Gigawhat Ep. 27: Hitting the Wall with Paywalls

Twitter was abuzz with AT&T-T-Mobile acquisition. How will the affect current T-Mobile consumers? Speaking of AT&T, if you’ve been secretly tethering your device, you might want to look out for SMS or email messages! You may need to pay up.

Source: Crenk.com

And of course, speaking of paying up. The New York Times is building up their paywall – will you have to pay?

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AT&T Buys T-Mobile: http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/20/atandt-agrees-to-buy-t-mobile-from-deutsche-telekom/

AT&T Cracks Down on Tethering: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2382228,00.asp

NYTimes Digital Subscriptions: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/18/business/media/18times.html?_r=1

Online – Print Paywall Comparison Chart: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-how-the-nytimes-paywall-compares-to-those-of-other-big-papers/

Netflix Original Shows: http://paidcontent.org/article/419-its-a-done-deal-netflix-making-content-play-with-house-of-cards/

Radiation Chart: http://xkcd.com/radiation/

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