T-Mobile to tighten the purse strings, limit data roaming starting April 5th
We’ve just come across an internal T-Mobile memo that will certainly give a few customers a moment of pause: come April 5th, it seems the carrier will impose new, restrictive limits that affect data usage when roaming. Hot on the heels of the network’s roaming pact with AT&T , the change would restrict subscribers to a fixed allotment of roaming data that’s proportionate to their current data plan.
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T-Mobile to tighten the purse strings, limit data roaming starting April 5th
T-Mobile UK launches ‘truly unlimited’ Full Monty contract, wants to give you everything
While beans were vaguely spilled ahead of its official launch, T-Mobile UK today unveiled its latest attempt to differentiate itself from the competitive world of British carriers with a new no-holds-barred tariff.
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T-Mobile UK launches ‘truly unlimited’ Full Monty contract, wants to give you everything
Strategy Analytics: Nokia tops global handset shipments, Apple sees quarterly surge
Fresh off the publication of its latest tablet report , Strategy Analytics has come out with a new batch of statistics on the global mobile market. In a report published yesterday, the research firm crowned Apple as the world’s largest smartphone vendor by volume, on the strength of the 37 million iPhones it shipped during Q4 2011 — good for 23.9 percent of the market. Samsung wasn’t too far behind, though, with 36.5 million smartphones shipped during the quarter, comprising 23.5 percent of the market.
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Strategy Analytics: Nokia tops global handset shipments, Apple sees quarterly surge
Stat Alert: More connected phones than computers in key markets, says Google (updated)
There are obvious stats , bizarre ones , and then the good old informative ones. New data from Google revealed by Ad Age , falls into the latter category
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Stat Alert: More connected phones than computers in key markets, says Google (updated)
European Commission unveils new online privacy rules, aims to protect consumer data
As SOPA ‘s aftershocks continue to ripple across the US, a slightly different brand of techno-political drama is unfolding over in Europe, where the European Commission today announced a new set of online privacy regulations. The new legislation, unveiled this morning , was crafted with the intent of giving consumers more control over their online data, and places more pressure upon private companies to protect user information
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Orange offers free Wikipedia access to mobile users in Africa and the Middle East
There are more than 70 million Orange customers across Africa and the Middle East, but only about 10 million are able to access the web from their handsets. That gap may be narrowing, though, now that the provider has decided to offer free mobile access to Wikipedia for users throughout the region
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Orange offers free Wikipedia access to mobile users in Africa and the Middle East
Pew: tablet, e-reader ownership nearly doubled over the holiday season
The number crunchers over at the Pew Research Center have released another batch of market statistics today, this time, with a focus on tablets. According to the Center’s latest survey, 19 percent of all adult Americans now own some form of tablet, marking a nearly twofold increase over figures from a poll conducted in mid-December. E-reader ownership, meanwhile, increased by exactly the same margin over this period, jumping from 10 percent to 19 percent
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Pew: tablet, e-reader ownership nearly doubled over the holiday season
AT&T to adjust data plans January 22nd, offers more gigs for more money
Good news and bad news here, folks: the good news is that AT&T will begin offering new data plans with a higher monthly allotment. The bad news is that, once again , it’s going to cost you more
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AT&T to adjust data plans January 22nd, offers more gigs for more money
T-Mobile, Walmart do another kumbaya with contract-free unlimited family plan for 3G users
Remember that 4G plan that T-Mobile and Walmart started collaborating on last year? Well, the two companies are making yet another announcement, teaming up on an improved Family Mobile Plan with unlimited 3G talk, text and web
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T-Mobile, Walmart do another kumbaya with contract-free unlimited family plan for 3G users
Recon partners with Scott and Smith, brings MOD to the masses
We love Recon’s MOD system for Ski-goggles, especially now that it’s open to developers . Starting soon, an avalanche of new winter-sports enthusiasts will be able to wear the multi-sensor based statistics system atop their eyeballs, thanks to a new partnership with both Scott and Smith . The GPS touting in-goggle display will be unveiled in the new family of eyeware at a slew of outdoor sports events this month.
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