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Sprint-owned Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile USA are each launching a Deployed Military Program to allow service men and women to keep their accounts and phone numbers intact while deployed overseas. When a customer wants to participate in the program, they simply contact Boost or Virgin Mobile Customer Care and will then be directed to…
Today, Nvidia posted some pretty good quarterly earnings that were ahead of what analyst expected. This news comes after the company’s announcement of its beastly Tegra 3 quad-core processor, that will be jammed into the world’s first device to carry it, the Asus’ Eee Pad Transformer Prime next month. The chipmaker reported earnings of $178.3 million,…
We knew this is coming and voila – LG has officially announced Optimus LTE for Canadian Bell. Needless to say, LG’s superphone will get a prominent place in the carrier’s portfolio as the flagship LTE-enabled smartphone. The device we’re talking about is arguably the best Android smartphone ever made, even better than the Google Nexus…
Shazam is teaming-up with Delivery Agent to allow its users not only to identify TV shows they’re watching, but also to purchase products related to the Shazam-enabled show directly from their Apple iOS or Android mobile devices. As a result, users who “Shazam the show” will be presented with the TV show-specific storefront operated and…
The time many of you have been waiting for has finally arrived. Not only have we just got our first real look at NVIDIA’s quad-core processor, the Tegra 3, but now we have more information on the very first tablet that will be using the snappy SoC, the Asus Eee Pad Transformer Prime. The Transformer…
It was back in late May that we got our first glimpse at NVIDIA’s quad-core processor, codenamed Kal-El. The processor boasted some impressive capabilities that had never been seen on mobile devices today and we patiently awaited to see when we would see more of the powerhouse. Fast forward to today and NVIDIA has given…
Tapjoy, which by this point we knew for their mobile ad efforts, announced the beta launch of a “new kind of personal marketplace” to “forever change” how consumers find, share and engage with mobile applications. The new Tapjoy personal app marketplace delivers customized app recommendations based on user’s likes and dislikes, what apps he or…
Those of you looking for a 4G/LTE device from Verizon that aren’t sold on the upcoming Motorola RAZR or Samsung Galaxy Nexus likely have the HTC Rezound in your sights. The handset is now finally official and should easily be able to go toe-to-toe with about any handset in the market today. Featuring a 4.3…
There are no doubts in my mind mobile payments market is set for an explosive growth. Judging by the success of services like M-Pesa and the recent launch of Google Wallet, there’s a ton of money to be made by providing mobile financial services to people all around the world, whether they live in developed…
Yahoo announced a couple of mobile products today and along with the Livestand iPad app, the company released a revamped version of IntoNow (version 2.0) for the iPad and Yahoo Weather for Android. The IntoNow app for iPad brings some pretty awesome visuals and functionality. The app integrates social networking technology while users watch their favorite shows,…