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On Thursday, the Justice Department approved Verizon Wireless’ $3.9 billion purchase of spectrum from Comcast and other cable companies. After the DOJ ruling, FCC Chairman Julius Genachowski urged his agency to approval the deal as well. Verizon won approval, but it must follow a few restrictions that’ll prevent Verizon from getting too cozy with cable…
The folks at xda-developers have a knack with Android devices and have cracked open yet another locked down handset. The latest to fall is the Galaxy S III on Verizon, which is one of the only S III models in the US to ship with a locked boot loader. The ability to unlock the boot…
Discover customers can finally save their credit cards to Google Wallet. Earlier this month, the search giant announced compatibility for all major credit cards, but a couple of the card makers were slow in using the Save to Wallet API. Discover is the first major card company to publicly announce its intention to use the…
Sad story after sad story after sad story — that is the life of Research in Motion, otherwise known as RIM. What’s the latest sad story for the crumbling company? BlackBerry usage share in the United States has plunged down to just 1 percent. That is according to Chitika’s mobile web usage statistics. In fact,…
Thought that the new Google Play Store update only brought gift cards and wishlists to the table? You’d be wrong, as the 3.8.15 build of the Google Play Store also offers up the new Smart App Updates feature. Smart App Updates are just what they sound like. Well, in that it’s a pretty smart feature.…
Judge Lucy Koh overseeing the Apple and Samsung trial is beginning to get a bit irritable with the two companies in this trial. Apple’s attorneys got an ear-full from her today. After presenting the judge with a 75-page briefing including 22 possible witnesses Apple considered calling to the stand once Samsung’s presentation finished, she asked…
WalMart is currently selling refurbished Acer Iconia Tab A100 Android tablets for $149.99, which is $100 less than list prices. As a refresher, the Acer Iconia A100 features a 7 inch 1024×600 pixels touchscreen, Wi-Fi connectivity, NVidia Tegra 2 processor (dual-core), 1GB of RAM, 5 megapixel rear-facing camera, 2 megapixel front-facing one, and a mini HDMI…
Are you a custom ROM addict and need to show your love of AOKP just a little more? Well, look no further than these AOKP t-shirts. The shirts are offered in a wide variety of colors, as well as a mono or full color versions. If you don’t know what AOKP is, it’s a custom…
Here’s an interesting twist on the remote access services that have been around for years. Instead of being able to control your laptop or desktop computer from your smartphone, the TeamViewer QuickSupport app provides a way to do the exact opposite: remotely control your Android smartphone from your computer. TeamViewer boasts that it is best…
There’s no question we’re all overly dependent on our smartphones. If you use your smartphone on a daily basis (which you probably do) and you say that you aren’t dependent on it, you are just flat out lying to yourself. Well just in case we wanted all the specifics on just how obsessed we are…