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BlackBerry is working on the next version of its mobile platform. Version 10.3 should be out later in the year, bringing along a number of changes, including: Nicer looking homescreen that no longer has boxed icons. Intelligent Assistant – yup, the Canadian company will offer a Siri of its own. We still lack many details,…
With internet usage at higher rates than ever before and mobile internet accessible devices release across the globe, humanity sure is using a lot of bandwidth. Most of it is spent watching cat videos (and *ahem porn) checking our Facebook pages and Instagramming pictures of our delicious meals. While the end-user (That’s you!) isn’t too…
The White House is apparently looking to dump BlackBerry for Android smartphones, The Wall Street Journal is reporting. The article suggests that the government IT experts are currently playing with different Samsung and LG models, though no timeline was given when the switch will be made. Or not. A Department of Defense spokesman said the…
Sprint continues to expand its 4G LTE network by lighting up twenty new markets today. The new locations that are now covered by Sprint’s 4G LTE are as follows: Bakersfield, CA Bridgeport/Stamford/Norwalk, CT El Centro, CA Hot Springs, AR Kenosha, WI Lancaster, PA Mason City, IA Myrtle Beach, SC Nogales, AZ Ocean City, NJ Omaha,…
Sprint has announced two new prepaid plans this morning, starting at just $45 a month. Not to be confused with Sprint’s other prepaid brands, Virgin and Boost Mobile, the new Sprint prepaid plans give customers the option of breaking away from the shackles of a contract, all while utilizing Sprint’s LTE and Spark data technology.…
It has been one year since T-Mobile’s humongous LTE rollout, and the company is celebrating by announcing a big push to upgrade its 2G/EDGE network to blazing fast 4G LTE. While T-Mobile’s 4G LTE network performs amazingly in major metro areas, many Americans in more rural areas are left with low data speeds, or no…
Although BlackBerry devices are already more secure than other commercially available phones, some folks need an extra layer of security. For heads of the governments and top-level executives the “default” security just won’t cut it. Chances are NSA (other other agencies for that matter) can slide through built-in security mechanisms. That shouldn’t be the case…
When you print a concert or airline ticket from your mobile device, you probably don’t give the action a bit of thought. But there is a lot of history behind the technology, some of which dates back all the way to the 15th century, when the printing press was created by Johannes Gutenberg. A new…
Chances are there are not that many Microsoft OneDrive (former SkyDrive) users among BlackBerry owners. I could be wrong though, but I would guess most CrackBerry fans use services like Dropbox and Box.net, both of which already got their apps for BlackBerry. If you do own a BlackBerry and also store your stuff on Microsoft’s…
Verizon has revealed a new pre-paid plan which takes dead aim at its competitors, specifically that magenta colored one. Verizon’s new ALLSET plans offer customers unlimited talk and text beginning at $35 for feature phones and $45 a month for smartphone customers. To solve customers’ data woes, Verizon has created BRIDGE DATA which connects ALLSET…