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Week in Review: Most popular stories on GeekWire for the week of Jan. 24, 2016
Next week, five states’ IDs will stop working in federal facilities

Lead Transportation Security Officer (TSO) Katrina Callin reviews the identification of a passenger at one of the checkpoints at Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). (credit: Transportation Security Administration)

Starting next week, certain state ID cards will no longer be accepted at federal facilities. Five states, along with the territory of American Samoa, aren't compliant with the 2005...

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AT&T getting rid of phone contracts and subsidies this week

(credit: AT&T)

AT&T will stop offering phone subsidies with two-year contracts this Friday, requiring customers to purchase phones at full price or on device installment plans.

AT&T has offered the option to buy devices under monthly installment plans since mid-2013. This newer model adopted by all major carriers lets customers trade in their devices for new ones every year or so...

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