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Google Wallet Will Come Pre-Installed on Android Devices at AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile

Kellen February 23, 2015 118

It's official. Google has acquired "some exciting technology and intellectual property" from Softcard, the carrier-owned mobile payment system that for years, was the reason Google Wallet couldn't exist on your Android phone. Oh how the times have changed....

Verizon Wireless CEO Dan Mead to Retire, John Stratton Replaces Him

Kellen February 18, 2015 59

Yesterday, Verizon Wireless appointed John Stratton as its new CEO, replacing Dan Mead, who had been in charge of Verizon's wireless arm since 2010. Mead is headed for retirement. The news really changes nothing from a customer perspective, but we wanted to...

HTC Expects Verizon One (M8) Lollipop Update Approval First Week of March

Tim February 17, 2015 72

While HTC is doing good things, updating phones to Lollipop on various carriers, the One (M8) on Verizon won't be receiving any love until March, according to the company's VP of Product Management. On Twitter, Mo Versi states that the update to Lollipop on ...

Verizon Galaxy S5 Owners, How’s Lollipop Treating You a Couple Weeks In?

Tim February 13, 2015 224

While it was most impressive the way Verizon and Samsung pushed out Lollipop, surprising owners of the Galaxy S5 a couple of weeks ago, we are getting reports from readers that the update is destroying their battery life. Since we are not receiving emails...

Deal: Sony Smartwatch 3 Slashed to $199 at Verizon ($50 Off)

Kellen February 12, 2015 17

If you aren't one of the 720,000 people who already own an Android Wear device, but feel like it's time to join the growing crowd for days like today, check out the current deal running on the Sony Smartwatch 3 through Verizon. At 20% off, you can pickup one...

Phone Unlocking is Now, Like, Super Legal Starting Today

Kellen February 11, 2015 47

Over a year ago, the FCC and the CTIA (organization who represents all of the big wireless carriers) reached an agreement on how each of the big wireless carriers in the US should approach phone unlocking and unlocking requests from their customers. We are...

Verizon Once Again Dominates RootMetrics’ Latest Carrier Report, T-Mobile Falls to Sprint

Kellen February 10, 2015 122

RootMetrics, a company who takes network performance serious enough to "distill" thousands of "independent, consumer-focused" tests to measure and rank them, published their 2nd Half 2014 US carrier network report yesterday afternoon. The results, well, aren't...

Placeholder: For All of the Laughable Statements That Will Soon be Released by ISPs in Response to Tom Wheeler’s Proposal

Kellen February 4, 2015 124

Now that FCC chairman Tom Wheeler has made his open internet, net neutrality proposal public, we thought we should create a placeholder or gathering ground for all of the laughable responses that will undoubtedly arrive from our favorite ISPs, both wired and...