EU Consumer Affairs Commissioner is getting on to hundreds of websites who have been keeping pertinent information from their customers. Meglena Kuneva stated that they have kept the true cost of the download hidden and will not tell their customers that they are signing up for subscriptions.
They will be tracking down online consumers who have bought ring tones for their cellphones and will turn their focus on 80% of 558 EU-wide websites that are being investigated for employing unusual and suspicious business activities. “Far too many people are falling victim to costly surprises from mysterious charges, fees and ring-tone subscriptions that they learn about for the first time when they see their mobile phone bill,” she said.
At 5 this morning people from all over were lining up outside AT&T stores all across the country waiting for their chance to get their hands on the new iPhone 3G. Close to 20 or more people were waiting when stores across the nation opened. People who didn’t know what was going on thought that it was Black Friday coming a few months too early.
Scientists said that they have been keeping a close eye on the planet Mercury and have noticed that it is beginning to shrink in size. The planet’s core seems to be cooling - which has triggered a magnetic dynamo and is causing it to become smaller.