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Members of Walgreens Balance Rewards are now able to easily apply their loyalty account at checkout by way of Google’s mobile payment system, Android Pay. By becoming the first retail store to directly integrate loyalty points with the contactless mode of payment, Walgreens provides its more than 85 million active members of Walgreens Balance Rewards access to Android Pay, which could serve as a fast, easy, and safe means for members to earn and make use of loyalty points in-store.
MIT’s Self Assembly Lab has created a small chair that can assemble itself. Now the same lab crew has focused its attention on another common, everyday object -- the cellphone. Yup, the Self Assembly Lab is exploring the idea of a self assembling cellphone, more specifically, looking at ways in which a number of individual components can be placed in a spinning tumbler and form together to become a fully functioning cellphone.
Because AT&T has recently secured a roaming and interconnection deal with Empresa De Telecomunicaciones De Cuba (ETECSA), a telecom service provider based in Cuba, the second biggest wireless carrier in the United States could soon be able to connect its subscribers visiting the island nation.
It is no secret that the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is out to wipe robocalls from the face of the Earth forever. Last year, after making it easier for telecommunications companies to provide robocall blocking services and then encouraging these same telecom players to start offering those services free of charge just a month ago, members of the FCC recently conducted a meeting of the Robocall Strike Force (clever name though) in order to map out the next steps.
Let the battle begin. Two major US wireless carriers, Sprint and T-Mobile, have just introduced competing new unlimited data options for their respective customers, especially those who are okay with the idea of watching video content at lower quality. The good news is that the carriers’ new plans are cheaper than the usual $95 per month that each mobile operator charges for unlimited data.
The 3.5 millimeter audio jack first became popular when Sony introduced its Walkman just before the end of 1970s. In the personal computer age, the technology’s life was extended when users everywhere used it to connect their headphones to their PCs and laptops. On the onset of the smartphone era, the 3.5 mm audio jack was similarly used by people who wanted to listen to music through their smartphones and tablet devices. But the way Intel sees things, the 3.5 mm audio jack could be on its way out. The reason?
We can’t live without our mobile devices anymore, so whenever we can’t find our smartphones, we go a bit crazy. Thankfully, Alexa, Amazon’s digital assistant, can provide you with some needed assistance. When activating the new TrackR feature in the Alexa mobile app, users will be able to ask Alexa to make their handset ring, even if the device is set to silent mode.
HMD Global Oy, the Finland based company that is planning to relaunch Nokia branded smartphones, has hired Pekka Rantala as the new chief marketing officer of Nokia.
Google is currently trying to get approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in order to conduct some tests in the 3.5 GigaHertz band in up to 24 locations in the United States, including the San Francisco, Boulder, Colorado, and Provo in Utah. According the application filed by Google to the FCC, the end user devices (EUDs) seeking approval for use will be utilized by employees of Google, the company’s contractors, and potentially, a group of certified testers handpicked by Google, with close supervision.
General Robert Neller certainly thinks so. Gen. Neller currently serves as the 37th Commandant of the Marine Corps, and he has a message for every US Marine out there in the field -- in a world of drones and advanced surveillance technologies, soldiers need to learn anew how to hide, both physically and electronically, and it starts with exercising some discipline in handling smartphone devices.
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