The CTIA has announced that an agreement has been reached with the FCC in regards to cell phone unlocking. With the top 5 carriers -- Sprint, T-Mobile, AT&T, Verizon and US Cellular -- all in agreement a new deal has been reached which brings some new rules and regulations to unify cell phone unlocking policies. [...]
According to several reports, Sprint is preparing a $20B offer to buy T-Mobile
To help celebrate the 4th birthday of Angry Birds the founders Rovio have released a brand new game, Angry Birds Go. Rovio has released the game on all major smartphone platforms, and this time they decided to go for the freemium option, meaning the game is a free download with tons of in app purchases [...]
In the past fortnight, Spotify has undergone some major changes. The made a wholesale update to their mobile offering; they updated their tablet experience to be exactly the same as on a desktop or laptop; they added two high-profile bands to their music selection; they launched in 20 new markets, bringing the grand total to 55 markets.
Tuesday, in a move that will surely result in untold amounts of inappropriate photos, Twitter announced that they have added the ability to send photos in direct messages. Luckily, they also removed the option to receive DMs from anyone last month or this could have gotten very ugly, very fast.
Samsung has been able to move millions of their Android devices over the years, and various devices have hit 10 million sold over the course of time. Samsung has announced that the Galaxy Note 3 will be the latest entrant into the club as the device has reached 10 million units sold in only two [...]
For a long time people have said that Nokia should move from Windows Phone and begin building Android devices as well but Nokia seemed to have no interest, or so we thought. According to some new information Nokia has been working on a device which they have code named "Normandy" along with various other names [...]
T-Mobile was the first American carrier to implement the installment payment on devices. Now, both AT&T and Verizon have followed suit, but not nearly as good as the T-Mobile deals. "Well qualified" customers can pay a monthly payment (often under $29 a month) towards their device for 24 months. At anytime during the "financing" period [...]
Freelance marketplace Fiverr has been around connecting freelancers to customers around the world since 2011. Now we're talking graphic artists, comedians, marketers, gift designers and creators, not handymen and plumbers. With Fiverr if you're looking to spoof a friend with a voice mail message from Sean Connery, or you need an infographic based on your data [...]
IKEA has just expanded its product line beyond just amazing meatballs, furniture and drapery as they now have begun carrying select Android phones as well. In what seems like an extremely odd business move IKEA has started offering select handsets from Verizon and Sprint for free with a new two year contract from their website. [...]
