LAS VEGAS — Sprint Nextel’s prepaid arm, Boost Mobile, is taking its own stab at the digital wallet. The company on Tuesday unveiled its Boost Mobile Wallet program, which is an Android application that allows its prepaid customers to manage their funds, transfer funds, send money overseas, and pay bills. While the heavy-hitters such as …
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LAS VEGAS — Sprint’s sweetened bid for Clearwire represents its “best and final” offer, Sprint CEO Dan Hesse told CNET on the sidelines of the CTIA Wireless show here Tuesday. “You can take that to the bank,” he said. Related stories Why Sprint is taking its sweet time with 4G LTE Sprint-Softbank merger a done deal T-Mobile CEO: I’m open …
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LAS VEGAS — When Ashton Kutcher and Jennifer Lopez are the biggest draws for a technology show, there’s a problem. The CTIA Wireless trade group’s spring show officially kicks off for the last time on Tuesday. It marks an unceremonious end to the conference, which next year will merge with its sister show in the fall to better align itself …
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ORLANDO, Fla. — When Frank Boulben joined BlackBerry a year ago as its chief marketing officer, he found a company whose reputation with the public was in shambles. To make matters worse, its marketing strategy was in complete disarray. Each country or region had their own version of a BlackBerry campaign, complete with different agencies and creative processes. Even within …
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AT&T seems perfectly willing to let Google blaze the trail when it comes to fiber-optic deployment. Google has said it plans to deploy its fiber network in select neighborhoods in Austin, Texas. AT&T said it would also like to build a fiber network — under the same kinds of terms and conditions. “We will probably piggyback on the rules and …
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ORLANDO, Fla.–If there’s one message BlackBerry wanted to convey at its annual confab, it’s this: “We’re back.” “It hasn’t been that easy, and there’s still a lot of work to do, but man, have we reached solid ground with this company,” CEO Thorsten Heins said during his keynote address at BlackBerry Live on Tuesday. BlackBerry was busy Tuesday, offering a …
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ORLANDO, Fla.–OK, so is BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins a fan of tablets, or isn’t he? Heins, who made waves last month when he said he didn’t see a place for tablets in five years, made some seemingly contradictory comments on tablets when he spoke on Tuesday during a Q&A session with the media while at the BlackBerry Live conference. Related …
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ORLANDO, Fla. — BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins on Tuesday unveiled the BlackBerry Q5, a budget phone designed for emerging markets. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Spending All Night With the First iPhone Kanye West’s Donda 2 Skips Spotify, 5G BlackBerry is Dead BlackBerry’s …
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ORLANDO, Fla. — BlackBerry needs to convince developers that they aren’t wasting their time working on its platform. Related stories Best Password Manager to Use for 2022 Your Phone Screen Is Gross. Here’s How to Clean It Without Causing Damage Spending All Night With the First iPhone Kanye West’s Donda 2 Skips Spotify, 5G BlackBerry is Dead BlackBerry’s 5G Phone …
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ORLANDO, Fla.–The Nokia Lumia 925 is a sexy-looking smartphone. Too bad a vast majority of U.S. consumers aren’t going to even consider it. Nokia unveiled its latest flagship smartphone at an event in London on Tuesday. But U.S. customers will care most about where it will sell here, and the news isn’t great. T-Mobile, the smallest nationwide carrier — by …
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