Your phone's battery draining faster than it should? Google might finally help you figure out why. Starting March 1, 2026, the Play Store will begin warning users about apps that secretly suck up too much battery power in the background. According to Android Authority, apps that hold more than two cumulative hours of wake locks in a 24-hour period will get flagged. Wake locks are basically what keep your phone awake even when the screen is off – useful for things like music playback or file... Read more →
Last summer, Virgin Mobile debuted its Custom plans at Walmart and in the process launched one of the most flexible prepaid family plans ever in America. Through technology supplied by ItsOn, subscribers could choose specific buckets of call minutes, text messaging and megabytes, and then share them with the family. They could even customize phone... Read more →
Net neutrality gets support from a rather unexpected source. In a letter sent to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), major wireless carrier Sprint has expressed support of the so-called "Title II" regulation, just about the only legal means in which the FCC can employ in order to make sure that Internet service providers can not favor... Read more →
It is now official. Major American wireless carrier AT&T has acquired Mexican wireless carrier Iusacell for $2.5 billion. With this acquisition, AT&T is now the first mobile carrier in the United States to operate wireless networks on both sides of the US-Mexican border. Because Iusacell only has 9.2 million subscribers (which places it... Read more →
During one of its recent major events held in Beijing, China, Xiaomi introduced two new smartphones, plus a TV streaming box and a pair of high-end headphones. Xiaomi cements its status as the third biggest smartphone manufacturer in the world by launching not one but two flagship mobile devices to start the year 2015. The two devices are the Mi... Read more →
The rumor mill has been turning in the past few days regarding the possibility that Samsung may be planning to buy BlackBerry. As reported by Reuters, representatives from both companies purportedly met several days ago to discuss the matter of the South Korean tech giant possibly taking over the recently struggling Canadian phone maker. Some... Read more →
T-Mobile is introducing a new lineup of prepaid plans called Simply Prepaid. Basically, it is a monthly plan that already includes unlimited call minutes, text messaging, and 4G data use. Customers who avail of this plan only need to pay for how much 4G LTE data they expect to use. Simply Prepaid consists of three different offers. These are: $40... Read more →
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