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Hopkins students move out and go home for the summer. What effect does that have on local businesses and residents, since Hopkins has made such a big deal of incorporating students into the community more? - Roland Park Civic League to hold public meeting about broadband options and is inviting Comcast and Verizon reps in an effort to get FIOS into the city and bring competition and lower prices.
- The FCC's proposal to leave some of the wireless spectrum available for unlicensed use serves the public interest much more than auctioning it to wireless communications companies.
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- Cell phone texts and videos to 911 may be in the not-too-distant future in Maryland, as officials move toward technology that experts say will revolutionize 911.
- Under Armour ranked as 5th fastest-growing retail in U.S. last year
- Harford County IT department requests several contracts for various equipment, maintenance
- Jim and Jeanette Harrington, of Havre de Grace, announce the engagement of their daughter, Dana Michele, to Benjamin P. Grefe, son of Eric and Anita Grefe of Parkville
- Baltimore's Millennial Media founded in 2006, now dominant in mobile ad market
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- Baltimore's Millennial Media Inc., one of the largest companies in the fast-growing mobile advertising industry, said it would launch its public offering on Thursday, with expectations of selling $132.6 million worth of shares on its first day on the New York Stock Exchange.
- The Aegis police blotter lists the most recent arrest, crimes and other police reports.
- Apple rolls out its new iPad — and it's called the iPad.
- The more than 2,500 Verizon Wireless workers in Maryland have been given bonuses of 6 percent to 10 percent of base salaries in their Friday paychecks.
- Millennial Media, a five-year-old mobile advertising firm based in Baltimore, has proposed an initial public offering of shares of its common stock in paperwork filed Thursday with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
- The University of Maryland, Baltimore County received a $25,000 grant from the Verizon Foundation which will be used to raise awareness about domestic violence issues. The funding will support UMBC's Violence Protection Advocates Program.
- Cell phone towers often go unnoticed in the populous parts of Howard County, as antenna are often attached to existing structures, such as government and commercial buildings. But in the rural western part of Howard County, where farmland and residences stretch for miles, the proliferation of cell phone towers has caused quite an uproar in the community.
- Tower Federal Credit Union and Verison Wireless, in North Laurel, received Innovations in Wellness awards from Howard County Health Department's "Healthy Howard" program.
- Two area Maryland performers made it to the final 12 on Simon Cowell's talent competition "The X Factor."
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- Johns Hopkins University continues its outreach to the Charles Village community with the 7th annual Convergence festival, co-sponsored by local merchants association
- Earthquake in Maryland: People struggled to make phone calls and instead turned to Facebook, Twitter and text to contact loved ones after the earthquake.
- Verizon's union employees will head back to work Monday night after a deal was reached to extend their expired contract pending further negotiations, the company said Saturday in a statement.
- Tens of thousands of unionized Verizon Communications Inc. workers from Massachusetts to Washington, D.C., went on strike early Sunday after they failed to agree on a new labor contract with the telecommunications company.
- Don't forget that Pet Rock (www.mdparty.com/petrock an electric trio with a full band sound, will delight listeners with songs from the 1960s to today during this week's Sykesville Concert in the Park Friday, July 29.
- Verizon Communications has agreed to pay $20 million to settle a discrimination lawsuit charging the telecommunications giant with failing to accommodate hundreds of workers whose absences were caused by their disabilities.
- Verizon Wireless announced it has activated a new cell site in Harford County to expand wireless voice and 3G data coverage, specifically to bring improved coverage and capacity to Aberdeen Proving Ground and surrounding area.
- To increase ticket sales, concert promoters pursue strategy of two headliners are better than one.
- From beach bums to foodies, the possibilities are nearly endless in Virginia Beach
- How employers are making their workplaces healthier
