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Nexus 6 Sells Out Immediately After Pre-Orders Begin

by Staff on Thursday, October 30, 2014

Google made the Nexus 6 available for pre-ordering last Wednesday in the United States through the Google Play Store. But within minutes, the device has apparently sold out. The Nexus 6 is slated for wide release in November, but fans who wanted to get the phablet before its launch date but failed to pre-order it, may have to wait a while before they can get their hands on the device.

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

Google’s Fit App Now Available For Android Users

by Staff on Wednesday, October 29, 2014

Google has just released its Fit app. For those not familiar with this application, the Fit app serves as a central repository for every health and fitness data recorded by your Android device. It can also store information collected by any app that uses the Google Fit SDK introduced earlier this year at the I/O developer conference back in June.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Sprint Spark LTE Service Expands To 17 New Markets

by Staff on Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Sprint recently announced that is has expanded its Spark LTE service to 17 new markets. Spark is the carrier's brand name for its enhanced 4G LTE service, which delivers wireless speeds of 50 mbps to 60 mbps, with potentially incrementing speeds over time. With its spectrum and technology, the carrier could eventually offer speeds of up to 2 Gbps.

Appears in: 4G, sprint

Android 5.0 Lollipop: What You Need To Know

by Staff on Tuesday, October 28, 2014

Android 5.0 Lollipop is the latest version of Android, the mobile operating system developed and created by Google. The tech giant had officially announced this newest Android version earlier in October, and has since stated that the smartphone OS will be available to all consumers by November 3rd.

Appears in: android, Cell Phone, Cell Phones, smartphone, Smartphones

FCC Suspends Reviews of AT&T-DirecTV, Comcast-TWC Mergers

by Yael Kent on Monday, October 27, 2014

For the past few years, the battle for control of the Internet in the United States has been waging furiously. The two hottest issues are net neutrality, which seems to be breathing its last breaths, and the move by the giant providers like Comcast, Time Warner, AT&T and DirectTV to merge, giving themselves monopoly-like area control of many markets.

Appears in: Television

Beats Music App To Be Discontinued By Apple

by Staff on Friday, October 24, 2014

Back in September, there were reports that Apple was planning to shut down Beats Music. At that time, Apple had addressed the reports, categorically denying to discontinue Beats music and instead stating that it might make changes to the Beats brand and the streaming service itself.

Appears in: Apple

Preordered Sony Xperia Z3 Phones From T-Mobile Arriving Ahead Of Official Launch Date

by Staff on Thursday, October 23, 2014

It appears that T-Mobile has a habit of shipping preordered smartphones ahead of their launch dates. It certainly did happen more than a week ago when several consumers reported having gotten their preordered Samsung Galaxy Note 4 units sooner than expected.

Appears in: android, smartphone, Smartphones, t-mobile

Microsoft Releases Three New Apps For Android Devices

by Staff on Wednesday, October 22, 2014

The Microsoft Garage team recently released three new apps onto Google Play for Android users. This trio of app offerings include a voice recognition app for Android Wear, a lock screen replacement app for Android smartphones, and a note sharing app for those who are always traveling.

Appears in: android, smartphone, Smartphones

Wanna Switch From Your iPhone To An Android Device?

by Staff on Tuesday, October 21, 2014

When Apple officially announced the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus a month ago, the tech giant also launched a special page in its support website that provided specific

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

Are You Thinking Of An Early Upgrade Plan For Your iPhone 6 Already?

by Staff on Monday, October 20, 2014

Sure, the iPhone 6 was only just released last month, but that has not stopped some folks from already thinking ahead to the next iteration of the best-selling Apple flagship device (which will probably be released in late 2015).

Appears in: Apple, AT&T, Cell Phone Plans, iphone, sprint, t-mobile, verizon wireless

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