Remember the Carrier iQ mobile snoopware? It's in AT&T's hands now

Phone giant picks through support company, finds some stuff worth keeping.

The once-controversial Carrier iQ phone support software has been acquired by AT&T.

The phone giant said it had agreed to purchase the software assets of Carrier iQ as well as a handful of its employees. Carrier iQ, meanwhile, appears to have closed up shop, with its site now offline.[...]

AT&T: Malware secretly unlocked hundreds of thousands of phones.

The audacious scheme was carried out with help from AT&T employees, the company alleged in court documents. 

AT&T said three of its employees secretly installed software on its network so a cellphone unlocking service could surreptitiously funnel hundreds of thousands of requests to its servers to remove software locks on phones.

Meet the NSA's Best Friend in Spying On The Internet

Fed up with the NSA-Snowden updates? Wait a second...there's some more! Back in May 2013, when former NSA employee Edward Snowden leaked classified documents from the U.S. National Security Agency (NSA), we doubted the relationship between NSA and telecommunications giant AT&T. But, [...]

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AT&T brings Windows Phone 8.1 update to the Nokia Lumia 925 and 520 

AT&T brings Windows Phone 8.1 update to the Nokia Lumia 925 and 520 


This update to Windows Phone brings a slew of new features.

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AT&T Buys DirecTV; Apple, Moto Patent Truce; Surface Pro 3 Tablet?

   

Topping tech headlines over the weekend, AT&T announced plans to acquire DirecTV in a deal worth $48.5 billion.