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MetroPCS Introduces $50 Unlimited LTE Promo

by Staff on Wednesday, January 21, 2015

MetroPCS, the prepaid wireless service brand owned by T-Mobile, is launching a new promo that will give its customers unlimited calls, text messaging, and 4G LTE data for $50 a month. And they can enjoy all of these without having to sign up for a yearly contract.

Appears in: metropcs, prepaid, prepaid cell phone plan, Prepaid Cell Phone Plans, Prepaid Plans, smartphone, Smartphones, unlimited, unlimited wireless

Last Quarter’s iPhone Shipments May Have Set New Record

by Staff on Tuesday, January 20, 2015

Based on new analysis by financial analysis firm Morgan Stanley, Apple may have shipped as many as 69 million units of the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus last quarter.

Appears in: Apple, iphone, smartphone, Smartphones

Spotify’s Windows Phone App Gets Upgraded With New Look And More Features

by Staff on Monday, January 19, 2015

It looks like Spotify is on a roll. Just last week, the music streaming service provider revealed that it had managed to accumulate 60 million active users and 15 million paying subscribers as of the end of 2014.

Appears in: Internet, smartphone, Smartphones

Google Integrates Word Lens Into Google Translate App

by Staff on Friday, January 16, 2015

Word Lens used to be a separate service, but now Google has finally incorporated it on the Google Translate mobile app. Word Lens works by using a smartphone's camera to instantaneously translate written text.

Appears in: android, smartphone, Smartphones

Consumer Trials For Project Ara To Commence In Puerto Rico This Year

by Staff on Thursday, January 15, 2015

Google has revealed that Project Ara will begin consumer trials in Puerto Rico this year. The overall purpose of the project is to create a freely modular phone in which users get to decide what hardware components to incorporate in its basic skeletal phone body.

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

Apple And Ericsson In Legal Battle Over Patent Royalties

by Staff on Wednesday, January 14, 2015

Tech companies Apple and Ericsson are engaged in a heated legal battle over royalties and patents. Just recently, Apple filed a lawsuit in the US District Court for the North District of California, claiming that while it utilizes Ericsson's LTE technology in its devices, it does not agree that patents related to that technology are essential to cellular operation.

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

PayPal Here Gets Updated With Windows Support

by Staff on Tuesday, January 13, 2015

PayPal has announced during the National Retail Federation held at New York City that PayPal Here, the card reader that lets businesses accept credit and debit card payments by using a dongle on their Android or iOS mobile devices, is getting updated with EMV (EuroPay, MasterCard, Visa) support and zero-contact transactions.

Appears in: smartphone, Smartphones

Spotify Hits 60 Million Active Users, 15 Million Paid Subscribers By End Of 2014

by Staff on Monday, January 12, 2015

According to information released by Spotify, the music streaming service provider has had a pretty good year. The company recently announced that by the end of 2014, it had amassed 60 million active users across the globe, and managed to hit a total of 15 million in paid subscriptions.

Appears in: smartphone, Smartphones

Cricket Wireless To Shut Down Its CDMA Network And Replace Muve Music With Deezer

by Staff on Friday, January 09, 2015

Cricket Wireless, a subsidiary of AT&T's, has confirmed that it will discontinue Muve Music beginning next month. In addition to that, the prepaid wireless carrier is also planning to get rid of its legacy CDMA network.

Appears in: Cricket Wireless

Ultra HD Alliance Founded at CES

by Yael Kent on Friday, January 09, 2015

The Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas has been the birthplace of most of today's best-known technology, such as CDs, Blu-ray discs, HDTV, Microsoft Xbox and even the camcorder, and recently, at the 2015 CES, a groundbreaking new technology has emerged that will change the way consumers watch TV in their homes.

Appears in: HD, Television

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