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Federal court strikes down FCC’s 2015 rules against robocalls

by Staff on Friday, March 16, 2018

The United States Court of Appeals for the District Columbia has nixed the rules passed by the Federal Communications Commision in 2015 (then under President Barack Obama’s administration).

Appears in: Mobile, Wireless

Apple launches new Families page

by Staff on Thursday, March 15, 2018

The latest move from Apple should show that it is really serious with its intentions of helping protect kids against too much mobile device use.

Appears in: Apple, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

California Senator introduces most restrictive Net Neutrality legislation yet

by Staff on Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Recently this week, State Senator Scott Wiener (a Democrat from San Francisco) has proposed a legislation (designated as Bill 822) that would basically implement Obama era net neutrality regulations (since

Appears in: Internet, internet access, Mobile, Wireless

YouTube on iOS now has a dark mode

by Staff on Tuesday, March 13, 2018

This should be good news for those iPhone or iPod users who like their video watching experience dressed in black (so to speak).

Appears in: Internet, iphone, Mobile

Apple Music has now reached 38 million subscribers

by Staff on Monday, March 12, 2018

In a little more than a month’s time, Apple Music has managed to increase its subscriber base by a couple of million, comfortably hitting the 38 million mark in terms of the volume of subscribers.

Appears in: Apple, Mobile

More and more phone makers are releasing super-durable smartphones

by Staff on Friday, March 09, 2018

Sure, an army of pretty and shiny new toys were showcased at this year’s Mobile World Congress, led by Samsung’s newest flagship d

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Google now working to make AMP a standard that everyone can use

by Staff on Thursday, March 08, 2018

Everyone can basically agree that Google’s Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP) is a swell idea -- after all, we do most of our googling (and all other Internet surfing activities) through our mobile devices nowadays, and having websites load faster on smartphones or tablets certainly makes super sense.

Appears in: android, Internet, Mobile

Android Go phones: What you need to know

by Staff on Wednesday, March 07, 2018

This year’s Mobile World Congress event had not only given us two new Galaxy devices (the impressive Galaxy S9 and Galaxy S9 Plus models), but also showcased the first Android Oreo Go Edition smartphone devices in the face of the planet.

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

FCC Chairman proposes almost $1 billion for fixing connectivity in Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands

by Staff on Tuesday, March 06, 2018

Ajit Pai, who currently sits as the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), has proposed to spend a total of $954 million in order to bring back connectivity as well as reinforce existing telecommunications infrastructure and capabilities in both Puerto Rico and

Appears in: Mobile, Wireless

Research: Almost 60 percent of Americans think they can quit social media easily

by Staff on Friday, March 02, 2018

According to the latest findings from Pew Research, it appears that 59 percent of consumers based in the United States think that they can give up using social media platforms such as Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, just to name a few.

Appears in: Mobile

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