Best Buy has a sweet deal for those seeking an awesome device on the largest cellular provider in the states, Verizon. The big box retailer is selling the HTC One on Big Red for cheap at $49 in both available Blue and Silver color. When compared to other handsets on the market, the HTC One…
Sprint reported to be launching its own early upgrade program, One Up
Sprint is reportedly set to launch its own early ‘One Up’ upgrade program similar to its competitors Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile. According to Cnet, The Now Network will start the program September 20, which is the same day both the iPhone 5c and iPhone 5s go on sale. Sprint’s One Up program allows buyers to…
Apple gets all fancy and stuff: teams with Burberry to shoot runway show with iPhone 5S
Apple is coming off its big announcement two days ago, as it officially showed the iPhone 5C and iPhone 5S to the world. So now the tech giant is teaming up with one of the biggest fashion designers in the world, Burberry, to shoot its Spring/Summer 2014 runway show using the iPhone 5S. This is…
Microsoft handing out $200 gift cards for iPad defectors
Microsoft has been on a mission as of late in pushing its Surface tablet to the masses. First came its price cut to entry level Surface RT, now the company is pushing a trade-in program. The plan is for folks to trade-in their “gently-used” iPad 2, 3, or 4 for a $200 gift card to…
T-Mobile brings more tethering options to unlimited users
T-Mobile recently added more options to its tethering data plans for unlimited users. The point is for the company to please its more data-hungry customers, by increasing data buckets and reducing costs. The new structure goes as followed: Unlimited data w/ 2.5GB of SMHS: $20/month Unlimited data w/ 4.5GB of SMHS: $30/month Unlimited data w/…
iCloud Keychain inexplicably absent in iOS 7 GM
Apple for some unforeseen reason has eliminated iCloud Keychain from the iOS 7 Gold Master (GM) update, which was issued to developers yesterday. In earlier beta versions of iOS 7 users would get access to the security feature through iCloud preferences in the ‘Settings’ menu, now the Keychain option has been removed. This would show…
Amazon Kindle Fire HD 2 leaked, shows an entirely new look
The month of September continues to roll along with big news, as Apple lead the way yesterday during its event. Today, however, Amazon is front and center thanks to leaked photos of its next generation Kindle Fire HD courtesy of tech site BGR. We’ve been hearing many reports on what kind of features we can…
BlackBerry lays off “several dozen” US sales staff members
The BlackBerry ship is sinking deeper and deeper by the day. The Canadian based phone maker is reported to be laying off several dozen members of its U.S. sales force, according to AllThingsD. This job cutting effort is apart of the company’s ongoing strategy to rid itself of expenditures due to evaporating sales and market…
Microsoft’s Xbox Music hits Android and iOS
Today Microsoft just released its Xbox Music streaming service to Android device owners. Of course, to use the app, users are required to have an Xbox Music account similar to other services offered by Google, Apple, or Amazon. Microsoft’s service allows access to all of a person’s songs and albums on Windows, Xbox and Windows…
Amazon denies talks of a free smartphone
Last week, rumors spread that Amazon is working on launching its own free smartphone to all Prime users sometime this year. We originally got the scoop from former Wall Street Journal reporters Amir Efrati and Jessica Lessin. Interestingly, the WSJ reached out to Amazon this past Sunday, where a spokesman flat out denied any rumors…