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Federal Judge Rules Against The NSA Collecting Phone Records In US
Federal Judge Rules Against The NSA Collecting Phone Records In US

by Staff on Monday, November 09, 2015

Federal judge Richard Leon of the United States District Court has ruled against the National Security Agency’s (NSA) collecting of phone records. While advocates of civil liberties may consider this ruling a victory, its full impact is not clear yet because the NSA’s program is expected to undergo significant changes by the end of November this year.

 

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Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Your Guide To Spotting Cheap Smartphone Deals Not Promoted (Much) By Carriers
Your Guide To Spotting Cheap Smartphone Deals Not Promoted (Much) By Carriers

by Staff on Friday, November 06, 2015

Every wireless carrier out there likes to promote their deals because obviously, they want mobile users to go for their services and one up the competition. But if customers look hard enough, they can actually spot some hidden smartphone deals that are actually pretty good and are ripe for the picking. Where can one find these deals? Here’s a primer.

 

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Appears in: Cricket Wireless, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones, t-mobile, Wireless

Sprint Gets Caught Charging Extra for Having Bad Credit
Sprint Gets Caught Charging Extra for Having Bad Credit

by Yael Kent on Friday, November 06, 2015

The Federal Trade Commission has announced that Sprint will be forced to pay nearly $3 million in penalties due to the company's mishandling of a program that charges a fee to customers with lower credit scores.

 

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Appears in: Cell Phone, credit

Walgreens Is First To Integrate Apple Pay With Its Own Loyalty Program
Walgreens Is First To Integrate Apple Pay With Its Own Loyalty Program

by Staff on Thursday, November 05, 2015

Drug store giant Walgreens has just revealed that it is planning to seamlessly integrate Apple Pay, the mobile payment system developed and launched by Apple in October of last year, into

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Appears in: Apple, iphone, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Microsoft To Email Invites For Cortana For iOS In The Coming Weeks
Microsoft To Email Invites For Cortana For iOS In The Coming Weeks

by Staff on Wednesday, November 04, 2015

Microsoft had announced earlier that Cortana, its personal assistant (the company’s answer to Apple’s Siri and Google Now), would try to go head to head with the competition by offering cross platform support, including via b

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Appears in: android, Apple, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Merged Wireless Power Groups Now Known As AirFuel Alliance
Merged Wireless Power Groups Now Known As AirFuel Alliance

by Staff on Tuesday, November 03, 2015

After announcing their merger, the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) and Power Matters Alliance (PMA) have revealed that they are now known as AirFuel Alliance.

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Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones, Wireless

South Korea’s SK Telecom Declares It Will Be First 5G Network Provider In The World
South Korea’s SK Telecom Declares It Will Be First 5G Network Provider In The World

by Staff on Monday, November 02, 2015

In terms of speed of web connection, South Korea clearly has it easy -- the Asian country, which is home to some of the world’s most recognizable tech companies such as Samsung and LG, is currently considered the region with the fastest Internet speeds.

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Appears in: Internet, Mobile, Wireless

Sprint Introduces New $40 Unlimited Data Plan, But Is It Really Unlimited?
Sprint Introduces New $40 Unlimited Data Plan, But Is It Really Unlimited?

by Staff on Friday, October 30, 2015

This Halloween, Sprint has announced brand new wireless plans, and is even incorporating unlimited 2G data to its Family Share Packs.

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Appears in: Cell Phone Plans, data plan, data plans, Internet, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones, sprint, t-mobile, unlimited, Wireless

Is T-Mobile Planning A Video Streaming Service That Does Not Affect The User’s Data?
Is T-Mobile Planning A Video Streaming Service That Does Not Affect The User’s Data?

by Staff on Thursday, October 29, 2015

The third largest wireless carrier in the United States may be about to offer its sweetest offer yet -- there are reports that T-Mobile is planning to allow its subscribers to take advantage of unlimited data when streaming select video services, such as those provided by HBO and Netflix.

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Appears in: Internet, Mobile, t-mobile, Wireless

New York Launches Investigation into Major Internet Providers
New York Launches Investigation into Major Internet Providers

by Yael Kent on Thursday, October 29, 2015

For a very long time, it has been something of a given in the United States that the download and upload speeds your internet service provider advertises to you are very far off from the actual speeds you experience while using the internet.

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Appears in: internet access

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