From the "11 CDs for one penny!" marketing of the Columbia House Record Club to today's slick "Just click to subscribe" trickery, columnist Tammy Swift struggles to navigate the complex world of auto-renewals, free trial periods and digital subscriptions.
There is not dramatically more demand for the internet as a result of people working and going to school at home, but the peak usage times have changed, and the way telecom companies provide broadband service is more cautious as we deal with the coronavirus pandemic.
BRAINERD, Minn. — People spend a lot of their free time online with their digital devices — a shocking and almost unbelievable amount — according to a recently released study by Verizon.
Thank you to Craigslist and Facebook for helping with a recent move. Since these resources were so beneficial for me, I decided I'd share some tips about online buying and selling for anyone else who might need some help, or for anyone who has ex...
GRAND FORKS -- North Dakota ranked among states that use the internet least, according to a recent study. The AT&T study suggested that constant internet access is not as common throughout the "10 least internet-obsessed states" as it is in s...
The Federal Communications Commission misled the public when it claimed last year that a cyberattack was hindering Americans' ability to make their views known about net neutrality, according to an internal investigator's report released Tuesday.
On the internet, the devil's in the defaults. You're not reading all those updated data policies flooding your inbox. You probably haven't even looked for your privacy settings. And that's exactly what Facebook, Google and other tech giants are c...
The Senate approved a resolution Wednesday that aims to undo a sweeping act of deregulation undertaken last year by the Federal Communications Commission, issuing a rebuke to the Trump administration, which supported the FCC's move.
GRAND FORKS - The internet can be a strange place.For a world with no physical substance, seemingly populated entirely by cat videos, contentious politics and endless social media preening-and griping-our online interactions have a way of raising...
FARGO -- A group of Fargo-area legislative candidates and small businessmen have called on North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum to sign an executive order requiring the principles of net neutrality to be upheld by internet contractors for all future sta...
WASHINGTON - Russian trolls used Facebook, Instagram and Twitter to inflame U.S. political debate over energy policy and climate change, a finding that underscores how the Russian campaign of social media manipulation went beyond the 2016 preside...
