Seriously AT&T?

I got the warning from AT&T on November 1st for using more 3GB of data on my “unlimited” plan. Having travelled a lot last month resulted in a lot of data use on my phone.

What bothers me is that AT&T saying that using 3GB of data automatically puts me in the top 5% of data users. Just doesn’t make sense. Anyway, I have not renewed my contract with AT&T, so I can leave anytime I want.

1.0 Ratings

It makes so much sense to have ratings like this:

  • Gaming graphics: 3D business and gaming graphics performance – 7.4
  • Graphics: Desktop performance for Windows Aero – 1.0

Thanks Microsoft!

Not a Vote of Confidence

Spending the day in Midtown Manhattan and finding out both AT&T and Verizon did not have great service. AT&T showing full signals but no voice and data. Verizon keeps switching from LTE to 3G to no signal.

On the other hand, there are a lot more iPhone users, as casually observed

By the way, there were a lot of New York Police and Secret Service, blocking the street as President Obama and his entourage passing through the streets of New York. Apparently Governor Romney was also in New York.

 

Flat Tire

On the road for an assignment, and we have a flat tire. Something punctured the tire. Waiting for the repair to finish.

Confirmed: Ars Technica-employed journalist comes up with sensationalistic headline.

If you’re whoring for page-hits, then you should come up with sensationalistic headlines. Ars Technica-employed journalist, Dan Goodin knows exactly how to do that.

Confirmed: Apple-owned fingerprint software exposes Windows passwords

Bra-effin’-vo! Add Apple in the headline and wait for the page-hits to increase at an alarming rate.

The headlines is not inaccurate because AuthenTec revealed that they were acquired by Apple Inc. on July 26, 2012. The problem with the headline is that Apple had nothing to do with the vulnerable software. It is not a quality headline anyone would expect from someone who graduated from UC Berkeley with Masters of Journalism degree. It is a type of headline one would expect from TMZ or National Enquirer.

What kind of headlines this Ars Technica-employed journalist can come up with next?

“HP CEO acquired Skype for eBay”