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Samsung Outfits Its Smart TVs With Samsung Pay

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

 

Sprint Chairman: Network Quality In US Is Bad

Masayoshi Son is not only the chief executive officer of Japanese wireless carrier SoftBank. He also happens to serve as the chairman of Sprint. And during a recent quarterly conference call with industry watchers, Son had expressed some criticism of the current state of the quality of the wireless network in the United States, specifically calling out American wireless carriers for providing “very bad” network.

 

Xiaomi Recaptures Title Of Top Smartphone Seller In China In Second Quarter Of 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.

 

FreedomPop Raises Another $10 Million In Funding; Looking To Expand In Asia

FreedomPop, the American wireless carrier primarily known for offering free voice and data services, has just raised an additional $10 million in funding from two investors -- the pan-Asian wireless carrier Axiata, and a yet to be revealed tech investor that hails from the United States. By striking a deal with Axiata, FreedomPop has put itself in a good position to expands its wireless services in Asian regions for the first time.

 

Huawei Now World’s Third Biggest Seller Of Mobile Phones, Per Research Firm

Huawei is now the third largest vendor of mobile phones in the world, supplanting Microsoft, at least according to a new report published by market research firm Strategy Analytics.

 

Tablet Market Continues To Decline, Per IDC

With little or no innovation in tablet technology and with tablet upgrades few and far between, the tablet market continues to slow down, declining 7 percent year over year during the second quarter of 2015, as reported by market research firm International Data Corporation (IDC).

 

Qualcomm: First To Enable Wireless Charging Of Metal-Clad Mobile Devices

Smartphones and tablets that feature metal bodies or covers will soon be capable of wirelessly charging themselves. This is made possible via a new technology developed by Qualcomm.

 

Facebook’s Internet.org Now Open To Any Wireless Carrier In The World

Facebook has just announced via a blog post that it is now opening up Internet.org to any wireless carrier in the planet that is willing to give basic Internet services to people living in countries with limited web and mobile access. Any wireless carrier that joins though will have to offer the basic Internet services for free to any Internet.org user.

 

YouTube Revamps Its Mobile App, Plans To Enter Into Virtual Reality

The world’s most popular hub for watching video content has redesigned its mobile map, adding new notification features and granting users more control over uploaded videos on the go. On top of that, YouTube is also planning to support three dimensional, 360 degree video content before this year ends. This later part is intriguing because it would strongly suggest that the Google owned video content website is definitely heading to full virtual reality territory.

 

Senator Franken: Apple Music Should Be Investigated

It has only been weeks since Apple Music was made available to the public (Apple released its new music streaming subscription service back in June 30th of this year), and already a member of the United States Senate has already expressed some concerns that the service could turn into something that will annihilate all competition.

 

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