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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.

 

Here Comes The Best Song: The Little Music Discovery App That Could

Like so many others, you probably listen to the same Andrew McMahon song all over and over again on the music streaming service of your choice. But inevitably, you are going to want to stumble into something new -- perhaps another new cool song that will become your preferred earworm for the next two weeks, or at least until another earworm comes along.

 

Apple Music Already Has Millions Of Users, Per Apple CEO

It has not been a full month yet since Apple officially launched Apple Music, the company’s brand new music streaming subscription service. But during a recent earnings call, the tech giant’s chief executive officer, Tim Cook, is already announcing that millions of people are already using the service.

 

Verizon’s Transparency Report: Almost 150,000 Data Requests From Government

Verizon Wireless has officially published its Transparency Report for the first six months of this year, and it basically shows that the number one leading wireless carrier in the United States continues to receive loads of requests for its customer information across the country.

 

Windows 10: Make Or Break For Microsoft

It was around the final quarter of 2014 that Microsoft began openly laying the groundwork for the 2015 release of its Windows 10 operating system (it will make its official debut on July 29th this year). Since that time, the company has been steadily releasing Technical Previews after another so that users not affiliated with Microsoft could do some testing of the operating system and then provide some (hopefully) helpful feedback.

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