Android users are getting more and more advantageous as the days roll by. First Google Play becomes available to Android smartphone holders, and now Hulu Plus comes to seven Android tablets running Android Honeycomb 3.0 or higher. Last June, Hulu Plus rolled out to Android smartphones, but the site has been slow in terms of [...]
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Google Launches Play
If you’ve been on any Google page over the past days, you’ll notice their new “Play” tab. The new online store sells digital content through Google. Users can buy ebooks, games, music, etc. through the Play tab. Google has been redesigning many of its big products. Sites like Search, Maps, Translate, Reader, Gmail, and YouTube [...]
Apple Rejects Apps Over Privacy
Apple has been getting a bad rap lately from other parties accusing the company of violating privacy. In light of violation concerns, Apple has begun rejecting apps that use the identifying technology built into Apple devices. Developers were taken by surprise when many of their apps were rejected. Apparently Apple’s review teams began rejecting apps [...]
Sprint Cancels LightSquared LTE Deal
After giving LightSquared an extended ultimatum to get its act together with the Federal Communications Commission, on March 16, Sprint canceled its LTE plans with LightSquared. The companies have had a 15-year partnership. Their latest project together was to set up a new 4G LTE network to overlay Sprint’s current WiMac technology. However, the project [...]
Nokia Considering Plans for Windows 8 Tablet
After a period of sinking, sales loss, and plunges in shares, Nokia has floated back to the top of the mobile market. Working with Microsoft over the past year, the company brought forth the Windows Phone, which buoyed them out of deep water. Now Nokia is considering targeting Apple’s iPad with a Windows 8 tablet. [...]
Facebook, Apple, Twitter & Co. Sued for Invading Privacy
A group of 18 companies including giants Facebook, Apple, Twitter, and Yelp have been served with a lawsuit that makes claims of privacy-invasion. The companies are accused of dishing out users’ personal information through their mobile applications. Filed by a group of 13 individuals in the U.S. District Court, the suit charges the companies with [...]
Google Search gets a Makeover
Google has announced its plans to makeover the search engine that is its pride and glory. The company will be giving its formula a rewrite as it works to remain the top gun in the web search market. The expecting changes are among the biggest moves the company has ever made to its website, and [...]
T-Mobile Enters the 4G LTE Race
While Verizon’s 4G LTE network expects to reach 400 markets by the end of this year and AT&T just added 11 cities to their list, T-Mobile announced that it is joining the race to LTE. Currently, the wireless carrier runs 4G based on HSPA+ 42 and HSPA +82, which is arguably less efficient than LTE-based [...]
Verizon Confirms LTE on all Future Smartphones
While AT&T recently added eleven new markets to their list of 4G-capable cities, Verizon is still clearly winning the race. The company has again confirmed that all future smartphones carried on their spectrum will have 4G LTE capabilities. Verizon claims that from now on, every smartphone, tablet, or Netbook offered through Verizon will run on [...]
Goodbye Android Market, Hello Google Play
Google announced on Tuesday that it will be saying goodbye to its Android Market, the place where users of its mobile operating system turn to purchase apps. The company is replacing the store with Google Play, a unified digital store that will combine Android apps, Google’s e-books, movies, and music offerings. The purpose of Google [...]
