By Adriana Lee |
Global warming has been a hot-button controversy for years, but there’s a new app that could end the discussion once and for all. Novim, a research group from UC Santa Barbara, took on the daunting task of wrangling data from more than two centuries of research…
By Adriana Lee |
I had a bracing moment a few weeks ago. Taking a break from writing, I dipped into my social networks for a moment and saw something that made me stop cold: My father-in-law was recommended to me as someone I might know and want to…
By Brandon Russell |
According to new data from comScore, Apple has leapfrogged LG to take the number two spot among mobile phone makers in the U.S. — that includes all types of phones (smartphone, feature phone, dumb phone). In a three month period starting in August, the Cupertino…
By Killian Bell |
EE, the United Kingdom’s first 4G network, has announced some improvements to its service that are sure to please early adopters. The company is increasing its mobile data caps “by around 60%” for all 4G users, while keeping the price of its plans the same.…
By Todd Haselton |
This is great news: when AT&T announced FaceTime over Cellular for its new Mobile Share customers, plenty of people were angry that the carrier wasn’t allowing it for those with older plans. That’s changing now. The carrier announced Thursday that anyone with a tiered data…
By Todd Haselton |
Virgin Mobile on Monday introduced a new budget-friendly data plan that costs just $5. It’s perfect if you don’t frequently use mobile broadband and need just a bit of data to get through the day. The new Broadband2Go plan provides 3G connectivity and 200MB of…
By Roy Choi |
Google and Asus just announced updates to the popular Nexus 7 line of tablets. The 16 GB Nexus 7 now sells for $199 and the 32 GB configured version sells for $249. The Nexus 7 is available in the U.S., U.K., Australia, France, Germany, Spain,…
By Killian Bell |
The United Kingdom’s first 4G network is set to go live on October 30, but if you want to take advantage of its super speedy data rates, you’ll need to sign up to a new 4G plan from EE. The carrier has announced five different…
By Brandon Russell |
T-Mobile has reportedly ditched its bottom dollar 200MB data plan, and is instead requiring new customers go with 2GB for $20 per month. According to TmoNews, the change actually occurred back on Oct. 10, though it doesn’t affect those who are currently ponying up for…
By Todd Haselton |
If you’re on AT&T, Sprint or Verizon Wireless and own a new smartphone, chances are you’re running on a 4G LTE network (when one is available). It turns out, however, that we as U.S. residents are paying more for 4G LTE service than those in…
By Todd Haselton |
Research firm Ovum recently published a report that suggests social messaging apps, such as WhatsApp, will cost wireless carriers as much as $54 billion by 2016. That’s a staggering figure, however, and we wonder if Ovum took into consideration that carriers, such as AT&T and…
By Todd Haselton |
Sprint’s data and voice services were out earlier this morning in parts of the United States, mainly the Pacific Northwest, and the outage allegedly caused Alaska Airlines flight delays and frustration among Sprint’s customers. It wasn’t immediately clear what caused the outage, at least for…
By Todd Haselton |
AT&T on Monday introduced a new prepaid smartphone plan called the Monthly Unlimited Plan with Data. It offers unlimited talk and text, as well as 1GB of data, for $65 per month. The free text messaging also applies to texts sent to Canada, Mexico and…
By Todd Haselton |
Verizon Wireless admitted on Monday that there’s an issue affecting its iPhone 5 users in which the device may consume cellular data even when it’s connected to a wireless network. Thankfully, a fix is already available, so just head to Settings > General > About…
By Todd Haselton |
Maybe Verizon’s CFO was on to something when he said unlimited data is dead. AT&T and Verizon both recently introduced shared data plans, eliminating existing unlimited options, in an effort to attract more users to using additional devices on a single line. The Internet was…
By Todd Haselton |
Use a ton of data every month? Love it? Kiss it goodbye. Verizon recently announced its Share Everything data plans that replaced its old data packages. If you were an early subscriber, chances are you might still have an unlimited data plan. You can’t upgrade…
By Brandon Russell |
As expected, adoption numbers were high following Apple’s release of iOS 6. The free update, which was originally announced in June, introduced a number of cool new features (and some not so cool ones, too). So just how many people downloaded Apple’s latest OS? Perhaps…
By Maximum PC |
Facebook is a great place to follow the lives of friends, and family, but it’s also an amazing repository of your personal information. Even casual users would be surprised how much data they have poured into the service over the years, and now you finally have…
By Todd Haselton |
2.7 billion “Likes?” At this point it should be love. We’re kidding, maybe, but Facebook said on Wednesday that its users hit the Like button 2.7 billion times per day. Even crazier, there are 300 million photos, 2.5 billion pieces of content, and 500 terabytes…
By Todd Haselton |
AT&T announced its new Mobile Share plans a few weeks back, which will coexist with its current data plan offering. The offerings include unlimited messages and voice minutes and a variety of data packages, including a 1GB option for $40 per month plus $45 per…
By Todd Haselton |
T-Mobile announced on Wednesday that, beginning September 5, it will offer a new Unlimited Nationwide 4G Data plan. The plan is “truly unlimited” T-Mobile said, and features “no data caps, speed limits or bill shock.” The data plan will cost just $20 per month on…
By Todd Haselton |
AT&T has officially ditched its subsidies for all tablets. Rumors surfaced on Sunday suggesting that the changes were about to go into effect, and now AT&T’s website suggests they have. The carrier never offered the iPad with a subsidy so, for the moment, the changes…
By Todd Haselton |
AT&T just announced that its customers will soon be able to place FaceTime calls over its 3G network. There’s a small catch, however; those interested in doing so will be required to have a subscription to one of AT&T’s new Mobile Share data plans. The…
By Mark Hearn |
AT&T announced on Monday that its new shared data plans will be available starting August 23rd. The new plans are not mandatory and customers have the option to retain their existing service plans. …
