Five tips to start the new year off right

The start of 2025 is a great opportunity to reset, refocus, and prepare for success.

Alert! Email phishing scheme hitting inboxes

Always think twice about account threats, don’t click links, and make sure the “from” email address matches the sender’s name.

TDS Whole Home Wi-Fi: A better way to stay connected

It’s time to say goodbye to Wi-Fi dead zones and hello to seamless connectivity.

TDS holds Week of Giving campaign

From supporting STEM learning opportunities to volunteering at local food banks, TDS associates held roughly 100 philanthropic activities during the third annual Week of Giving.

Top tech gifts this holiday season 

Need last-minute ideas for the tech lover in your life? Here are five gadgets that are sure to impress this year.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Jethro Tull

Recently one of the most influential rock acts in music history decided to hang it up for good. And while not all of the original band members are still playing with the group, they have toured and made music for all of us to enjoy. In honor of these guys splitting and moving on to solo careers, I want to highlight one of the most significant albums in progressive rock – one that inspired the next generation of musicians.

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Weekly tech news roundup for August 14

This week: how cats won the Internet, Samsung’s new stuff, and Google gets a new holding company. Also, check out astronauts eating the first veggies grown in space, find out about a micro USB cable that is reversible (no wrong side!), and more in this week’s tech news.

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Cheap Tunes Tuesday: Deftones

This Grammy Award-winning band may have fallen under your radar, and you might not even know about their “accidental” start, but that doesn’t mean you won’t like their sound.

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Seen on Pinterest: Creative School Lunches for Every Palate

It’s hard to believe that we’re almost ready for Back to School time! While it’s sad to say goodbye to long, lazy summer days, that doesn’t mean that going back to the “regular old routine” needs to be same old, same old. We’ve found four bloggers that have rounded up hundreds of lunch ideas perfect for your little one or your office. All you need is a little adventure and a bit of planning and you’re good to go.

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Weekly tech news roundup for August 7

This week: download the security update for Firefox ASAP to patch an exploited security hole, Pebble introduces another Time but this time it’s stainless, and Epson is doing away with ink cartridges. Also, check out the Lexus Hoverboard in action plus two Kickstarters—a temporary tattoo that’ll last two weeks, and a device that will turn any food into “caviar.”

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Investing in our communities

It’s our mission to create a better world by providing high-quality communication services—connecting people and businesses, supporting education, and strengthening communities. We started with a handful of telephone companies in small and rural communities; today we’re a rapidly growing technology company with 1.2 million residential and business connections.


In addition to serving customers, TDS takes a vested interest in the growth and success of our communities. From hands-on volunteering to in-kind and direct financial support, we believe in giving back. In fact, community involvement is so imperative to our core beliefs that TDS has a “Be Good Citizens” program, which provides our associates with 16 hours of paid volunteer time every year.

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