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Google: Now Restructured Under New Umbrella Company Called Alphabet

by Staff on Monday, August 10, 2015

Google, one of the most successful and popular companies in the last decade, is now restructuring itself under a new umbrella company called Alphabet. Larry Page, chief executive officer of Google, and Sergey Brin, co-founder of Google, will be serving as the leading executives that will oversee companies bunched under the new Alphabet parent company.

Appears in: android, Mobile

Apple Reports $1.7 Billion In Billings For App Store In July

by Staff on Friday, August 07, 2015

Apple just published figures pertaining to the growth of its App Store, and the numbers are pretty impressive. The iPhone maker revealed that it had its biggest volume of transacting customers with more than $1.7 billion in billings during the month of July this year.

Appears in: Apple, Mobile

AT&T Launches First TV-Phone Plan Deal

by Yael Kent on Friday, August 07, 2015

Big news is traveling down the wire as AT&T adds DirecTV to its arsenal of services for their customers. The culmination of these two media giants will result in benefits for both the company and the consumer.

Appears in: Bundles, Cell Phone, TV

Apple Music Now Has 11 Million Trial Users

by Staff on Thursday, August 06, 2015

To date, Apple’s new music streaming subscription service, Apple Music, already has attracted 11 million trial users. Those are pretty remarkable numbers, considering that the service has only been activated for barely over a month.

Appears in: Apple

Samsung Outfits Its Smart TVs With Samsung Pay

by Staff on Wednesday, August 05, 2015

Samsung is now attempting to make buyers of Smart TVs to pay for items via the tech giant’s own mobile payment system, Samsung Pay.

Appears in: Mobile, Samsung, Television, TV, Wireless

Sprint Chairman: Network Quality In US Is Bad

by Staff on Tuesday, August 04, 2015

Masayoshi Son is not only the chief executive officer of Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank. He also happens to serve as the chairman of Sprint.

Appears in: AT&T, Mobile, sprint, t-mobile, verizon wireless, Wireless

Xiaomi Recaptures Title Of Top Smartphone Seller In China In Second Quarter Of 2015

by Staff on Monday, August 03, 2015

Xiaomi lost its number one spot to Apple during the first quarter of 2015, but during the following quarter, the Chinese phone maker managed to regain its lead over the iPhone maker.

Appears in: Apple, Cell Phone, Cell Phones, Galaxy, iphone, Mobile, Samsung, Samsung Galaxy, smartphone, Smartphones

FreedomPop Raises Another $10 Million In Funding; Looking To Expand In Asia

by Staff on Friday, July 31, 2015

FreedomPop, the American wireless carrier primarily known for offering free voice and data services, has just raised an additional $10 million in funding from two investors -- the pan-Asian wireless carrier Axiata, and a yet to be revealed tech investor that hails from the United States.

Appears in: Mobile, Wireless

Huawei Now World’s Third Biggest Seller Of Mobile Phones, Per Research Firm

by Staff on Thursday, July 30, 2015

Huawei is now the third largest vendor of mobile phones in the world, supplanting Microsoft, at least according to a new report published by market research firm Strategy Analytics.

Appears in: Cell Phone, Cell Phones, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones, Wireless

Huawei Breaks Ground on Guinea's First High-Speed Fiber-Optic Network

by Yael Kent on Thursday, July 30, 2015

Deep in the heart of a remote area of the West African nation of Guinea, engineers and officials from China's telecommunications giant Huawei gather to break ground on the nation's very first fiber-optic cable. When the project is completed in 2017, millions of people in Guinea will be able to benefit from high-speed and low-cost access to the Internet.

Appears in: Internet, internet access, internet service

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