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T-Mobile, Sprint Get To Benefit With FCC’s Vote To Reform Special Access Lines

by Staff on Monday, May 02, 2016

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has voted (3 to 2) to proceed with reforms of special lines.

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

by Staff on Friday, April 29, 2016

Comcast is one of the many business entities joining in the Federal Communications Commission’s incentive auction, which is offering 600 MegaHertz airwaves to interested bidders. Such an auction is normally participated by players from wireless industry, and for sure, Comcast might find itself bidding against some of the biggest mobile network service providers in all of America.

Appears in: Mobile, Wireless

Smartwatch Shipments Increased 223 Percent In 1st Quarter Of 2016

by Staff on Thursday, April 28, 2016

The total volume of shipments of smartwatch devices around the world have tripled in the first three months of this year. Indeed, according to information provided by market research firm Strategy Analytics just this week, manufacturers of smartwatches have shipped 4.2 million units of these wearable devices during the first quarter of 2016.

Appears in: Apple, Mobile

Apple Music Now Has 13 Million Paid Subscribers

by Staff on Wednesday, April 27, 2016

As revealed by Tim Cook, the chief executive officer of Apple, during a conference call to discuss the tech giant’s latest quarterly earnings report, Apple Music has now grown to 13 million paid subscribers.

Appears in: Apple, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

For The First Time Ever, iPhone Shipments Are Down

by Staff on Tuesday, April 26, 2016

It was bound to happen eventually, despite Apple’s historically dominant streak. This week, the tech giant registered its first ever decrease in iPhone sales, with the total volume of iPhone shipments falling 16 percent to 51.2 million units.

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

Qualcomm: USB Type-C And Quick Charge Technology Can Co-Exist

by Staff on Monday, April 25, 2016

It was in September of last year when Qualcomm first unveiled its new Quick Charge 3.0 technology.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Microsoft’s Mobile Division Did Not Have A Good First Quarter This Year

by Staff on Thursday, April 21, 2016

The first three months of 2016 was not so good to Microsoft’s mobile business. Well, nobody actually expected the company to do well, but even then, the first quarter of the year has been dismal to software giant’s mobile hopes.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

New Study: More And More Users Giving Up Home Internet In Favor Of Mobile Data

by Staff on Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Based on information collected from a sample of 53,000 American users, it appears that more and more people in the United States are ditching their regular wired web access (via home Internet) for mobile data, preferring to browse the information superhighway using their smartphones and tablet devices instead of desktop computers, as reported by the

Appears in: data, Internet, Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones, Wireless, wireless data

Viber Is Latest To Go For Total Encryption

by Staff on Tuesday, April 19, 2016

Earlier this month, popular chat messaging mobile App WhatsApp has announced that it was encrypting every message sent by its more than a billion users. Well now, another major messaging platform is following in WhatsApp’s footsteps in going for total encryption.

Appears in: Mobile, smartphone, Smartphones

Verizon’s Chances Of Acquiring Yahoo Gets A Boost

Verizon’s Chances Of Acquiring Yahoo Get A Boost

by Staff on Monday, April 18, 2016

Now that other potential bidders are taking themselves out of contention, it appears that Verizon Wireless has become the most likely to purchase Yahoo’s mobile business.

Appears in: Internet, Mobile, verizon wireless, Wireless

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