Apple and AT&T delivered some big news in a very small voice this week — news that was somewhat overshadowed by all the hoopla over the iPad. The announcement: The partners will allow VOIP on Apple products that use 3G.

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Tags: 3G, allow, Apple, apps, AT&T, iPad, iphone, software developement kit, VOIP

How many morons drive an 18-wheeler down a busy highway and tap out a text message at the same time?  The answer: enough to prompt a federal ban on the practice.

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Tags: ban, driving, Federal, Ray LaHood, texting, U.S. Transportation Secretary

While he’s lost his lucrative jobs with AT&T and Accenture, Tiger Woods is hanging on to at least one endorsement deal:

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Tags: Accenture, AT&T, Brit Hume, Electronic Arts, game, golf, online, Tiger Woods, video

An executive order that bans texting while driving for federal workers was signed in October by President Obama and took effect today.

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Tags: ban, driving, executive order, obama, texting

Several online sites are publishing the codes airline passengers can use to get free in-flight WiFi, but with the recent terrorist attempt on Delta’s Amsterdam to Detroit flight, it could be tough to actually use them.

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Tags: Air Canada, airlines, Airtran, American Airlines, codes, Delta, free, inflight, United, Virgin America, WiFi

One of the biggest hassles of travel has to be keeping track of those pesky hotel key cards and then trying to remember which way to fit the darned things in the wide variety of door locks. But that may soon change.

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Tags: applications, hotel, key card, marketing, Openways, replace, technology

Full disclosure: I’m an iPhone owner and great fan. I’m currently on my third of as many generations, and frankly, I can’t figure out how I lived without this little gizmo. That being said, my big complaint:

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Tags: AT&T, dead zone, dropped calls, GPS, iphone, map, Mark the Spot

Travel’s become rather brutal these days, and nowhere is it more aggravating than at the check-in counter with your luggage. But wait, there’s help!

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Tags: airline, baggage, Luggage Limits, restrictions, weight

Okay, that recent story here on FinanceTechNews about how there’s no such thing as free WiFi was kind of a lie. There really was some free WiFi out there, but it doesn’t exist anymore.

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Tags: access, connection, Coshocton, free, Motion Picture Association of America, municipal, Ohio, OneCommunity, Sony Pictures, WiFi

Now that smartphones are the tech tool du jour for both business and personal use, telemarketing spammers have made targets of these gadgets’ owners. D’oh!

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Tags: Blackberry, block, iphone, spam