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Nokia is expected to announce the 41-megapixel Lumia 1020 during a press event today. A few hours before the big unveiling, AT&T has inadvertently taken the wraps off the phone in a video that appears on its YouTube channel. The video focuses on the camera and confirms the phone will rock a 41-megapixel camera with 6X…
Florida, home of the hanging chad, has earned another dubious distinction. It allegedly has become the first state in the nation to (inadvertently) ban all internet connected devices, including smartphones, says a report in The Huffington Post. The ban went into effect in April when Florida Governor Rick Scott signed a bill that prohibited the…
T-Mobile said it would unveil its boldest moves yet at an event to be held today at 2:30PM ET. A leak to The Verge and Tmonews suggests the carrier may be unveiling a new plan that’ll allow customers to upgrade to a new phone whenever they want to. This is completely opposite from AT&T and…
Here is a distressing story from Le Matin about Fanny Schlatter, an 18-year-old woman from Switzerland, whose Galaxy S III handset exploded while she was carrying it in her pocket. She was at work and had to be rescued by her boss, who tore off her pants to remove the burning phone from her body. When all…
Nokia is holding a big press event in New York City on Thursday, July 11th. Though not confirmed, the company is expected to unveil its new Nokia EOS, aka Lumia 1020 aka Lumia 909, phone. You can watch the event unfold in real time by following Nokia’s live stream of the event. It starts tomorrow at…
Motorola was rumored to be holding a private press event on July 11, and early intel suggested the American handset maker would use the occasion to unveil the rumored Motorola X smartphone. Those hopes were squashed today by a report out of Android Community. According to the latest information, Motorola will not hold an event…
Sprint announced today that it now owns all of Clearwire. According to the press release, Clearwire shareholders approved the merger in a special meeting of stockholders that was held July 8, 2013. The acquisition was first announced in December of 2012 and was waiting for approval by Clearwire. Now that Clearwire has agreed to the merger, Sprint…
Sprint confirmed on Friday that the FCC has given its approval to the merger of the US wireless carrier with Japanese carrier SoftBank. SoftBank will have majority control over Sprint and will play an integral role in Sprint’s upcoming acquisition of Clearwire. This approval is the last government hurdle for the merger, and both Sprint…
Five years ago, Apple announced at WWDC 2008 that it was launching an App Store. The store in all its glory officially opened a month later on July 10, 2008. To celebrate its fifth year anniversary, Apple is offering a promotion on ten of the top iOS apps and games. First noticed by The Verge, the list…
AT&T announced revisions to its privacy policy that allow the carrier to collect usage data in order to send you targeted ads and location specific alerts. The carrier writes in a blog post that “this aggregate and anonymous data can be used by retailers, advertisers and marketing companies to figure out what consumers want in…