Associated PressSeptember 27, 2022
9min0
‘Americans are increasingly aware that their privacy is evaporating before their eyes...’
Tag: cellphones
Associated PressSeptember 27, 2022
Michael MolineJuly 10, 2018
4min288
Central Florida, get ready for a new area code. The Public Service Commission voted Tuesday to authorize the debut of 689 code for new customers, perhaps as soon as May 2019. The North American Numbering Plan Administrator, or NANPA, which oversees the area code system, will figure out the precise timing. “They’ll get back with […]
Florence SnyderNovember 17, 20163min202
Cellphones are here to stay, and so, it seems, are the staggeringly stupid things we do with them. Facebook fiascos are infinite in variety now that people of limited impulse control have a high-powered computer at their 24/7 command. It’s a problem for people of all ages, and from all walks of life. Not for the […]
Matt FlorellDecember 21, 2015
6min503
We’ve been running StPetePolls.org for more than four years, and while it has been a lot of fun to do, and we’ve had great success in accurately predicting the results of elections in Florida, a series of changes have led to our recent decision to scale back polling operations greatly. First and foremost, our polling has never […]
Phil AmmannJune 15, 2015
3min284
Floridians will get a 10-day tax break on school supplies, computers and clothes under a more than $400 million tax cut package approved by the Florida Legislature. The Senate on Monday passed the tax cut bill by a 34-2 margin. The Florida House also approved it by a 91-2 margin and sent it to the […]
Marc YachtJune 2, 20155min132
Never a technocrat, we purchased our first color television in the late 80s and used TV antennas through the mid-90s. We avoided satellite costs until decent TV disappeared. I finally escaped my 60s lifestyle when I received an office-issued cell phone. It was carried in a large shoulder bag and might have had a rotary […]
Gary FineoutMarch 24, 2015
4min173
With a budget stalemate still possible, the Republican-controlled Florida House on Tuesday rolled out a hefty package of tax cuts and tax breaks that it wants to push through during this year’s session. House leaders are pitching nearly $700 million in tax cuts, including a substantial cut in the taxes charged on cellphones and cable […]
Associated PressJanuary 20, 2015
1min190
Florida Gov. Rick Scott wants to cut the state taxes charged on various communications services including cable television, cellphones and traditional phone lines. Scott on Tuesday will call on state legislators to cut nearly $500 million a year in the tax. The Scott administration estimates that the 3.6 percent tax cut would save the average […]