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BlackBerry Files Lawsuit Against Nokia Over Patents

 

Why Do We Like Taking Selfies, But Can’t Stand Other People Taking Selfies?

 

There is actually a term for that -- selfie paradox. And it is coined by Sarah Diefenbach, a psychology professor who, along with colleague Lara Christoforakos, recently endeavored to learn more about why today’s mobile users are taking more selfies than ever, while at the same time, admitting that maybe taking selfies is kinda overrated.

Verizon Resurrects Unlimited Data; T-Mobile Counters With Own Upgrade

 

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Verizon 5GB

  • Total Monthly Price:(for 1 lines)
    $55.00 /mo
  • Minutes:
    Unlimited
  • Data:
    5GB 4G LTE data, then slowed (no overages)
  • Messages:
    Unlimited
  • Latest Deals

Highlights

About this Plan

The Verizon 5GB Plan is a new wireless plan offered by Verizon Wireless that features 5GB data, unlimited calls, and unlimited text messages. Price shown includes $5/month AutoPay discount.

Features & Benefits

Carryover Data

Unused data from one month gets carried over for another month. Data that is carried over expires after the next billing cycle.

Verizon TravelPass

You can use your normal plan data, voice minutes, and text messages for $2 per day in Mexico & Canada or $10 per day in over 100 additional countries.

Also, for $5 per month, you can have unlimited calling to Mexico and Canada and call 220+ other countries from the U.S at a discounted rate.

My Verizon App

The My Verizon App lets you to modify your plan whenever you want, with no additional fees.

Verizon Up Rewards Program

Verizon Up is a rewards program offered by Verizon that partners with cool companies like Apple, JetBlue, HBO, Uber, and more that lets you get free stuff and win epic experiences and prizes.

You earn one credit for every $300 that you pay off your monthly Verizon Wireless bill with. One credit is equivalent to one reward. You can also randomly get free stuff as part of Verizon Up.

Safety Mode

Safety Mode is a Verizon feature that eliminates overages and prevents you from having no data once you reach your high speed data limit. With Safety Mode, you will still have data access throttled to 128 kbps. Safety mode is free if opted in through the My Verizon app.

Unlimited International Texting

This plan allows for unlimited international text messaging.

Free Roaming and Long Distance in the United States

The plan offers unlimited free roaming and long distance calling to long distance numbers in the United States, as long as the customer is also in the United States.

Other Included Features

This plan also includes the following features:

  • Mobile hotspot, which allows customers to tether their WiFi-enabled devices to their smartphone in order to access the Internet
  • Call forwarding
  • Basic voice mail
  • Caller ID
  • Call waiting
  • Conference calling
Cost Breakdown in Detail Monthly
Base Plan $ 55.00
Messages Cost $0.00
Data Cost $0.00
Grand Total $55.00

*Other fees based on usage may apply, including early termination fees and a one time activation fee of $30.00.

Description Cost Data Excess
5GB 4G LTE data, then slowed (no overages)$0.00/mo 5GB$0.00
Description Cost Included
Unlimited $0.00 /month Unlimited
US Rates Cost
Domestic Long Distance Rate $0.00
Roaming charges $0.00
Text messages (pay per use) $0.00
Picture/video messages (pay per use) $0.00

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This plan may support more phones, click "Purchase this Plan" to view all options

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Twigby 200 Minutes and Unlimited Texts

  • Total Monthly Price:(for 1 lines)
    $9.00 /mo
  • Minutes:
    200 Minutes
  • Data:
    No Data

    150MB 4G Data

    500MB 4G Data

    1GB 4G Data

    2GB 4G Data

    4GB 4G Data
  • Messages:
    Unlimited
  • Latest Deals

Highlights

About this Plan

Twigby allows customers to create their own custom cell phone plans by choosing the number of minutes and 4G data that fits their needs. All Twigby plans come with included unlimited text messages. Both inbound and outbound calls are both counted as minutes.

Features and Benefits

No Contract Required

Twigby cell phone plans are no contract plans, and feature no activation fee.

Bring Your Own Phone or Buy a New Phone

Twigby allows customers to bring their own Sprint, Boost Mobile, or Virgin Mobile phone as long as it is not currently linked to an active account with a previous carrier. Certain Apple iPhone and Google Nexus smartphones from T-Mobile, AT&T, and Verizon may also work, although customers may need to get the phone unlocked by the carrier. Almost all Apple iPhone devices from the iPhone 5c and newer are compatible with Twigby plans. Twigby also offers customers the ability to buy a new phone from the Twigby site.

