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Verizon’s New Smartphone Plans: What You Need To Know

by Staff on Thursday, August 13, 2015

If you do not already know, the biggest wireless carrier in the United States has decided to eliminate contracts for its wireless services. Instead, Verizon Wireless has chosen to offer only four basic new plans that its subscribers can choose from.

Appears in: Cell Phone Plans, verizon wireless

Facebook To Launch New App For Breaking News?

by Staff on Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Is the world’s most popular social media platform planning to launch a new mobile app designed to deliver breaking news, including current news and happenings from sources followed by users?

Appears in: Internet, Mobile

Freemium Music Streaming Revenues To Exceed $1 Billion By 2017, Per Research Firm

by Staff on Tuesday, August 11, 2015

It appears that music subscription services such as the recently launched Apple Music and Spotify will not slow down the growth of ad based music streaming services (sometimes referred to as freemium music streaming services), at least according to data collected by Juniper Research.

Appears in: Apple, Internet, Mobile

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

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