Sprint and T-Mobile separately defended their smartphone and tablet unlocking policies on Wednesday Sprint in a short statement said that as of Feb. 11, it had “implemented all six of the principles contained in the CTIA [Consumer Code] unlocking agreement, and we appreciate the FCC’s recognition that the country’s major providers have met their commitment.” The FCC last week
The 2015 Academy Awards are this Sunday, and Microsoft’s Bing has its Oscars 2015 pool all filled out. Even better, it’s created a handy list of predicted winners for you to crib. Once again, Microsoft has put its social sniffer to work, using online chatter about the projected Oscar winners, media predictions, and the winners of other awards shows to calculate who will win the Academy Awards. The picks so far? Microsoft gives its predictions in photo form. For the names of the projected winners (what, you can't pick Eddie Redmayne out of a crowd?) visit the
Beset by competitors offering low-cost phones and TVs, Sony’s management indicated that it may ditch those products and concentrate instead on what’s making it money: the PlayStation game console. Sony chief executive Kazuo Hirai told investors Wednesday of a
Just in case you’re thinking of ditching cable TV for streaming video, Comcast would like to remind you that its own streaming catalog is quickly growing. In a Comcast’s offerings are part of an industry-wide initiative called TV Everywhere, which allows pay TV subscribers to watch video remotely on phones, tablets, computers and set-top boxes. Many channels offer standalone apps that work with a TV Everywhere login (such as WatchESPN and HBO Go), while cable providers offer their own apps with access to live channels.
Do you know anyone with a curved phone? I don’t know anyone who is currently using a curved phone. The last few curved phones have been absolute duds. Yes, LG’s original
For years, Android users have dealt with apps on Google’s mobile platform that look more like they were designed for iOS. In recent months, Google has been giving iOS users a taste of the same experience. On Tuesday, Google updated its iOS app for Play Music with the company’s new Material Design aesthetic—and more importantly, added an iPad app for the first time. Google’s Play Music update for iOS follows a Play Music for iPad. (Click to enlarge.)
A big part of the reason Chromebooks are That falls apart when it comes to image editing. When it comes to fiddling with pictures, desktop applications like
The future of the web is almost ready for prime time. Work on The announcement comes a little more than a week after Google announced that it was
Qualcomm is planting the seeds for 4K video and faster LTE speeds in more affordable smartphones with its new Snapdragon 620 and 618 processors, which will reach devices in the second half of this year. The new chips could be in smartphones priced at $300 and above, and some performance and 4K features are being cascaded from the Snapdragon 810 chip, which goes into premium smartphones priced above $500. Previous Snapdragon 600 series chips have appeared in a few handsets and phablets from HTC, Samsung and LG. Amazon’s Fire TV also uses a Snapdragon 600 chip and is able to deliver full high-definition video to TV sets. The new 600 series chips are built to support Android and Windows, said Tim McDonough, vice president of marketing at the company.
