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Sprint Introduces New $40 Unlimited Data Plan, But Is It Really Unlimited?

This Halloween, Sprint has announced brand new wireless plans, and is even incorporating unlimited 2G data to its Family Share Packs. Beginning October 30th of this year, the wireless carrier is offering a new $20 plan dubbed the Sprint Starter Unlimited Data Plan, wherein subscribers will get to enjoy 1 gigabyte of LTE high speed data every month, including unlimited 2G data, plus the choice of buying more high speed data any time they like.

 

Is T-Mobile Planning A Video Streaming Service That Does Not Affect The User’s Data?

The third largest wireless carrier in the United States may be about to offer its sweetest offer yet -- there are reports that T-Mobile is planning to allow its subscribers to take advantage of unlimited data when streaming select video services, such as those provided by HBO and Netflix. This piece of information was leaked by no other than Evan Blass via a tweet

 

Mobile Searches: Finally Overtaking Desktop Searches In Number

Amit Singhal, search chief at Google, has revealed that during this year’s summer, more Google searches were done using mobile devices than desktop computers. As explained by Singhal, this marks the first time that mobile searches have surpassed desktop searches in number, offering further proof that more and more people nowadays are really going mobile in browsing the Internet.

 

Google Unveils Accelerated Mobile Pages Project

Google has introduced a brand new open source initiative, and it is called the Accelerated Mobile Pages Project. As suggested by its project name, the AMP Project aims to bring in a world wherein users can load web pages (most especially news articles) faster on mobile devices. In order to make this happen, AMP publishers will have to adhere to a specific technical specification protocol for quicker loading web pages. Plus, there will ben an option to serve the articles from Google’s own cache.

 

Are Cable And Mobile Companies Going To Converge In The Future?

Although there's a growing trend among US consumers for "cutting the cord" and giving up on cable TV service, cable companies are here to stay. Cable providers now get more revenue from broadband service than traditional cable TV. They're already a crucial part of how America accesses the Internet. Is a move into the world of wireless communications their next step?

Introducing OnHub: Google’s Sleek Wi-Fi Router

For several years now, Google has been attempting to turn common household things like television sets, speaker systems, and even smoke detectors into smart devices. This time around, the tech giant is turning its attention to Wi-Fi routers.

 

Facebook To Launch New App For Breaking News?

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? It appears so, at least according to a report published by BusinessInsider. Similar to how tweets work, the mobile app would permit partnered news sources to deploy mobile alerts to all of their followers in one instant.

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

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.

 

Huawei Breaks Ground on Guinea's First High-Speed Fiber-Optic Network

Deep in the heart of a remote area of the West African nation of Guinea, engineers and officials from China's telecommunications giant Huawei gather to break ground on the nation's very first fiber-optic cable. When the project is completed in 2017, millions of people in Guinea will be able to benefit from high-speed and low-cost access to the Internet.

 

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.

 

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