Virgin Mobile and Boost Mobile on Friday launched the K3, the latest in LG’s line of affordable phones. The $80 LG K3 will hit retail stores next week. Sprint The two prepaid carriers, which are owned and run by Sprint, started selling the $80 K3 online today, with the phone hitting retail stores next week. …
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Apple Watch gets a reboot. Is it time to hop on the bandwagon? (The 3:59, Ep. 62)
Apple Watch will get a badly needed makeover. Apple unveiled significant changes to come with WatchOS 3, the upcoming iteration of the software that powers its wearable. Changes include a different way of navigating through the phone, with more-intuitive gestures and better use of the gadget’s side button, as well as apps loading much faster. But is it enough to …
Read More »Unpacking WWDC: Did Apple wow you? (The 3:59, Ep. 61)
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Apple left us feeling a little meh on Monday. We discuss the highs and lows of Apple’s annual developers conference, which offered a wide array of minor improvements and new features. But for all the things announced, from a revamped Apple Music to …
Read More »Does anyone even use Siri anymore? (The 3:59, Ep. 60)
This story is part of WWDC 2022, CNET’s complete coverage from and about Apple’s annual developers conference. Remember when Apple’s Siri was useful? No? Me neither. Apple is expected to unveil new features that will ensure the digital assistant is a bigger part of our lives. Aside from using it for reminders and weather updates, how often do you actually …
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Dressing up your phone with bolt-on accessories may be the new black. Lenovo on Thursday unveiled its Moto Z and Moto Z Force phones, which both boast the ability to accept modular add-ons, letting you magnetically attach things like a souped-up speaker from JBL or a miniature projector. Lenovo is just the latest company to offer modular attachments, underscoring a …
Read More »By 2020, the app market will be worth $102 billion (yes, billion)
There’s a reason everybody and their brother is trying to build an app — it’s essentially the modern-day gold rush. The total market for mobile apps will be worth $102 billion in 2020, or nearly double its current value, according to business intelligence firm App Annie. That represents a slight increase from $101 billion in a projection issued in February …
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T-Mobile is giving away pizza and stock, but is that enough to win a customer over? The latest Un-carrier announcement sounds great on paper, but we break down whether any of us would actually take advantage of these freebies. Even if it’s a nice gesture to buy goodwill, T-Mobile’s latest move is a far cry from earlier Un-carrier events, which …
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T-Mobile has a case of the Tuesdays. Today was supposed to mark the start of the carrier’s big thank you program, which includes free stock and pizza. All customers had to do was open up the T-Mobile Tuesdays app to redeem their prizes. Unfortunately, the app hit a snag in its debut. The popularity of the T-Mobile Tuesdays app — …
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T-Mobile offered up a thank you note in the form of another Un-carrier event. The company, the third-largest wireless carrier in the US, introduced a customer-appreciation program that offer you freebies such as pizza and free movie rentals through a T-Mobile Tuesday app. As the name suggests, you get rewards every Tuesday. The company teases “epic prizes” from new brands …
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Now playing: Watch this: T-Mobile will bribe you with pizza 1:18 T-Mobile plans to give company shares to its customers. T-Mobile T-Mobile wants its customers invested in the company’s future. Literally. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier said Monday that it will give one share of T-Mobile stock to millions of its customers, while providing people a chance to earn more …
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