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Sprint is doing a nice thing, offering a free Android application for users who are blind or have low vision. Developed by Code Factory, the Wireless Accessibility app can be downloaded at no charge through the Android Market to Sprint, Boost Mobile, and Virgin Mobile USA smartphones, allowing users to easily get around their phones…
Free-to-play time management games seem like they won’t be going away any time soon. I’m not sure if it’s because developers feel they can make a ton of money charging players to speed up processes, or if players love how easy free-to-play games are to play, or a combination of both. The Simpsons: Tapped Out…
Though I’ve only been to Austin once, in just a short time it has propelled itself to my short list of favorite American cities. On my bucket list this year was a trip down to Austin for the illustrious South by Southwest, the music, film, and recently startup and application launch/promotion conference which takes place March 9th…
Mid October 2011 is when we first heard rumblings that Apple was working on a 7.85 inch iPad. The report came from the Taiwanese news agency Economic Daily News, who said suppliers have sent Apple 7.85 inch LCD panels to play around with. Two months later, almost to the exact day, DigiTimes said the iPad…
We’re just about wrapped up with Mobile World Congress 2012 and the largest mobile-focused conference was filled with major announcements from nearly every company. Not everything was a home run though, so let’s take a look at who really stood out from the crowd. Winners Android Google’s Android was the star of Mobile World Congress,…
Don’t lie, Android fans. So far, sales of Android tablets suck. Apple is selling millions upon millions of iPads while Android hardware vendors scratching their heads wondering why their tablets aren’t selling even remotely as well. Sure the software was buggy at first and prices are often not where they should be, but things have…
T-Mobile announced that it will suspend all development of HSPA+ after 42 Mbps, as the company plans to focus on its LTE deployment instead. This plan to build a 4G LTE network using the AWS spectrum came about right after the United States government told AT&T to kick rocks. T-Mo decided to smartly use the…
Chief financial officer of Verizon Communications, Fran Shammo, confirmed that Verizon Wireless would soon offer shared data plans for families and that the carrier’s offerings would be available some time around the middle of the year. “This is going to be a long-term migration into where we want to get data plan sharing, but this…
Finally, comic juggernaut Marvel has announced a partnership with Apple’s iBookstore that will bring over 80 graphic novels to iBookstore. Comic book junkies have been patiently waiting for Marvel to release digital copies for a few months now. The new deal will allow iOS users access to longer graphic novels directly through the bookstore, which…
Nokia for the past year or so has been on a crusade to dig the company out of irrelevancy in today’s super competitive mobile business. The Finnish-based phone maker teamed up with Microsoft to jazz things up on the operating system, shifting attention slightly away from its own OS Symbian. Now the company has its…