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The UK supermarket Sainsbury’s launched its own virtual mobile network (MVNO) using Vodafone’s existing infrastructure. The company’s arch-rival Tesco is already doing it, offering great deals to its regular customers, so we’re not seeing a good reason why Sainsbury’s shouldn’t try to pull it off, as well. Called Mobile by Sainsbury’s, the network will “reward…
During the first quarter of this year, India became the third largest smartphone market after China and United States. In the first three months, Indians bought more smartphones than users in Japan, who until that point held the third spot. Among the brands that dominate the local landscape are major companies like Samsung, Nokia and…
Unity Technologies has entered into an agreement with Microsoft to collaborate on development tools for Windows Phone 8, as well as Windows 8 and Xbox One games console (though the second thing is not the part we necessarily care about). Under the deal, Unity Pro 4 licensed developers will get a free license for the…
According to a recent report by Juniper Research, over 160 billion apps will be downloaded globally in 2017, up from 80 billion in 2013. This sharp rise is explained with more users in developing markets upgrading from feature phones to smartphones, as well as a growing number of apps downloaded at no upfront cost. The…
Sony’s announced this months line up of titles that Playstation Plus subscribers can grab for free. As usual there are some real gems. The major release of the line up is definitely Battlefield 3. The Frostbite 2 powered war simulation was a huge hit. It’s a great time to grab a download if you don’t already…
Samsung has been backing Tizen for some time now, and it’s plans to release its first smartphone running the OS has officially been delayed. While the handset was expected to debut sometime in August, it’s now been pushed back two months. Apparently Samsung has been facing some issues with the OS, with the App Store…
Thanks to the well-known hacker Geohot, owners of the Samsung Galaxy S4 Active can now easily root their devices. Geohot, who is known widely as the first person to unlock the original iPhone has created a rooting method for the Galaxy S4 Active. Geohot has made the rooting process as simple as possible, by creating…
The first two smartphones to tout Mozilla’s Firefox OS have been released today, and are available in Spain through mobile carrier Telefonica. The two devices, the ZTE Open and the Alacatel One Touch Fire are lower-end devices which sport touchscreens and are focused on providing functional specs at a low price point for emerging markets.…
It looks like Motorola’s X phone won’t be the next in the Verizon exclusive Droid line. The Verge had the scoop today, reporting that Motorola’s much hyped new device line will be separate from its long-standing Droid series of Verizon exclusive phones. Motorola’s forthcoming Moto X phone will not be a Droid device on Verizon,…
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