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Port restoration in key phase with $55.8 million award for wharf work

Ted Carter — Fri, 24 May 2013 20:11:22 +0000

GULFPORT, Mississippi — Work is set to begin June 6 on building a new wharf face for the west pier of the Port of Gulfport, a project that marks a key phase in restoring the port nearly destroyed almost a decade ago by hurricane Katrina. The Mississippi State Port Authority awarded Hattiesburg-based L&A Contracting a [...]

C Spire rolls out 4G LTE summer expansions

Stephen McDill — Fri, 24 May 2013 16:33:57 +0000

C Spire Wireless announced plans today to expand its 4G LTE (Fourth Generation Long Term Evolution) high-speed mobile broadband services to nearly a half million consumer and business customers in Mississippi this year. The company plans to continue the roll out of 4G LTE mobile broadband services beginning in August to new areas that cover [...]

C Spire starts Samsung Galaxy S4 pre-orders

Stephen McDill — Wed, 22 May 2013 18:41:28 +0000

C Spire Wireless is now accepting customer pre-orders for the new Samsung Galaxy S 4 touchscreen smartphone, which will be introduced this summer on their network. “This phone features a unique suite of easy to use innovations that promise to change how consumers interact with their primary communications device,” said Kevin Hankins, COO for C [...]

Teens migrating to Twitter tell researchers there are too many adults, too much drama on Facebook

Ross Reily — Tue, 21 May 2013 19:44:42 +0000

WASHINGTON — Twitter is booming as a social media destination for teenagers who complain about too many adults and too much drama on Facebook, according to a new study published Tuesday about online behavior. It said teens are sharing more personal information about themselves even as they try to protect their online reputations. Teens told [...]

Stabenow, Cochran brace for full Senate vote on Farm Bill

Ted Carter — Mon, 20 May 2013 22:56:37 +0000

The Senate Agriculture Committee’s 2013 Farm Bill is encountering a critical test this week on the Senate floor, where the $955billion measure is expected to draw opposition from lawmakers who wanted more money taken from farm subsidies and less from the nation’s food stamp program. However, the Senate’s bill has stirred much less regional conflict [...]

C Spire activates 4G LTE in Canton

Stephen McDill — Fri, 17 May 2013 21:44:48 +0000

C Spire Wireless recently activated 4G LTE service on a new cell site in Canton expanding and filling in coverage on the high-speed data network it launched last December for the city. 4G LTE allows C Spire customers to download apps and game faster, open files almost instantly, do real-time video chat, surf the mobile [...]

Smartphone app lets you boycott with your wallet

Stephen McDill — Wed, 15 May 2013 19:24:14 +0000

The hard rock group AC/DC was definitely on to something with its hit song, “Moneytalks.” Next time you’re at the store, consider what big interests and corporations are behind your favorite dental floss or skinny jeans. According to Forbes.com, at a Netroots Nation gathering last year, Microsoft programmer turned congressional candidate Darcy Burner unveiled a [...]

C Spire turns on additional 3G sites in Delta, Gulf Coast

Stephen McDill — Tue, 14 May 2013 18:44:40 +0000

C Spire Wireless says it has turned on 3G wireless sites in several areas in Mississippi. Company spokesman Dave Miller says the wireless capability is available now in the southeastern portion of Greenville from Highway 1 to S. Raceway Road as well as in parts of downtown Yazoo City. Northeast Batesville between I-55 and Highway [...]

(VIDEO) Bomgar to speak at MWTC spring meeting

Stephen McDill — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:22:16 +0000

Bomgar Corp. founder and CEO Joel Bomgar, will be the featured speaker at the Global Entrepreneurial Luncheon on Thursday, May 16th at the Mississippi World Trade Center’s 12th Anniversary meeting. This initiative is part of the MSTWC “Young Globals” program. The mission of Mississippi World Trade Center is to promote international trade, investment and tourism [...]

(VIDEO) Maria Bezaitis: The surprising need for strangeness

Ross Reily — Tue, 14 May 2013 15:05:17 +0000

In our digital world, social relations have become mediated by data. Without even realizing it, we’re barricading ourselves against strangeness — people and ideas that don’t fit the patterns of who we already know, what we already like and where we’ve already been. A call for technology to deliver us to what and who we [...]