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Need A Phone Or Plan For Your Kid At School? Try TextNow Wireless.

 

For parents with kids attending school or college, a chief concern is how to keep in touch with their loved ones as a new school year begins. While it is true that it is far easier to get smartphone devices for kids these days as compared to a generation before, finding a mobile plan means additional costs.

Twigby’s Self Care: Making Mobile Plan Customization Easy For Customers

 

Most service providers would readily claim that all they want to do really is just cater to every mobile user’s wireless needs. But just about every other consumer out there often feels like he’s been tricked by their carrier into signing up for a plan with voice call, text messaging, and data megabyte inclusions he can never quite use up in any given month, but still end up paying for anyway after every billing cycle.

What We Learned About Carriers In The Wake Of Hurricane Harvey

Just a week ago, Hurricane Harvey rampaged through Texas and Louisiana and devastated several areas in its path. Over 4.5 million people were affected by the storm; some of which were displaced due to the flooding in their homes. Although the flood waters have started to recede, there are still a number of impassable roads.  

Red Pocket Mobile Introduces New $15 Essentials Plan

Red Pocket Mobile recently launched its new $15 Essentials wireless plan, and on top of that, also decided to boost the data allotments in its other existing options.

Instagram Hackers Now Are Selling Celebrities’ Personal Info On Dark Web

Information containing the email addresses and phone numbers of up to 500 high profile Instagram users (mostly A-listers) is being sold on the dark web by hackers. This is made possible through a bug in the social media giant’s code that basically allowed hackers to gain unauthorized access to an Instagram user’s credentials. Although Instagram has reported having since fixed the flaw, it is quite obvious that some damage has already been done.

So You Wanna Sell Your iPhone?

Apple has already started sending out invites for an event happening on September 12th, and it is a good bet that the tech giant will be formally introducing three new iPhone models on that date. Based on previous years, it is a good bet too that for current iOS mobile users, the price of their iPhone device will probably go down. So for those thinking of selling their Apple smartphone, they might want to start now. However, before they do so, they need to take note of some tips.

 

Instagram: Intruders Got Access To Contact Info Of High-Profile Users

According to Instagram, intruders were able to gain access to the contact information (including mobile phone numbers and email addresses) of a certain number high profile users. The social media giant went on to explain that the intruders were able to do this by taking full advantage of a bug in Instagram’s programming interface. Instagram has since claimed that it has already eliminated the bug, and it assures users that no passwords were obtained. Still, the company has issued alerts to all users, basically warning everybody to be extra careful nonetheless.

Introducing ARCore: Android’s Answer To iOS’ ARKit

Close to three months ago during Apple’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC), the iPhone maker had officially announced ARKit, its own augmented reality (AR) platform for iOS mobile users. Basically, ARKit existed to allow developers to start fashioning AR apps easily, because any device that is powered by the upcoming iOS 11 would be able to have support for the platform.

Report: Unlimited Data Users Have Fewer Network Issues Than Tiered Plan Subscribers

According to a report recently released by research firm JD Power, consumers who are subscribers of unlimited data plans are likely to report less network problems as compared to customers under tiered wireless plans. In its report, JD Power is showing that those unlimited data users encounter an average of 11 total network quality issues for every 100 connections.

Musical.ly Now Has Video Suggestions, Plus New User Profiles

According to a report recently published by Variety, Musical.ly has decided to revamp its official mobile app in order to put more focus on offering recommendations and allowing users more customization. Perhaps the most significant update is a new “similar musical.lys” feature that takes full advantage of computer vision in order to determine what a particular video is about, for the purpose of suggesting similar videos that the user may fancy.

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