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I’m sure you heard the news that in August, AT&T will join Verizon Wireless by offering its new shared data plans for families or just groups of people who would prefer to have one giant pool of monthly data to feed all of their devices. When we first heard late last year about the carriers’…
It looks like Barnes and Noble is the first tablet maker to get the Nexus 7 memo, as it’s looking to give potential customers $50 gift cards with purchase of its Nook tablet. This deal makes perfect sense because it’s just in time for the back-to-school sales to roll out, and it also undercuts the impressive…
This one’s gotta burn. Apple is taking to the courts around the world claiming that Samsung, Motorola, and others blatantly copied the iPad with their competing Android offerings. Apple has been dealt another strong blow today, just one day after a German court found that Motorola’s Xoom tablet did not violate Apple’s design patent. A United…
Ready for some more tasty new iPhone rumors? Well, the folks over at BGR claim to have gotten word about Apple’s production plans. The Cupertino based technology company isn’t in the final production stage like many have speculated, instead the new iPhone is currently in the third revised stage called “engineering verification test” (EVT3), according…
An interesting post this morning out of Network World provide a glimpse into an iPad prototype from the early 2000s. As we know from an interview with Steve Jobs at the 2010 All Things D conference, the iPhone was actually inspired by the original iPad design after an engineer was able to get a few key…
Verizon announced another 4G network expansion today and increased its LTE coverage to blanket 337 markets in the US. Starting July 19, the carrier will add LTE coverage to 33 new markets which includes: El Dorado/Magnolia and Russellville, Ark. New London County, Conn. Fort Pierce/Vero Beach and Melbourne/Titusville, Fla. Columbus and Rome, Ga. Burley, Id.…
Technology is getting the chance to input some positive change, as Washington state has decided to incorporate the services of Facebook. The Evergreen State soon will allow its residents to register to vote through the most popular social networking platform. Yes, you heard right. The way this works is the state will have an application…
Twist for iOS is a location sharing application that informs someone you’re meeting up with exactly when you’ll arrive. Imagine you’re meeting your family, friends, or business colleagues for dinner, and you’re stuck in traffic. Once you’ve entered your final location and people to share information with for that trip, Twist takes live traffic information,…
AT&T announced its shared data plans Wednesday morning and the plans are very similar to what Verizon has to offer. Just like Verizon, AT&T’s plans let customers can pick from a bucket of data that starts at 1GB for $40 per month. The plans then jump up to 4GB for $70, 6GB for $90, 10…
Boost Mobile, one of the many mobile virtual network operators who piggy back on Sprint’s dilapidated 3G network, is going to offer a smartphone dubbed the “Hydro” on August 3rd for $130. Said smartphone is made by Kyocera and it’s called the Hydro because it’s splash proof and water proof up to one meter for…