Track Changes on an iPad

Walt answers a reader’s question on whether a new Microsoft Office app for the iPad tracks changes.

Grover Is at CES and I Am Missing It

Qualcomm has worked with the creators of “Sesame Street” to bring its Muppets into augmented reality.
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AT&T Lights Up LTE in 11 More Cities, Including L.A., N.Y. and San Francisco

Ma Bell added a bunch more major cities to its fledgling service. It still trails Verizon, but is in a solid No. 2 spot in the LTE race, with Sprint not beginning service until later this year.
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Verizon: Sorry for the 4G Downtime, but It Really Wasn’t That Bad

In the wake of its third outage this month, Verizon today defended its network performance.
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Verizon: 4G Data Service Returning After Overnight Outage

Verizon Wireless just confirmed the service outage on its 4G network that numerous customers noticed overnight, in an official statement: “Verizon Wireless 4G LTE service is returning to normal this morning after company engineers worked to resolve an issue with the 4G network during the early morning hours today. Throughout this time, 4G LTE customers were able to make voice calls and send and receive text messages. The 3G data network operated normally.”

Verizon Hit With Second Big Data Outage This Month

Users from various parts of the country are reporting the carrier’s main data networks are out.
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Sending Music to the Cloud

Walt answers readers’ technology questions, including uploading music to Apple’s iTunes Match cloud service.

Cox Giving Up Completely on Wireless Business

The cable operator, which earlier this year stopped operating its own cellular network and began reselling Sprint service, now plans to exit the cellphone business entirely.
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Wireless Carrier Execs Trade Jabs, but Land No Major Punches

Speaking at a cellphone trade show in San Diego, executives from Sprint, AT&T and Verizon Wireless managed to get in a few digs while largely giving stump speeches on their respective businesses.
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3G iPad 2 Hits Mainland China Tomorrow

After a long wait, the 3G iPad 2 is headed to mainland China. Come Wednesday, the 3G-equipped tablet, which has so far only been available for purchase in Hong Kong, will arrive at Apple retail stores and authorized resellers in the rest of the country.

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