Want to save your mobile data minutes and stay connected on the go for free? If you're a Bright House, Cablevision (Optimum Online), Comcast (Xfinity), Cox, or Time Warner Cable customer, you'll be able to get free wireless Internet access in select cities, thanks to these cable companies' agreement today to offer free access to 50,000 Wi-Fi hotspots for customers.

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At an investor conference earlier this week, Verizon CFO Fran Shammo revealed Verizon's plans to kill unlimited data plans--even for customers supposedly grandfathered into unlimited data. Instead, the company would be moving everyone onto a shared data plan, so instead of needing a separate data plan for every device you carry around or for each member of your household, you can have one plan to rule them all. While shared data sounds great if you're a multi-device user, the move to backtrack on grandfathered plans still sucks. Facing the uproar from unhappy customers, Verizon now says you can keep your unlimited data--for a price.

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Officially, like other wireless carriers, T-Mobile charges for tethering or using your phone as a Wi-Fi Hotspot--$14.95 a month. Unofficially, however, many T-Mobile users have been able to share the data plan on their cellphone with their computer over Wi-Fi or with a USB cable without incurring any extra charges. This free pass may be coming to an end with the Android 4.0 ("Ice Cream Sandwich") update.

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Online storage services like Dropbox, Google Drive, Microsoft SkyDrive and others promise safekeeping of your documents and other files you upload to their services, but it's always wise to take extra precautions when it comes to your most sensitive files. Keeping that sensistive data off of your laptop, other mobile devices, and online services is the best strategy for mobile security, but for those files you do upload to "the cloud" or need to take with you on the road, you can add an extra layer of security to your files with an encryption tool.

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