Google I/O 2013 kicked off today in glorious San Fran. And while there was a ton of new stuff thrown out, a lot of it was dev focused. While highly important in its own regard, we know you want to know the most forward facing Google products and services you’re going to see as a consumer. That said, that is what we’re focusing on here. So let’s get to it… Google Play Games On iOS, users have Game Center and iCloud which if the developer makes use of,...
You may not know it but BlackBerry kicked off their BlackBerry Live event today. And so far, the biggest announcement revolves around BlackBerry Messenger. It’s finally going cross-platform. Starting this summer, Android and iOS users will have access to BBM Chat, with voice, video and BBM Channels to follow throughout the year. Price: Free. We can’t help but not care, really. Cross-platform BBM is 5 years late too the game. In a market where WhatsApp, Kik...
T-Mobile has long been the 4th place underdog in the wireless world, With a subscriber count that trails (by a long ways) the two biggest carriers, AT&T and Verizon, T-Mobile only has one thing to really compete on – price and unique service offerings. But even the various service options they’ve offered over the last several years haven’t turned into anything meaningful, specifically, actual subscriber growth. It hasn’t happened since 2009. But...
Samsung, HTC and Apple routinely dominate the airwaves/internet with their latest and greatest, their tales of success, and for HTC as of late, constant missteps. But a little known (in the States anyway) player called “Vivo” has a 5.7-inch beast that might just perk your interest. The Vivo Xplay as it’s called features a 1080p 5.7-inch display along with Qualcomm’s 600 series quad-core CPU and 2 GB of RAM, as any good flagship device should these...
Taking weeks to get that insane star count on Angry Birds is pinnacle of human achievement. And then you have to restore or replace your phone for some reason and all of that hard earned work is…gone. For a while now, people have been asking for a way to sync game data. The most obvious response up front is iCloud, but that’s iOS-only and completely leaves the several other platforms Rovio supports out in the cold. A better solution (and one that is hopefully more...
Image Credit: Laptopmag The mashup carrier comprised of T-Mobile USA and MetroPCS has officially been finalized, with both carriers closing their respective parts of the merger. Besides gaining 9 million new subscribers in the whole shebang, T-Mobile/MetroPCS will start their new life together as “T-Mobile US” (TMUS NYSE ticker). As for current MetroPCS customers and their non-T-Mobile supporting hardware, the goal is to get everyone migrated over to appropriate...
