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Until recently, carriers have had little incentive to improve the software that runs on their phones. Like network TV in the 1980s, the U.S. mobile-phone system is dominated by a handful of established giants: Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and T-Mobile control nearly 90% of the market. They have used that power to maintain tight control over their networks. In this so-called walled garden, when you sign up to use a carrier, you can use only the services they want you to use. Imagine if Seinfeld were available only on RCA televisions. Or if your broadband service...
...leafy path on the edge of Washington. I've managed to keep up for the first three miles. But since he's two decades older than I am (he's 53), it's not such an impressive feat. Then in the last 50 yds., Chertoff takes off in a sprint. I'm left looking at his back. When I told this story to one of Chertoff's senior advisers, he smiled and said, "You met the Secretary...
...political leaders, or will the federal authorities have step in? I don't have a crystal ball on whether the courts will intervene. Everyone in California, including the courts, is frustrated because they want to see things happen faster than they have been. But this is not a sprint; it is a marathon. The department of corrections has been promising reform for years and hasn't been able to deliver. So, there is a real possibility that there will be a court-ordered cap on the prison population in the state. This is a pinnacle moment in California. I think...
...three-quarter-length advantage in the body of the race course,” he said. “In the final quarter of the race, we held a commanding lead over Yale and withheld a flutter from Pennsylvania by raising the rate of striking in a burning sprint...
...Eventually, after a fierce sprint in the last 500 and a photo finish, Harvard was deemed to have come second in 5:47.466 to Georgetown’s third-place 5:47.495 and Cornell’s winning...