{"id":24274,"date":"2011-12-06T11:12:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-06T18:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/walled-gardens.html"},"modified":"2011-12-07T14:52:15","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T21:52:15","slug":"walled-gardens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2011\/12\/06\/walled-gardens.html","title":{"rendered":"Walled Gardens"},"content":{"rendered":"

The telco carriers hate<\/i> not getting their cut of anything that happens on smartphones, and this is just the latest chapter. Thanks for nothing, Verizon; I'll be seriously looking at jailbreaking whatever I get from you, if you're going to block apps that aren't your proprietary bailiwick from being installed on my phone. #ddtb<\/p>\n

Reshared post from +Les Jenkins<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Got that Verizon subscribers? You don't get a choice as to whether or not to use Google Wallet cause Verizon has already decided for you.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tVerizon Blocks Google Wallet On Some New Smartphones<\/a>
\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Samsung Galaxy Nexus may run on Google's Android OS, but that doesn't mean Verizon Wireless is going to allow the device to run Google's pay-by-phone app Google Wallet.<\/p>\n

Last night, a rep for Google told the Wall Street Journal that Verizon has asked the Android maker to not include Google Wallet on the new smartphone and that users will be blocked from installing the app on the device.<\/p>\n

A rep for Verizon Wireless explains, "We're working to provide expanded services that will provide the…\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n

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The telco carriers hate not getting their cut of anything that happens on smartphones, and this is just the latest chapter. Thanks for nothing, Verizon; I'll be seriously looking at jailbreaking whatever I get from you, if you're going to block apps that aren't your proprietary bailiwick from being installed on my phone. #ddtb Reshared … Continue reading “Walled Gardens”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,35,65],"tags":[107],"class_list":["post-24274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-big-business","category-my-mobile-pda","tag-ddtb"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133388,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/02\/verizon-net-neutrality-and-bad-metaphors.html","url_meta":{"origin":24274,"position":0},"title":"Verizon, Net Neutrality, and Bad Metaphors","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 2-May-17 4:11pm","format":false,"excerpt":"There is absolutely no question that Verizon wants to get rid of Net Neutrality. 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