AT&T calls off T-Mobile acquisition

By Paul Briggs - 11/29/2011 11:19:00 PM

After trying and trying, AT&T has finally given up on acquiring T-Mobile, after an FCC investigation showed that consumers would not benefit if the two telco giants merged. Over the past year, AT&T has been fighting to get the merger approved, but time and again it was proven that such a deal would mean less [...]

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Apple’s iCloud service might stop in Germany due to Motorola patent

By Paul Briggs - 11/20/2011 4:13:37 PM

Oh boy, here we go again: more patents, more big companies suing each other, more lawyers and legal speak… Motorola recently sued Apple in Germany over a patent they hold which is very similar to the way iCloud operates, and a court in Germany has given Motorola the right to proceed to trial, effectively saying [...]

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Siri could easily be ported to Android

By Paul Briggs - 11/20/2011 4:06:31 PM

Apple’s Siri, the voice assistant part of the iPhone 4S, was initially touted as iPhone 4S exclusive because it needs the processing power previous iPhones lack. That myth was busted when developers revealed that most of the Siri processing is server side, and some even manged to port it to older iPhones. But according to [...]

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Apple now allows iPhone buyers to get AppleCare+ within 30 days

By Paul Briggs - 11/20/2011 3:59:37 PM

AppleCare is one of the better protection plans for your hardware out there, and covers most of Apple’s products and extends warranty and their excellent service. But until now, if you purchased a new iPhone, you had to get the extended warranty at the same time, otherwise you were stuck with the regular, 1-year one. [...]

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Motorola Motokey Social coming November 21

By Paul Briggs - 11/19/2011 5:23:13 PM

Motorola is getting ready to release a dedicated Facebook phone, the Motokey Social, on November 21. The Motokey Social is stripped of many of the regular smartphone features, and only has a browser, a phone, and an integrated Facebook client with a dedicated Facebook button as well. It doesn’t run Android and you can’t install [...]

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Motorola stockholders approve Google merger

By Paul Briggs - 11/19/2011 5:14:10 PM

It was big news earlier this year when Google announced they would be acquiring Motorola Mobility for billions and billions of dollars. However, a deal like that is never sealed unless the shareholders approve of it first, something which can take a while and something that’s not always certain, even when there’s big money involved. [...]

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iPhone 4S coming to India by the end of Nov

By Paul Briggs - 11/17/2011 12:44:53 AM

India is the world’s second largest mobile phone market, with hundreds of millions of users. So it’s of no surprise that they would eventually get the newest and best iPhone: the iPhone 4S. We previously reported that the iPhone 4S would be available for pre-order on November 25, but now it appears the phone will [...]

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Nokia Windows Phones coming to AT&T?

By Paul Briggs - 11/17/2011 12:38:09 AM

According to new rumors, AT&T is in talks with Nokia to bring Nokia’s slew of Windows Phone-powered smartphones to its service. This is according to Bloomberg Businessweek, which is quite trusted when it comes to rumoring in the tech world. Supposedly, AT&T and Nokia are in the final stages of negotiations to bring several Nokia-made, [...]

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Google announces new Google Music app, becomes iTunes competitor

By Paul Briggs - 11/17/2011 12:29:27 AM

Google teased us with a new event they were going to hold today, the event has passed and the news is out: Google has announced Google Music as a fully fledged service now, dropping the “beta” tag, adding a bunch of features which essentially makes it an iTunes and iCloud competitor. Which had to come [...]

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Sony confirms Ice Cream Sandwich to entire Xperia line

By Paul Briggs - 11/15/2011 10:59:05 PM

The newest version of the Android mobile operating system, called Ice Cream Sandwich, is out and about, and so far the reception has been a positive one. The newest version is coming to many phones, tablets and devices, and Sony has now confirmed that Ice Cream Sandwich will be coming to their entire Xpertia smartphone [...]

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