Rumor mills have been running rampant that T-Mobile plans to merge with MetroPCS. Together, the two are the nation’s fourth- and fifth-largest carriers respectively. After plans to merge with AT&T died off when the companies failed to get FCC approval, T-Mobile pocketed $4 billion. With its wallet bursting with Leap Wireless’s spectrum, the company is [...]

Google and Oracle have been battling over copyright infringement suits for quite some time. As with all legal disputes, the worst part of the battle is playing the waiting game. But it looks like we can finally put an end to the madness as a federal jury delivered a verdict in early May. Oracle originally [...]

The FCC has long made its intentions clear to allow texting to emergency services. The commission announced its plans last year, but since then, no company has made any official initiative to invest in the endeavor. But in early May, Verizon announced its plans to enable text to 911 for its customers. The carrier is [...]

With privacy concerns running rampant across the Internet, many are wary of Google’s history archive as well as Bing and Yahoo’s data collecting. These search engines make a profit by selling users information to advertisers, which raises the question of whether they release too much information. But users don’t have to deprive themselves of Internet [...]

Is it just us, or do Yahoo and Facebook have a rather bizarre relationship? The companies partnered together last year in September to integrate Yahoo News with Facebook socializing, but then Yahoo sued Facebook for patent infringements a few months later. Taking the hint, Facebook then fought back and added 750 patents to its portfolio. [...]

Everyone made such a big deal over the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update, but six months after rolling out, the software is only installed on a little less than 5% of Android devices. Most Android smartphone users are still using Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Google released a report, listing software breakdown and distribution among its [...]

Yet another random purchase for social networking website, Facebook has made its second biggest acquisition of this year. This time, they bought a location mobile app called Glancee. The application is currently exclusive to iOS and Android. It lets users find friends based on their current locations. However, since Facebook scooped up Glancee, the app [...]

After a decline in its first quarter earnings, Clearwire bounces back with good news. The company has been dangling the prospect of its LTE network for quite some time, but it recently provided additional details on its rollout. Clearwire says the launch of its network will arrive in 31 cities in the first half of [...]

In a strange move that might alienate many of its customers, Verizon Wireless announced that it will start charging customers a $30 fee for cell phone upgrades. The fee will be in addition to the price they pay for new devices. The move comes shortly after Verizon’s fourth-quarter reports showed a decline in profit margins. [...]

After a surprising purchase of popular, photo mobile app Instagram, Facebook makes another unexpected buy. This time, it’s a customer-loyalty application, Tagtile. Facebook announced in mid-April that they will be acquiring substantially all of Tagtile’s assets. The team of developers behind the start-up will also be joining Facebook’s staff. Tagtile is a marketing mobile app [...]