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T-Mobile's Un-carrier 11 announcements will be made on Monday, June 6
By John Callaham last updated
T-Mobile will hold its Un-carrier 11 media event on Monday, June 6, where the wireless carrier is expected to reveal a number of new features for its customers.
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Google Fiber TV boxes now support Google Cast
By John Callaham published
Subscribers to the Google Fiber TV and Internet service will soon be able to connect their smartphones and tablets to their TV boxes with Google Cast support.
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T-Mobile offers visitors to the U.S. a new $30 calling and data plan
By John Callaham published
T-Mobile will launch its new Tourist Plan on June 12 for people who are visiting the United States. It will give them unlimited data and 1,000 minutes of calls inside the U.S for three weeks for $30.
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MediaTek Pump Express 3.0 will charge a phone to 70% of its battery life in 20 minutes
By John Callaham published
Mobile chip company MediaTek has announced its Pump Express 3.0 technology, which it claims will charge a phone to 70% of its battery life in 20 minutes.
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Google details its efforts in machine learning for robotics, medicine and more
By John Callaham published
The final part of the Google I/O 2016 keynote focuses on the company's efforts in machine learning and AI, to help improve efforts in robotics, medicine and more
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Fitbit acquires Coin's payment platform; no more Coin smart cards coming
By John Callaham published
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Verizon adds more data to its prepaid smartphone plans
By John Callaham published
Verizon Wireless has announced the company is adding more data to its prepaid plans for smartphones, with 6GB of data a month for $60 and 3GB of data for $45 a month.
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You can give an audiobook to a friend for free with Audible's new recommendation feature
By John Callaham published
Audible has added a new feature that allows users of the audiobook store and service to send titles in their library to friends and family. Each person can receive their first audiobook for free.
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T-Mobile customers will be able to use their phones in Cuba this summer
By John Callaham published
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Marshmallow's share jumps to 7.5% in latest Android distribution numbers
By John Callaham published
Android 6.0 Marshmallow increased its install share on all Android devices from 4.6% in April to 7.5% in May.
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Google is seeking beta testers for an upcoming travel app
By John Callaham published
Google is emailing selected people to sign up and take a survey so they could possibly be picked to beta test an upcoming travel assistance app.
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VR, two-hour keynote lead the just-released Google I/O schedule
By John Callaham published
Google has posted the full schedule for the upcoming Google I/O 2016 developer conference. The schedule gives a full list of sessions that will be held on May 18-19.
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Intel to lay off 12,000 employees in major restructuring effort
By John Callaham published
Confirming previous rumors, Intel has announced a major restructuring that will result in 12,000 of its employees being laid off by mid-2017.
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Some first-day Oculus Rift pre-orders won't ship until May or June
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Mickey, Donald and more included in Disney Crossy Road for Android
By John Callaham published
Disney Crossy Road has now been released for Android. This new version of the Crossy Road 6-bit game includes over 100 Disney and Pixar characters.
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Verizon offers three free months of HBO Now for new lines or upgrades
By John Callaham published
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T-Mobile's latest plan offers two lines with 6GB of LTE data each for $80 a month
By John Callaham published
T-Mobile's latest promotion will give customers two lines with 6GB of LTE data each for $80 a month. There's no word yet on when this limited-time offer will end
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Marshmallow's share doubles to 4.6% in latest Android distribution numbers
By John Callaham last updated
Android 6.0 Marshmallow increased its install share on all Android devices from 2.3% in March to 4.6% in April.
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Unlocked BlackBerry Priv gets a permanent $50 price cut to $649 in U.S.
By John Callaham published
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Sony's U.S. mobile unit reportedly cuts jobs, moves offices to San Francisco
By John Callaham published
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BlackBerry exec hints at an upcoming Marshmallow beta test for Priv
By John Callaham last updated
Michael Clewley, the director of Handheld Software Product Management at BlackBerry, hinted in his personal Twitter feed that the company will release a Marshmallow beta test for the Priv smartphone.
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Microsoft's new Skype bot Project Murphy can merge two things into one
By John Callaham published
Microsoft has just launched "Project Murphy", a Skype bot that will merge two things together into one picture if you type in "What if..;" questions like. "What if Arnold was Superman?"
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Microsoft shows off Xamarin tools to write apps for Windows, iOS and Android
By John Callaham published
During today's Build 2016 keynote, Microsoft showed how its recent acquisiton of Xamarin will enable developers to make apps that will work on Windows, iOS and Android with shared code.
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