Verizon announces 'Connection Day' with digital freebies from Amazon, Apple, more

Verizon plans to kick off the holiday season this year with "Connection Day" on Nov. 26.

The Wednesday before Thanksgiving is infamous as one of the worst travel days of the year, and the telecom has partnered with several companies to create a mobile package of services intended to make travel a bit more enjoyable.

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"You think about what typically happens on that day ... It's really the day that America goes mobile," Jay Jaffin, Verizon Wireless' vice president marketing communications, told Mashable. "As a mobile company it felt like a great fit." Read more...

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