Intelius has shut down its online directory of cell phone numbers, a few days after Verizon Wireless and Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna said the directory violated consumers' privacy.In response to consumer feedback, Intelius Inc., today announced that it has discontinued its cell phone directory service. Intelius launched the cell phone directory in recent months as a test for the first-

Company Urges Lawmakers To Protect Americans - Privacy 01/29/2008 -- BASKING RIDGE, NJ - Nearly four years ago, Verizon Wireless said that a wireless directory would be a "dumb idea." Now, as another company leaks its plans to sell the cell phone numbers of private citizens, Verizon Wireless today called on that company to halt the mining and sale of these numbers. "Stop it. This is a violation of

Intelius, a startup that launched online directory assistance for cell-phone numbers, has shut down the service after complaints from consumers and Verizon Wireless.

Sprint Family Locator Image © SprintVarious cell phone carriers (including Sprint, Verizon Wireless, Alltel Wireless, Kajeet and others) allow parents to locate their kids with GPS. GPS location services range from $5 to $10 per month at various carriers with no additional equipment required. You just need a cell phone with embedded GPS technology. Along with being able to accurately locate y...

Regarding to cell phone news today, the prepaid line up for Verizon could be expanding, and the option for BlackBerry's to be offered on those plans could become an option. The rumor is within the next few months these prepaid BlackBerry plans will be online and available for Verizon customers. Although there is no official announcement to say what devices will be included with these plans, h...

Image © Tooga, Getty ImagesLast month, Verizon Wireless surprised the industry by doubling its early termination fee from $175 to $350 on its "advanced devices" (i.e. smartphones). As if $175 for breaking a two-year cell phone contract wasn't high enough, 88 percent of About.com users responding to my poll on the Verizon Wireless news said "I'm at Verizon and now want to switch" or ...

Washington state Attorney General Rob McKenna has begun shopping a bill in the legislature that would ban third-party marketing of cellphone numbers without consent of wireless subscribers, precisely the kind of law flagged by Bellvue-based Intelius Inc. in a planned $143.7 million public offering. ... - Jeffrey Silva

Today in cell phone news, Verizon Wireless made an announcement today that the Motorola Devour will be coming to their network later next month. This will be bringing something new to the Wireless network being the first smartphone device to feature Motorola's social application, Motoblur. With the market now flooded with devices, you are seeing more of them same specs and features on the han...

Today in Cell Phone News, the NFL and Verizon Wireless have announced that they have set up a four year deal which will bring NFL Mobile Programming and the NFL RedZone Channel to Verizon Wireless phones. What we know so far is that specifics, such as the phone and pricing information, will be announced in August, but this new service will be ready for Verizon wireless on time for the NFL Draft Co...

Verizon employees without Verizon's authorization viewed  Barack Obama's personal inactive cell phone account of a flip voice phone, not his BlackBerry. The employee were place on leave for investigation and may face disciplinary action. Verizon Wireless President and CEO Lowell McAdam made the following statement: "This week we learned that a number of Verizon Wireless employees have, withou...