The Nexus line markets to a very specific demographic, which is often asked by muggles what gear they would recommend. If HTC designs a decent Nexus device, it can greatly increase sales of their non-Nexus devices.

AT&T (Cingular then) originally did so as a competitive move against Verizon. Those terms came with an exclusive, which they were not willing to sacrifice. If you'll recall, VZW was given the offer first, and refused it, valuing their crapware (etc) more than the iPhone exclusive.

Regardless, Google has been attaching more strings to their apps. As I understand it, there MUST be an option to disable/hide all of that crapware. While a phone could be released as an AOSP phone, it would not have (and could not install from a legitimate source) things like GMail, YouTube, Google Maps, and the Play Store. Amazon's trying this, but not having much success.

I've seen that study before, and that same takeaway. However, it really compared results of fructose to glucose, not sucrose.

What I've found is that you don't get what you pay for; rather, you pay for what you get.

If you can find that section of law, then contact the FCC. They will help you get it resolved.

Granted, this only means eliminating the exclusivity contract - the other company would have to then decide to expand to cover you, which they may be reluctant to if everyone there has already signed up with the competition.

I would not trust the old ISP to forward anything. It should be a pull from a new account. Something that I've used before is to setup a Gmail account, which can pull from any standard POP3 account, and then have GMail forward as appropriate.

AOL's e-mail access is completely free. Most people either aren't aware of this, or think the paid plans offer something of value (they're pretty vague, so people think it's more than just an overpriced subscription to McAfee, etc)

So that consumers can more easily report the issue to the vendor?

I'm on TWC. I opened a new account when I moved in March, and was not prompted in any way to create an e-mail address. My cable modem (owned by me, not rented) died a few weeks ago, and I could not activate the replacement until I created a useless @local.rr.com address.

People who aren't techies all used their ISP mail, until Hotmail, Yahoo, and especially GMail became known to the general user. The latter becoming extremely popular because of Android, which started becoming popular in late 2009/2010.

Even then, that was more about new users. People continue(d) to use their old accounts for a long time. Scott Adams, of Dilbert fame, was still using his AOL address as recently as 2008

It wouldn't have to upload constantly, just log the data for upload later.

That being said, GPS is major drain on batteries.

Perhaps you or your area is different from mine, but I often see cyclists being borderline suicidal, and the motorists being excessively generous.

Regardless, there is really no way currently to monitor how a driver reacts to a cyclist. At least, not in a way that encourages safety, such as hard braking when one jumps out in front of the car (yes, I see it regularly)

Much like cake, the discount is a lie.

I think you're confusing "criminal charge" with "felony", or the possibility of jail time.

All court cases are either criminal (brought by the gov't) or civil (brought by a private entity)

Minor offenses like littering are still criminal (usually a minor misdemeanor or similar)

But SCOTUS ruled that money is speech, so you have to outbid (either out-yell or out-spend) the other side. I'm not sure what the exchange rate is.

More seriously, how often do you see a report of "Big industry lobbyists push for X, general population pushes for Y. Congress goes with Y"? I realize it happens occasionally, but it's rare. Hell, most of the legitimate reporting on the Comcast/TW merger acknowledges that the general population is massive opposed, yet it will probably be approved regardless.

I've noticed that several grocery stores in my area are now doing frequent promotions like "Buy 5, get $5 off" with a motley collection of products. Undoubtedly sourced from the loyalty cards. Rarely worth a shit for me, since even getting to 5 isn't worthwhile.