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AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon are set to invest up to $100 million in the mobile payment initiative Isis and the move could be a major boost for NFC payments while also letting the carriers get a leg up on Google in this space. If you remember, Isis is a joint venture that started with those…
You readers on the East Coast are gearing up for one nasty hurricane and we sincerely hope that all of you out there stay safe. T-Mobile is offering some tips on how to use your phone to be prepared, so let’s check them out. T-Mobile gave these tips out regarding using your phone during the…
A new rumor coming from the hit-or-miss New York Post suggests that the much-rumored Amazon tablet could be coming out as early as September and it could be “hundreds less” than the Apple iPad. The move makes a lot of sense because even stellar iPad competitors like the Galaxy Tab 10.1 haven’t been able to…
Pandora announced its second-quarter results yesterday (remember, it’s public now) and it shows something quite incredible: mobile ads account for more than half of its overall advertising revenues. Pandora is one of the many companies which benefited from the app explosion, as it went from a cool business that was teetering on the brink of…
If you and a few thousands of your friends were peeved at Verizon Wireless, you may want to file a class-action lawsuit. Not so fast, as Reuters reports that a federal appeals court said customers will have to go at it by themselves through arbitration instead of with class-action lawsuits. Last year, the 3rd Circuit…
Google is killing off its Slide team and shutting down most of the mobile apps that the team created in order to focus more on Google+. Google purchased Slide last year for about $200 million and the team was thought to give the search giant a much-needed boost in the social side. Since then, Larry…
“Every once in a while, a revolutionary product comes along that changes everything …” Steve Jobs said during a MacWorld keynote in 2007 and this was definitely hyperbole but the introduction of the original iPhone was a major moment in mobile history. With news that Jobs is resigning as Apple CEO, we thought it would…
While we’re not sure if an iPad can replace a laptop, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers are using Apple’s tablet to replace their physical playbooks. According to a report in TampaBay.com, the professional football team has put its extensive playbook onto iPad 2 units and distributed those to the team. Along with the plays, the Apple…
The Federal Communication Commission is asking for more details on its 4G LTE rollout in an attempt to give more scrutiny to the proposed T-Mobile acquistion. As you may recall, AT&T is attempting to purchase T-Mobile for about $36 billion in a move to make it the nation’s largest carrier and give it a ton…
As you know by now, Steve Jobs has resigned as CEO of Apple and while he will still be a chairman and have a larger impact on the company, it really is an end of an era. I thought it would be an appropriate time to express my gratitude to Jobs for what he has…