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T-Mobile is getting rid of those old grandfathered data plans, and making customers choose between one of its current Simple Choice plans. This move is similar to what AT&T had announced a few days ago, doing away with traditional rate plans in favor of its Mobile Share plans for new customers. T-Mobile believes the change…
The American Airlines Android app just revamped its entire user interface, as it did away with the drab look it had before. Now folks can enjoy the AA application’s newer, more enjoyable Android-style ambiance. The new update brings proper navigation and a refresh button, and the app kept all the usual airline functions like mobile…
AT&T today announced it is doing away with tiered data plans, instead opting for its mobile share plans. This decision was one of many that the Death Star made, including changing choices for individuals as they now have to sign up for unlimited voice and text. For those of you who have a family plan, this…
Just when you think BlackBerry is dead and gone, the Waterloo company surprises us as it continues to truck along. Yesterday, Rogers, Canada’s largest cellular provider clarified to its subscribers that it would in fact carry the next BlackBerry flagship smartphone, the Z30. However many U.S. retailers have yet to show the same commitment to…
Something nice may be coming soon to you AT&T Nokia Lumia owners, as the second largest cellular provider may roll out the Windows Phone Amber update today. The Death Star made sure to answer many anxious subscribers questions about the update, adding this statement: AT&T has completed testing the Nokia Lumia 820/920 Windows Phone software…
Fitbit today announced a new addition to its line of wearable fitness products called the Force. The Force resembles more of a smartwatch because it not only offers tracking but includes a small dark display that tells the time and delivers caller ID information. Fitbit basically revamped its Flex wearable it came out with a…
Today Yahoo’s photo-sharing service, Flickr, rolled out a fresh update to its iOS app. This version of the mobile application brings a new Auto Upload feature, which simply places new photos in your camera roll to Flickr. Images are uploaded incrementally starting with 25 of the most recent photos, as they’ll be automatically uploaded in…
Social media and television are becoming more synonymous with how people go about sharing and enjoying entertainment. So in further combining both universes, Comcast and Twitter have joined forces to bring a new feature called “See It” that users will see embedded in NBCUniversal tweets beginning in November. For those of you who don’t know,…
Before I get into the how, you must first know where I was before I became an iPhone user. In February 2012, I switched from Android over to the iPhone exclusively; in between that time I owned a iPhone 4S and an unlocked iPhone 5. I didn’t do it because I thought the iPhone was…
Great news for you HBO Go customers on Android. The wildly popular content provider finally addressed a problematic buffering and compatibility issue that plagued the app running on devices with Android 4.3, making it useless. In the changelog, all it says is “bug fixes.” I guess the engineers over at HBO deserves a little credit…