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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

Why Do People Switch From One Wireless Carrier To Another?

by Staff on Thursday, January 08, 2015

The reason may be the quality of network. Or maybe the cost. But the fact of the matter is: consumers do switch from one mobile carrier to another. But if you think that people are doing because they are not happy with the customer service, you may be wrong.

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

Dish Unveils Sling Service

by Yael Kent on Thursday, January 08, 2015

Dish Network announced earlier this week that there is a new way to watch your favorite television shows: Sling TV. The Internet-only TV offer costs only $20 a month, with access to a number of channels that include ESPN, Cartoon Network, and other channels that were once only available through various packages.

Appears in: dish network

New, Bigger iPhones Stymie Android’s Dominance

by Staff on Wednesday, January 07, 2015

According to information collected by market monitoring firm Kantar Worldpanel ComTech, Apple's latest iPhone models -- the iPhone 6 and the iPhone 6 Plus -- have bumped up the sales figures of iOS smartphones, causing a small dip in Android's market share.

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

iOS Used Dominantly In The Corporate World, Per Survey By Piper Jaffray

by Staff on Tuesday, January 06, 2015

In the corporate world, iOS is king. Well, at least based on a survey conducted by investment firm Piper Jaffray.

Appears in: Apple, iphone

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