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NYC iPhone Fraud Epidemic Solved! AT&T Web Site Selling iPhones to New Yorkers Again.

in Mobile on December 28, 2009 at 12:08 pm PT

Looks like AT&T has gone and “modified its promotion and distribution channels” again. Either that or the carrier has a better handle on the “online fraudulent activity” that prevented it from selling Apple’s iPhone online to customers with New York City zip codes. AT&T’s Web site is once again accepting iPhone orders from potential customers living in Manhattan.
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[UPDATED]AT&T, the iPhone and New York City’s Newly Discovered Fraud Epidemic: What Doesn’t Add Up?

in Media on December 27, 2009 at 8:22 pm PT

Live in New York City? Want to buy an iPhone? Don’t try ordering one from AT&T’s Web site: The wireless carrier, at least for now, won’t sell New Yorkers a new phone online, citing “increased fraudulent activity.” Huh?
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Weekend Update 11/14/08

in News on November 15, 2008 at 6:23 pm PT

Safe to say that the mood of last week, with its anticipation of change, is a distant memory. A different kind of anticipation permeated the tech and online media industries, one more reminiscent of April 2001. There was news all around of layoffs, pending layoffs, bankruptcies and stock dives.