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Verizon Not Affected By KT’s Quest To Become First 5G Carrier In The World

by Staff on Thursday, November 10, 2016

According to a report published by the Korea IT News recently this week, South Korean wireless carrier KT has practically declared that it will become the first mobile operator in the world to successfully commercialize

Appears in: Mobile, verizon wireless, Wireless

US Mobile Users Quit Using News Apps Due To Election Fatigue

by Staff on Wednesday, November 09, 2016

Apparently, one can only take so much when it comes to politics.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Vine Might Still Live On -- That Is, If Twitter Sells It

by Staff on Tuesday, November 08, 2016

Maybe it was a bit premature to bid our final farewells to Vine. More than a week ago, Twitter had made an announcement that it was shutting down Vine, the popular short video sharing platform. Needless to say, the users of the app did not take the news well, expressing their grief mostly by way of a final Vine posting (aptly).

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Google Releases Major Update For Android Auto

by Staff on Monday, November 07, 2016

A few months ago, Google announced that it was planning to launch its Android Auto smartphone interface for vehicles as a stand alone Android mobile app. Through this approach, the tech giant was basically promising that Android Auto would be made available to every car.

Appears in: android, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Scribd Now Has Unlimited Access To Publications Such As Fortune, Time

by Staff on Friday, November 04, 2016

Scribd is a service that offers people access to e-books, audio books, and documents for a monthly subscription fee of $8.99. Now, the company is adding unlimited access too to an additional list of magazines. There are eight new publications in all, including popular titles such as Time, People, Fortune, Money, New York, and Bloomberg Businessweek.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Apple’s Made For iPhone Program: Making Handsets More Accessible To The Hearing Impaired

by Staff on Thursday, November 03, 2016

When Apple officially rolled out its iOS 7 mobile operating system about three years ago, it also launched the Made for iPhone hearing aid program, which aimed to make mobile devices more accessible to users with hearing impairments.

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

Uber Overhauls Its Mobile App

by Staff on Wednesday, November 02, 2016

Ride sharing service provider Uber has decided to go back to square one and completely rebuild its official mobile app. This time around, however, the company is paying more attention to offering speed and efficiency to its users.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Instagram Starts Displaying Shoppable Tags On Images

by Staff on Tuesday, November 01, 2016

Online mobile photo and video sharing platform Instagram has recently decided to begin displaying shoppable tags on images from 20 different retailers, including JackThreads and Kate Spade, to users of iOS powered smartphone and tablets based in the United States.

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Giphy Raises Its Value To $600 Million

by Staff on Monday, October 31, 2016

Giphy, the search engine for animated images, aka GIFs, has managed to raise an additional $72 million in funding, effectively raising its value to $600 million.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Samsung Still Clueless As To Why Its Galaxy Note 7 Overheated

by Staff on Friday, October 28, 2016

The biggest smartphone vendor in the world is still at a loss as to how and why its Galaxy Note 7 suffered overheating and exploding issues -- Samsung admitted as much during a shareholder meeting held recently this week.

Appears in: android, Mobile, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, smartphone, Smartphones

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