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For C Spire’s Kevin Hankins, it’s personal

Alan Turner — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 21:47:33 +0000

When the MBJ talked recently with Kevin Hankins, chief operating officer for C Spire, he stressed that from his and the company’s perspective, it’s all personal. “Our key focus is on providing our customers with an integrated communications experience that gives them the content and support they’re looking for,” he said. “For us, it’s all [...]

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TMobile to get Apple devices soon, iPhone likely

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 22:00:11 +0000

T-Mobile will likely start carrying the iPhone next year after its parent company, Deutsche Telekom, said it has reached a new deal with Apple. T-Mobile USA had been the lone iPhone-less carrier among the four national wireless companies in the U.S. Although it has been possible to use iPhones on T-Mobile networks, customers had to [...]

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Apple integrates Facebook into iPhone software

Ross Reily — Mon, 11 Jun 2012 19:48:39 +0000

SAN FRANCISCO — Fresh off a disappointing initial public offering, Facebook is getting a big boost from Apple, which is building the social network deep into its iPhone and iPad software. With the next version of Apple Inc.’s software, users will be able to update their Facebook status by talking to their phones. Users will [...]

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Jackson’s Charley Hutchison believed to be one of Apple’s youngest app developers

Clay Chandler — Sun, 20 May 2012 06:01:34 +0000

A surprise was waiting for Charley Hutchison when he got home from school on April 30. It was the reward for hours of work that might have landed the 12-year-old a spot in mobile technology history. Hutchison had spent several months working to develop an app for Apple that combined the mobile photo sharing app [...]

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Good year for C Spire

Stephen McDill — Sun, 25 Dec 2011 06:00:03 +0000

It was a double-barrel of news with a kick that stunned the U.S. telecommunications industry. Cellular South, the Ridgeland-based company billed as the nation’s largest private wireless provider, announced in September that it was undergoing a massive corporate makeover. The end result was C Spire Wireless. Analysts saw the name change as signs that the [...]

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THE TECH 21

Stephen McDill — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 15:29:44 +0000

Mississippi’s tech scene is on the rise, thanks to flashy successes like Hu Meena’s blockbuster deal with Apple to get the iPhone for C Spire and Joel Bomgar, whose Bomgar Box is taking the world by storm. From Starkville to Ocean Springs, and everywhere in between, here are some of Mississippi’s leaders in the Tech [...]

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iPhone a coup for C Spire

Stephen McDill — Sun, 23 Oct 2011 06:00:10 +0000

Apple Inc. has confirmed its rumored iPhone 4S partnership with Mississippi-based telecom C Spire Wireless. The privately held, Ridgeland wireless carrier announced that it is now accepting Internet and store order… >>>SEE FULL STORY<<<

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Read the October 24th issue of the MBJ online

MBJ Staff — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 16:15:01 +0000

In this week’s MBJ — THE NATIONAL TELECOM TAKE ON C SPIRE: Stephen McDill asks national telecom experts what they think of the new marriage between Apple Inc. and Ridgeland-based C Spire. You might be surprised at what they told the Mississippi Business Journal. Also in this week’s paper: >> VOTER ID: Will the National [...]

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The World-Changer: Steve Jobs knew what we wanted

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:07:20 +0000

CUPERTINO, Calif. — In dark suit and bowtie, he is a computing-era carnival barker — eyebrows bouncing, hands gesturing, smile seductive and coy and a bit annoying. It’s as if he’s on his first date with an entire generation of consumers. And, in a way, he is. It is Jan. 24, 1984, and a young [...]

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Apple says company co-founder Steve Jobs has died

Associated Press — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 00:50:38 +0000

NAME: Steven Paul Jobs BORN: Feb. 24, 1955, in San Francisco DIED: Wednesday at 56. Apple announced his death without giving a specific cause. EDUCATION: Graduated from high school in 1972 and enrolled in Reed College in Portland, Oregon, but dropped out after six months. FAMILY: Wife, Laurene Powell; their three children, Reed Paul, Erin Sienna [...]

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