligible for refunds under a recent agreement with the FCC. Read more »
Every year, tens of thousands of consumers spend millions of dollars on services that purport to “clean” their computers, and protect them from spyware and malware. In reality, many of these… Read more »
What happens if you try to extort thousands of small business through trumped-up patent claims? The answer is “not much,” as a new FTC settlement makes clear. Read more »
The FTC’s decision to sue AT&T over how it treats customers who are locked into 2010 unlimited data plans is a popular one, but also peculiar. Read more »
The Federal Trade Commission claims AT&T misled millions of customers with promises of unlimited plans that were anything but unlimited. Read more »
Over 359,000 AT&T customers have already filled out an online application to obtain refunds from the company, which padded phone bills with suspect SMS charges. Read more »
Search engines are making it harder to see the difference between regular results and paid ads. Does the FTC have the power to do something? Or can consumers figure it out… Read more »
The settlement will go to pay fines and legal costs, but $80 million of it will be used to refund AT&T customers who fell victim to SMS subscription scams in the… Read more »
Technology companies seem to be having thoughts about their efforts to engage directly in the political process. Read more »
Thousands of customers who hoped to cash in on soaring bitcoin prices got fleeced by Butterfly Labs, which took their money but failed to deliver promised mining equipment. Read more »