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Microsoft is kicking off a new advertising campaign with Windows Phone 8 ditching Jessica Alba and Oprah in favor of allegedly disgruntled iPhone and Android device owners. The campaign is called “Meet Your Match” and it aims to get people to realize how much their phones suck in comparison to the almighty Windows Phone 8…
After you’ve finished shopping for your ideal smartphone or tablet and then hooked it up with all the best accessories, what’s next? Apps, of course! These days, a smartphone or tablet is worthless without a good set of apps and a large marketplace to choose them from. Many people often forget that you can buy…
Well for once, AT&T is doing something that isn’t pissing America off. It turns out that AT&T’s roll out of 4G LTE coverage across the country is going better than anyone, including the carrier, had anticipated. The goal to cover 150 million people in over 100 markets was projected by AT&T to be completed by…
Some months after changing its international data plans, AT&T is revamping its entire line of services for travelers, which means talking and texting plans are getting a refresh as well. AT&T’s new Europe Travel plan offers bundles of 30, 80, or 200 minutes per month for anywhere in Europe. The charges are $30, $60, and…
On the same day as fellow social network Facebook gets a mobile app update, so does Twitter. Nothing major though — both bring some nice new features that incrementally make the experience better. For Twitter’s update, the focus is on the Discover tab, search, and account management. The Discover tab on the iPhone and iPad…
Facebook updated its mobile apps for iOS and Android today to include a few small new features. The most notable one is the inclusion of a Share button on certain posts. Just like on facebook.com, you can now re-share posts (somewhat similar to Twitter’s retweet functionality) from the smartphone apps to all of your friends. This…
Sprint is moving forward with its effort to expand its 4G LTE network across the country to better compete with the likes of AT&T and Verizon. Nine cities currently only covered by Sprint’s 3G network will soon light up with LTE access. The following cities are benefiting from the rollout: Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota, Oakland/Fremont/Hayward, California,…
You know, many have predicted for years now that the world would come to an end in 2012. I didn’t want to believe it — perhaps I’m just an unabashed optimist — but now, it has come to my attention it’s really happening. The end is near and it’s because the once presumably flawless Apple…
It’s one of the most popular 7-inch tablets on the market. It features Android Jelly Bean, a small compact size, and an alluring $199 price tag for 16GB of storage. Of course I’m talking about Google’s Nexus 7 tablet manufactured by Asus. It made the news this morning for a slightly different reason and garnered…
No surprise here, but NVIDIA’s earnings were quite generous in third quarter of 2012, to say the least. Its revenue reached an all-time quarterly high as it brought in $1.2 billion. That’s up 15.3 percent from last quarter and 12.9 percent from the year-ago quarter. Profits rose to $209.1 million during the quarter and the gross…