Verizon goes to bat for AT&T, defends T-Mobile merger
Verizon Communications chief executive Lowell McAdam has gone on record in suggesting that the company’s biggest rival, AT&T, should be allowed to complete its proposed $39 billion …
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Three-quarters of revenue among top apps now generated by in-app purchases
Freemium applications are driving in-app purchases according to a new report from Distimo, which was completed for the Verizon Developer Community. It is like getting …
Kazaa raised from the dead as also-ran music subscription app
Former renegade peer-to-peer file sharing service Kazaa is back from the dead. After numerous legal battles and settlements that reportedly reached into the hundreds of millions, …
Amazon Kindle Library Lending now live; more than 11,000 U.S. libraries participating
Amazon’s Kindle Library Lending service, first announced in April, is now live in the United States. The service allows Kindle users to borrow eBooks from …
Microsoft has lost $5.5 billion on Bing since launch
Microsoft has lost $5.5 billion, an average drain of $1 billion per quarter, on Bing since it introduced the search engine in 2009, CNNMoney reported …
Google rivals head to D.C. for antitrust dogpile
Expedia, Nextag and Yelp are in Washington, D.C. to participate in a Senate judiciary antitrust subcommittee hearing about whether or not Google has acted anti-competitively …
Sprint may cap mobile hotspot data on smartphones at 5GB beginning October 2nd
Sprint will reportedly introduce a 5GB cap on mobile hotspot data for smartphone users beginning October 2nd. A purported leaked document obtained by SprintFeed states …
Heavy with $963,275 in AT&T donations, lawmakers push for T-Mobile merger approval
The Department of Justice recently filed a lawsuit against AT&T in an effort to block its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA, but that has not …
Apple is unveiling two new iPhones next month, and here’s why
So… I have been thinking about this a lot lately (as has anyone in this industry), and basically no one has any clue what Apple …
HP may oust Apotheker for former eBay CEO Meg Whitman
HP may replace current CEO Leo Apotheker with former eBay CEO Meg Whitman, AllThingsD reported on Wednesday. Reportedly, HP board members are not pleased with …
Samsung GALAXY S II, Epic 4G Touch review
Samsung’s fastest-selling smartphone ever has finally landed in the United States. The GALAXY S II will be sold by Sprint, T-Mobile and AT&T, and Verizon …
RIM debacle ‘symptomatic of RIM’s failure’ to address key challenges
Research In Motion still has a few big-name firms in its corner — Macquarie is one example — but even long-time supporters seem to be …
‘Patent trolls’ cost tech companies $500 billion, kill innovation
According to The Private and Social Costs of Patent Trolls, a new study published by the Boston University School of Law, patent trolls are responsible …
Female ex-Microsoft exec gets $1.5 million settlement
Does Microsoft favor men when it considers promotions? According to one former UK executive and several additional sources speaking to Telegraph.uk, that may be the …
Internal T-Mobile memo says customers can keep rate plans following AT&T merger
One of the most common questions we saw from T-Mobile subscribers when AT&T announced its plans to acquire T-Mobile USA for $39 billion was perhaps …
HP may keep its PC business after all
In a recent interview with CRN, HP chairman Ray Lane outlined situations in which HP may hang on to its PC business. “If we don’t …
Motorola ATRIX 2 images and details revealed
BGR has just been given photos of the follow up to the original Motorola ATRIX 4G, the Motorola ATRIX 2, internally known as the Motorola …
We’re live from HTC’s ‘celebrate in style’ event!
HTC is hosting an event this morning in New York City and while the topic of conversation is still a bit of a mystery, we …
HP to lay off 525 Palm employees this week
HP will lay off as many as 525 employees from its Palm division this week AllThingsD reported on Tuesday. HP killed off its webOS mobile …
Pew: Adults still prefer voice calls to text messages
American adults still prefer communicating by voice over sending and receiving text messages according to a recent survey conducted by The Pew Research Center. Pew …
AT&T offers to sell assets to Sprint in bid to win T-Mobile deal approval
AT&T has approached several U.S. wireless carriers offering to sell assets, spectrum and wireless subscribers in an effort to win the government’s blessing for its …
Samsung to target upcoming iPhone 5 in next wave of patent complaints
As Apple and Samsung continue to battle incessantly over patents, a new report claims South Korea-based Samsung Electronics is preparing a new offensive that will …
Google Wallet with MasterCard now available on Sprint Nexus S 4G [video]
Google Wallet, a new near-field communications (NFC) based payment system created by Google in partnership with MasterCard and a number of additional partners, is now …
Despite RIM’s rough quarter, Macquarie ‘pounding the table’ on rebound
In spite of Research In Motion’s recent fiscal second-quarter earnings report, which missed Wall Street’s consensus and RIM’s own estimates, not everyone is jumping ship …
Apple to launch ‘iPhone 4 Plus’ and iPhone 5, JP Morgan says
Apple will release two new iPhone models this fall, the “iPhone 4 Plus” and the iPhone 5, according to a note to investors issued by …
Steve Jobs explains how Apple ‘got to its glory’ in 1996 interview [video]
Just a few months before Pixar CEO and NeXT founder Steve Jobs would rejoin Apple and eventually regain his position as its chief executive the …
Apple iCloud reset scheduled for September 22nd ahead of likely iOS 5 GM build
Apple will reset its iCloud backup service on September 22nd ahead of the likely release of its final iOS 5 test build and public iCloud …
T-Mobile still confident acquisition by AT&T will proceed
T-Mobile on Friday issued a new statement to the press, reasserting its belief that AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA will ultimately be approved. Last week, …
Netflix spins DVD rentals into new business dubbed ‘Qwikster’
Netflix CEO Reed Hastings in a letter to subscribers on Monday stated that Netflix will no longer operate the DVD rental-by-mail service that carried it …
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