A relatively new wireless carrier called LinkUp Mobile has quietly grown to 30,000 subscribers in just four months by taking an unusual approach to selling phone service. Instead of focusing solely on online sales or traditional wireless stores, the company is putting complete phone packages in convenience stores and gas stations across the country. According to BestMVNO, LinkUp Mobile's parent company SurgePays reported that monthly customer sign-ups more than doubled between April and July... Read more →
Earlier this year in August, Nokia, the Finland tech company that is left after it sold its cellphone segment to Microsoft, introduced new versions of its Here mapping app, and additionally announced that the navigation app will be made available to Samsung handsets, particularly Galaxy devices powered by both Android and Tizen, as well as other... Read more →
Taiwanese phone maker HTC first introduced the Eye Experience software suite when it unveiled the Desire Eye “selfie” smartphone. Now, users of T-Mobile's HTC One (M8) will be glad to know that the Eye Experience will also be brought to their devices via a new Android 4.4.4 update. The HTC One (M8) was released pre-loaded with Android 4.4.2 whose... Read more →
What is so special about 6-second looping videos? Nothing much, but if they are made by somebody as creative as Zach King or as funny as Jerome Jarre, they can be addictive. No wonder then that Vine, the video-sharing and social network that publishes these very short clips, have gone on to amass 40 million users last year, no doubt drawn by its... Read more →
True to its word, Apple has made the iOS 8.1 update available to owners of iPhones, iPads, and iPod touch devices. The official release of the latest iOS 8 update also marks the simultaneous launch of Apple Pay, the tech giant's new mobile payment system. Through a combination of near-field communications (NFC) and Apple's own Touch ID technology... Read more →
Not only has Apple released the iOS 8.1 update today as well as its Apple Pay mobile payment system, the tech giant has also made public the results of its fourth quarter fiscal year 2014 (Q4 FY14) financials. And it appears that the company is just doing fine. According to the fourth quarter results (as of September 27th), Apple has sold more... Read more →
Google officially unveiled Android 5.0 Lollipop, the latest version of the Android mobile operating system, just last week. Android fans are no doubt excited to experience the newest iteration of the world's most popular smartphone OS. But which devices exactly are getting the latest Android system? For now, here is what we know. Google Google's... Read more →
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