James Martin/CNET Verizon Wireless is offering an early-upgrade program for customers whose two-year contracts are not quite up for renewal. The company informed customers on Sunday that all Verizon subscribers eligible to upgrade to a new smartphone on or before November 15 will have those dates changed to now, allowing them to get a new …
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Lynn La/CNET Sprint Prepaid, a service the carrier launched earlier this year to appeal to customers seeking a prepaid plan who didn’t want to go with a smaller brand, has updated its plans. The carrier announced on Monday that it’s now offering Sprint Prepaid customers three plans. All three plans include unlimited talk and text, but the cheapest, $35-per-month option …
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Apple Apple’s HealthKit, which enables health-related apps to share data with doctors, will be used in medical trials at two universities, according to a new report. Stanford University Hospital and Duke University are organizing health trials that will rely on HealthKit to collect and disseminate data on participants’ health metrics, Reuters reported Monday. Stanford will use HealthKit to track blood …
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The LG L Fino (left) and L Bello (right) PHOTO BY HJK LG is planning to roll out new, L series devices to customers all over the world, the company announced Friday. Starting this week, LG will make the L Fino and L Bello smartphones available to customers in Brazil. It plans to launch the entry-range handsets to customers in …
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BlackBerry said it will support the deployment of Movirtu technology on all major smartphone operating systems. Movirtu BlackBerry has snapped up technology that lets enterprise users ditch two smartphones — one for work and one for personal use — for a single smartphone. BlackBerry has acquired Movirtu, a London-based company that offers a virtual SIM platform that allows users to …
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One of Viber’s features: lots of cute cartoon figures. Viber Viber, the fast-growing communications app with more than 400 million users worldwide, has launched an update to its iOS and Android apps that brings video calling to mobile. The Viber 5.0 update allows iOS and Android users to place free video calls with other Viber users anywhere in the world. …
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Apple Apple Pay, the mobile payments platform unveiled at Apple’s media event on Tuesday, will generate cash for the company, but not in the way some might expect. In an FAQ page on Apple’s site, the company confirms that Apple Pay fees will not be charged to “users, merchants, or developers.” That logically leaves one party left in the equation …
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Apple has built this giant white cube outside the Flint Center in Cupertino, Calif. Soon, we’ll find out exactly why. James Martin/CNET Apple’s online store has officially gone down. The company took its online store offline at approximately 5 a.m. PT on Tuesday as it prepares to update the site with whatever new products debut at its special press event …
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iPhone pricing Lynn La/CNET Apple has slashed prices on its older iPhones to make way for the newly announced iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The company announced on Tuesday that the iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C will live on for customers who don’t want to get their hands on the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus. The iPhone …
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A look at the G3’s battery doors. Josh Miller/CNET LG is trying to squeeze in one last bit of news about its marquee G3 handset before Apple has its big show later on Tuesday. From today through September 22, customers who buy an LG G3 will automatically receive a free second battery and battery charging cradle, LG announced Tuesday. The …
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