Man charged $28,000 to watch football game online

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

An AT&T wireless customer was surprised by a huge bill he received after watching a Chicago Bears football game on his laptop. The man was on a cruise ship in the Port of Miami, and he decided to catch the ...

Have you dropped your landline?

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Do you still have a home phone? With more people using cell phones as their primary means of communication, several are cutting the cord on their home phones (landlines). The economy may also be a factor for some when deciding ...

Take a sneak peek at our new Web site

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

I blogged about the redesign of our Web site and promised a preview of the design. Here is a screen shot of what this new design will look like. Let us know what you think about it, and please ask ...

Breaking: Video from scene of fire at 500 block of Depot

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Here are some video clips recorded by Advocate photographer Frank Tilley at the scene of a fire at 503 S. Depot: First video clip: http://beta.twiddeo.com/793 Second video clip: http://beta.twiddeo.com/794 Update coming soon on VictoriaAdvocate.com.

Fire video

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Change is coming to VictoriaAdvocate.com

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

Our web department has been working diligently on our new Web site design and we expect this new site to go live the last week of March or the first week of April. We are all excited about this redesign, ...

Twitter communities gathering worlwide for charity

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

This evening the Twitter community will gather in an effort to support a global cause. 'Twestivals' are planned for more than 200 cities around the world. The Twestivals are organized by volunteers and 100 percent of the money raised from ...

Are you watching TV content online?

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

The weak economy has caused many to reconsider spending money on a cable bill and more people are tuning in to watch their favorite TV shows online. Others are perhaps not prepared for the digital transition and choose to turn ...

Comments of the week

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

It's baaaack! Here is a return to my comment of the week post. There are so many insightful and informative comments posted on the forums, I wish I could list them all, but for today I have picked six. My ...

AT&T data service down again

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

It appears AT&T is having issues with their data service again. There is a post on the Dataoutages News Blog that indicates the problem is scattered throughout Texas. This is the second time this week AT&T's data service has suffered ...

Victoria online scanner feed and locals put Twitter on the map

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

You can now listen to a online scanner feed for Victoria County, which includes fire and police at the following address: victoria.tx.scanamerica.us/index.php I've also embedded the player here, if the code works, you may be able to listen by clicking ...

AT&T experiencing wireless outage in Texas

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

AT&T has suffered a wireless network outage across San Antonio and other parts of Texas, Oklahoma and Arkansas. It appears a fiber-optic line was cut. Read more here: Dallas-based wireless telecommunications giant AT&T Inc. has suffered a wireless network outage ...

Twitter test

By cjcastillo in Digital Babble

<a href="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=7d38921f83" _fcksavedurl="http://www.coveritlive.com/mobile.php?option=com_mobile&task=viewaltcast&altcast_code=7d38921f83" >Victoria Advocate Twitter feed</a>