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*Thousands of Gospel fans cheering, praising and worshipping filled Staples Center Friday nigh for Verizon’s 5th Annual How Sweet the Sound gospel competition. Some of the best choirs from all over the Western region battled it out to make it to Los Angeles for an inspiring night of empowerment and encouragement. Hosted by Gospel Award-winning [...]
*BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Verizon Wireless will spotlight seven influential African-American leaders in a unique online program, “Celebrating Your Story: Powering Your Network” throughout the month of February. The multimedia initiative launches today and includes a series of candid video vignettes featuring Pastor Marvin Sapp, Dr. Steve Perry, DJ Beverly Bond, The Three Doctors, actor [...]
“Glee” star Amber Riley is hosting a competition for students in New York to mark Black History Month with a personal appearance from herself as the main prize. Verizon Wireless announced today that it has launched “A Day in the Life of a History Maker” program – a partnership with the UNCF, Teacher Planet, and [...]
*What the fraggle nackle bull shizzle is this! Here we go again with yet another company trying to fleece their customers by charging them for charging them. That’s essentially what is happening when you charge someone a fee for paying for the use of their phone. Verizon Wireless just saw their 4G buckle under the [...]
*Hosted by CeCe Winans and Donald Lawrence, Verizon Wireless will name the top gospel choir in the country tonight at the finale of the How Sweet the Sound (HSTS) sing off at Los Angeles’ Staples Center. Nine regional finalists, will surrender to the critical ears of celebrity judges Marvin Sapp, Shirley Caesar and Israel Houghton [...]
*The 2011 Essence Music Festival in New Orleans over the Fourth of July weekend closed on a glorious note Sunday, July 3 with an all-star gospel tribute to CeCe Winans and Marvin Sapp at the Ernest Morial Convention Center where festivalgoers participated in a praise and worship service featuring the biggest headline act of them [...]
*Verizon Wireless’ new addition to the Android family of phones is the DROID Charge by Samsung. This is yet another demonstration of Verizon’s mission to empower their customers, according to Multi-cultural Communications & Community Relations manager Cameka Crawford. What the DROID Charge Samsung 4G LTE smart phone provides to the consumer is 4G service that [...]
*Verizon Wireless supports community efforts and those that are in partnership with their outreach initiatives. One such project is the HopeLine cell phone recycling and re-use program, which was started in 2001. Consumers are invited to bring old cell phones and accessories and put them in a donation bin inside Verizon stores or mail them [...]
*Gospel group, 21:03 was caught backstage at the Verizon Wireless “How Sweet the Sound.” It wasn’t a bad thing, of course, but the group takes its fans on a tour backstage. The energetic trio is definitely admired by their peers and new fans. CeCe Winans came to the group and said, ““you guys did well, [...]
*Verizon Wireless was charging its customers with bogus charges on their bills for web and/or data use that didn’t come with their contracts. The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) got one too many complaints about Verizon’s billing and now, two years later, here we are at a settlement for 15 million of their customers. (more…)
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