If users on services running Verizon’s infrastructure don’t want to rely on QR codes, they can opt for one-time passwords, in the vein of two-factor authentication, that users can use to get ...

Verizon Wireless offers the iPad without an activation fee and has for a long time. Advertisement The rub for Android fans is that the carrier has always charged a $35 fee to activate Android tablets.

A minor but aggravating double standard has been overturned: Verizon has waived its $35 Android tablet activation fee, retroactive to March 1st. There had been no such surcharge for iPad purchases ...

Should Verizon customers start using QR codes, one interesting aspect of this form of two-factor authentication would be ease of use. For instance, I scan QR codes, but infrequently.

Verizon ( VZ) recently announced that it will waive its $35 activation fee for Android-based tablets Xoom and Galaxy for month-to-month data plans. Below we present our quick take on this ...