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BlackBerry unveiled the BlackBerry 10-powered Z10 handset earlier this year and the phone is now available from a handful of carriers. To address some issue in the first generation BB10 device, BlackBerry is pushing out its first public update for the handset. According to BlackBerry’s website, the update for the Z10 includes the following tweaks…
Battery warnings rank right up there as some of the most boring dialogs on earth. How many times have you seen the “20% of battery remaining” alert and just mindlessly tapped it away? Spotted by Gizmodo, College Humor has a great clip showing battery warnings that’ll force you to take notice of the fact that…
T-Mobile announced its quarterly earnings yesterday and the carrier finished 2012 on a strong note. As part of its earnings report, the carriers confirmed it is still rolling out 4G HSPA+ on its 1900MHz spectrum and it ahead of schedule on its LTE expansion. The carrier confirmed that its more than half of its HSPA+…
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Apple is now requiring all executives to hold stock in the company that is worth triple their base salary. This new stock-holding requirement was quietly implemented on February 6. An Apple spokesperson declined to comment on the change, but it comes during a tumultuous time for…
The highly-anticipated android gaming console, OUYA, will start shipping to Kickstarter backers by the end of the month. OUYA announced yesterday that is it ready to move into the final stage of product development — getting the product into the hands of consumers. OUYA will start shipping consoles on March 28th and Kickstarter backers should…
According to a report in TechCrunch, the FCC will look into the legality of a law that bans the unlocking of cell phones. The law went into effect this year after the Library of Congress removed the cell phone unlock exemption from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The “ban raises competition concerns; it raises innovation…
Earlier this year, T-Mobile CEO John Legere blasted AT&T and its network during a keynote speech at CES. In a memorable moment, the outspoken CEO called AT&T’s network “crap.” AT&T didn’t immediately respond to this criticism from its rival, but it obviously did not forget the slamming it took from T-Mobile. As noticed by Bloomberg, AT&T recently…
The Verizon Galaxy Nexus is the forgotten stepchild of Google’s Nexus program. Unlike most Nexus models which get updates early and on a regular basis, the Verizon Nexus is four updates behind its GSM counterpart. Though we have no idea what it will bring to the table, Verizon support did confirm via Twitter that an…
Leap Wireless confirmed in a SEC filing earlier this week that it is struggling to sell its allotment of iPhones. If sales don’t pick up, the company could be stuck with $100M in unsold iPhones by the end of the year and $150M by mid-2014. The wireless company started selling the iPhone in June 2012…
Groupon announced today that CEO Andrew Mason is leaving the company. Mason founded the daily deal service in 2008 and by 2011, it had grown to a $1.610 billion company. Mason stepped down as CEO after several quarters of disappointing financial earnings chipped away at the company’s stock. In a moving letter, Mason admits his…