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AOL-owned about.me website launched an iPhone app, helping you take your online identity with you, no matter where you happen to go. Aside from bundling many of the web service’s functionalities, the mobile app also allows you to “Check Out” nearby users’ pages presuming they’ve enabled the option. This in turn is said to bridge…
Cross-device computing experts at Splashtop updated their FileHound iPhone app, enabling file transfer and breadcrumb navigation. Those who haven’t heard of FileHound before should know it’s touted as the “easiest way to list, search and navigate documents, photos, music and videos on a computer.” When connected to a computer (requires the Splashtop Streamer software on…
Cinemark, which is one of the world’s largest motion picture exhibitors, launched an Android app, allowing movie fans to purchase Cinemark’s movie tickets while on the go. Moreover, the free to download application also comes with other features, enabling you to instantly locate nearest Cinemark theatre using GPS, search for preferred theatre locations and even…
HTC’s quad core beast, the One X, gets all the attention, but it’s the One S that we think deserves more praise. It’s thinner, it uses Qualcomm’s Snapdragon S4, it’s smaller, it has a body that’s made out of something that’s been through a plasma bath, but … and this is a huge but, the…
Two Windows Phones launched on AT&T yesterday, Nokia’s Lumia 900 and HTC’s Titan II. The former is being offered for $99 with a two year contract, the latter was supposed to cost $199 with a two year contract, but now it’s just $149. Why did this happen? We can only speculate, but we’re going to…
The next major version of Windows Phone, codenamed Apollo, is due to land in the fourth quarter of this year. We have a rough idea of what new features it’ll bring to the table, but until Microsoft issues a press release detailing everything we should know about … we’re pretty much clueless to what’s true…
One of the best things about Android 4.0 is the fact that it doesn’t need any front facing buttons to run. Just look at the Galaxy Nexus, it’s a beautiful solid sheet of glass. HTC’s 2012 flagship, the One X, has three hideous buttons, and that seriously makes us sad. So what about Samsung’s hero…
T-Mobile and Leap Wireless, which owns the Cricket brand, confirmed on Monday that the two carriers are swapping spectrum to better improve their 3G and 4G coverage. T-Mobile will use this spectrum to improves its HSPA+ network and prepare for its future LTE network, while Leap will use it to extends its coverage and prepare for LTE.…
The nation’s four largest wireless carriers are working with the US Government to build and support a database of lost and stolen phones. The carriers have agreed to deny both voice and data service for phones added to the database will be denied . Carriers will setup their own databases and eventually roll them into a centralized…
T-Mobile didn’t waste any time trying to grab new customers from AT&T. One day after AT&T began unlocking off-contract iPhones, T-Mobile is letting it be known that it has some of the best calling and data plans in the nation. The carrier also points out that it already has one million iPhones running on its…