4G LTE Network Coverage

Twigby offers cell phone coverage anywhere on the 4G and 3G Sprint Nationwide Network, which reaches over 270 million people. In addition, Twigby also provides Verizon network coverage as a secondary network.

Cost Breakdown in Detail Monthly
Base Plan $ 9.00
Messages Cost $0.00
Data Cost $0.00
Grand Total $9.00

*Other fees based on usage may apply, including early termination fees and a one time activation fee of $0.00.

Description Cost Data Excess
No Data
$0.00/mo 0$0.00
150MB 4G Data
$3.00/mo 150MB$0.00
500MB 4G Data
$6.00/mo 500MB$0.00
1GB 4G Data
$10.00/mo 1GB$0.00
2GB 4G Data
$15.00/mo 2GB$0.00
4GB 4G Data
$25.00/mo 4GB$0.00
Description Cost Included
Unlimited $0.00 /month Unlimited
US Rates Cost
Domestic Long Distance Rate $0.00
Roaming charges $0.00
Text messages (pay per use) $0.00
Picture/video messages (pay per use) $0.00

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Verizon Unlimited

  • Total Monthly Price:(for 1 lines)
    $80.00 /mo
  • Minutes:
    Unlimited
  • Data:
    Unlimited Unlimited (may be slowed after 22GB of usage)
  • Messages:
    Unlimited
  • Latest Deals

Highlights

About this Plan

The Verizon Unlimited Plan is a new wireless plan offered by Verizon Wireless that features unlimited data, unlimited calls, and unlimited text messages. Data is unlimited but may be slowed after 22GB of usage per month. 10GB of mobile hotspot per line per month is also included.

Features & Benefits

Unlimited Data

This plan offers unlimited data, although data speeds may be slowed after 22GB of usage per month.

Verizon TravelPass

This plan offers unlimited calling and texting to Mexico and Canada.

Unlimited International Texting

This plan allows for unlimited international text messaging.

Free Roaming and Long Distance in the United States

The plan offers unlimited free roaming and long distance calling to long distance numbers in the United States, as long as the customer is also in the United States.

Other Included Features

This plan also includes the following features:

  • Mobile hotspot, which allows customers to tether their WiFi-enabled devices to their smartphone in order to access the Internet
  • Call forwarding
  • Basic voice mail
  • Caller ID
  • Call waiting
  • Conference calling
Cost Breakdown in Detail Monthly
Base Plan $ 80.00
Messages Cost $0.00
Data Cost $0.00
Grand Total $80.00

*Other fees based on usage may apply, including early termination fees and a one time activation fee of $30.00.

Description Cost Data Excess
Unlimited Unlimited (may be slowed after 22GB of usage)$0.00/mo Unlimited$0.00
Description Cost Included
Unlimited $0.00 /month Unlimited
US Rates Cost
Domestic Long Distance Rate $0.00
Roaming charges $0.00
Text messages (pay per use) $0.00
Picture/video messages (pay per use) $0.00

T-Mobile’s Free Pizza Special Offer Is Back

 

The third biggest wireless carrier in America has finally decided to resurrect the free pizza promotional deal it first introduced back in June of last year. While 2016’s special offer involved Domino’s as the supplier of pizza pies, 2017 now sees Papa John’s serve up the pizza for hungry T-Mobile subscribers.

Facebook Deploys Weather App (Quietly)

It turns out that the world’s most popular social media platform has decided to start rolling out (albeit quietly) a full weather forecast feature within its main mobile app and its desktop site. This new addition to Facebook can be accessed easily from News Feed or the app’s More menu, that part that takes you to Friends, Events, Groups, and Pages, among many others. Users can get a full week’s forecast within the weather section, with weather information courtesy of Weather.com. According to Facebook, the new feature is actually an updated version of its weather greetings.

Apple Vs. Samsung Case Heading Back To District Court

The highly publicized case between two of the biggest phone makers in the world (Apple and Samsung) is headed back to where it all began -- the district court of the city of San Jose in the state of California.

Google’s AMP Now Lets User View, Copy, And Share A Publisher’s Own Links

 

This week, Google has started deploying an update to Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), now allowing users to view, copy, and even share the publisher’s own links, instead of the AMP URL. Apparently, some publishers have complained to Google that their traffic was reduced because of the changing of their own URLs to those that had Google in the name when being optimized for easier viewing on mobile devices. 

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