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Dish may be courting Sprint with $25B in cash and stock, but Softbank still believes that it will win the hand of the US carrier in the long run. According to a report in AllThingsD, Softbank released a statement that confirms it intends to acquire a majority interest in Sprint by July 2013. SoftBank believes that…
Facebook updated its iOS app to version 6 and included several new features that’ll bring some of Facebook Home to iOS owners. The most notable addition is the inclusion of chat heads in oth the iPhone and iPad version of the app. This implementation of chat heads is not as robust as the version on Android,…
The full retail launch of the Galaxy S4 is right around the corner, and AT&T is early out of the gates with its pre-order page for the handset. The page for the 16GB White Frost version is live on AT&T’s website, and according to Engadget, AT&T is accepting orders for some folks. The wireless carrier…
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Verizon Wireless is negotiating a deal with Clearwire to lease its spectrum. Verizon allegedly offered Clearwire $1.5 billion to use some of Clearwire’s spectrum in larger markets. This offer was disclosed in Clearwire’s recent SEC filing, with insiders claiming that the bidder, “party J,” is Verizon…
Verizon is trying to take the sting out of the changes that it made to its cellular plans that lengthened the time between upgrades from 20 months to 24 months. In that upgrade announcement, the wireless carrier also confirmed that it will start offering device payment plans for customers who want to upgrade before their current…
Google updated its YouTube app for iOS to version 1.3 and added a handful of new features. One very useful feature included in this latest version is the ability to quickly find new videos that have been uploaded by the channels in your subscription library. You can now watch live YouTube streams in the app,…
T-Mobile is aggressively pushing the iPhone 5 with a new trade-in offer that’ll let people walk out the door with an Apple handset for $0 down. Customers with an iPhone 4S or an iPhone 4 can bring in their old device and trade up to an iPhone 5 on a no-contract Simple Choice plan. Trade-in customers must…
Samsung unveiled its Galaxy Note 8.0 at Mobile World Congress and now the tablet is ready to make its big US debut. The 8-inch Android device will land April 11th in the US with a $399 price tag. This places the Note 8.0 slightly above the iPad mini and its $329 price tag. The Note…
Google announced today that it is rolling out a revamped Play Store for Android devices. According to the announcement, the Store will have a fresh, new look that is simple, and clean. It will have bigger images, improved recommendations and a better layout that groups similar content together. It’s designed to make it easier to find and…
Google is allegedly trimming the fat from its Play Store by removing over 60,000 apps in the month of February. According to the report in TechCrunch, this number was provided by a company in the mobile app industry that is privy to this type of information. TechCrunch points out that some of these deletions are…