MagicGPS LLC introduces a new GPS Tracking Service with No Monthly Fees. MagicGPS is designed to help reduce transportation GPS tracking costs by as much as 80% by leveraging Wi-Fi Hot Spots. MagicGPS records tracking information by ...
If the International CES 2013 demonstrated anything, it's that we are going to need bigger, less expensive wireless networks to accommodate the wave of products, apps and services that were on display in Las Vegas. More than 150,000 ...
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T-Mobile USA has announced its unlimited nationwide 4G data plan will be available for $70 a month with no annual contract, starting on Wednesday. The announcement is among a series of steps that T-Mobile CEO John Legere said are designed ...
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AT&T announced today that it will be the exclusive carrier of the AT&T Unite, a 4G LTE mobile hotspot from Sierra Wireless that lets customers take the mobile internet with them on-the-go. AT&T Unite has an easy to use 2.4" touchscreen ...
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You've probably handed your tablet or smart phone to your children to entertain them more times than you'd care to think about. But what if you could give your kids a tablet or phone of their own that actually helps them learn, following a ...
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Many of the new smart phones in our just-updated smart-phone Ratings have displays that approach and even exceed 5 inches. Yet most of these giants are surprisingly comfortable to hold, thanks to thin bodies (between a quarter and half an ...
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The Lumia 920 and HTC Windows Phone 8X, two of the first Windows Phone 8 models, turned in some of best performances of phones in our newest Ratings—just a few points behind top-scoring Android phones from LG and Samsung, and the ...
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After Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer made a surprise appearance during a Qualcomm keynote at International Consumer Electronics Show(CES),some analysts wondered how married the company is to Snapdragon chips and the ARM-based ecosystem. ...
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IDG News Service - Apple, Research in Motion (RIM) and Motorola Mobility are among 15 companies sued in the U.S. over a fundamental 3G and 4G patent on determining when devices should switch cells in a mobile network. The suits were filed ...
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IDG News Service-Is Sprint preparing a bid for prepaid wireless carrier MetroPCS?Whatever the rumors and whatever the company's plans,its chief financial officer didn't offer any clues when speaking Wednesday morning at a conference in ...
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Computerworld-NEW YORK--Performer Kanye West was on hand Wednesday night when Samsung officially launched the 5.5-in.Galaxy Note II at an elaborate New York event that capped weeks of pre-release disclosures about the device's capabilities. ...
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Research in Motion (RIM) has sold its cloud services company NewBay to Synchronoss Technologies at a considerable loss, just a little more than a year after purchasing it. RIM's purchase of Irish software company NewBay for $100m in ...
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About 19 percent of cell sites in the area hardest hit by Hurricane Sandy were still out of service on Thursday morning as recovery was slowed by other network failures and power shortages, according to the U.S. Federal Communications ...
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Post-Tropical Cyclone Sandy knocked out mobile, phone and cable service in many parts of the eastern U.S. on Monday, with about one in four cell sites affected in the hardest-hit band of the country between Virginia and Massachusetts, ...
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IDG News Service - The U.S. Federal Communications Commission has conditionally approved a multibillion swap of wireless spectrum between Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile and four of the biggest cable TV system operators in the U.S. But for the ...
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