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AT&T has discontinued a program which offered T-Mobile customers up to $450 to switch from the magenta carrier to AT&T, just a little over a month after it had rolled out as a pre-emptive strike against T-Mobile’s UnCarrier 4.0 announcement. AT&T rolled out the offer just a few weeks before T-Mobile CEO John Legere was…
It seems that Axl Rose hates Google Glass almost as much as he hates karaoke. The frontman for one of the best rock bands of all time, Guns N’ Roses got all huffy about the Red Hot Chili Peppers performance at the Super Bowl last week, in which they didn’t even play their instruments. I’ll…
We know Verizon will get the Samsung Galaxy NotePRO 12.2 and now we have an image to show you, compliments to the ever-savvy EVleaks. As you can see for yourself, it’s really hard to miss Verizon’s branding on this NotePRO 12.2, but it is slightly different from the Wi-Fi only model — instead of boasting…
HTC is gearing towards officially announcing the M8, successor to its One flagship smartphone. We’ve heard a number of rumors about it in the past and today, we’re glad to confirm that it will indeed rock a pair of cameras on the back. Chances are one of them relies on the Ultrapixel technology and the…
We know that Samsung Galaxy S5 is coming this year, and now we’re hearing that just like its predecessor, it too will have its “Active” version. According to Korean ETnews, the still-current Galaxy S4 Active has accounted for just 3-4 percent of the “total Galaxy S4? sales. This time, however, the company wants to make…
Say you own Verizon’s Droid DNA and say you want it to run the latest version of Android. You can now do that, though you’ll need some tech skills. As you would imagine, this isn’t the official update and you’ll rather have to “manually” cram KitKat to your Droid DNA smartphone. As part of the…
Google has just released its Android distribution numbers for February, showing everyone’s old favorite Gingerbread on the decline with Jelly Bean dominating the Android landscape. KitKat saw its numbers increase by .4%, a modest increase given its recent release. Since Google’s Android OS version data relies on using the Play Store, the numbers do not…
The Android 4.4.2 update for Verizon’s variant of the Moto G has begun its rollout, just a month or so after the Motorola rolled out the update in the U.S. Android 4.4.2 is the newest version of Android KitKat around, bringing the Verizon Moto G up to par with its brethren on other U.S. carriers.…
From rumor to reality, the red Nexus 5 is now available in the Google Play Store. Given that it’s just a color variant, the red Nexus 5 is the same price, starting at $349 for the 16GB version and $399 for the 32GB version. With previous Nexus handsets, the world had to wait quite a…
Microsoft has announced its new CEO, Satya Nadella. In addition to the naming of its new Chief Operating Officer, Microsoft also announced that founder Bill Gates will assume the role of Technology Advisor. The immediate timing of Nadella’s appointment as CEO will force former CEO Steve Ballmer to hang up his hat a little earlier…