French telecommunications provider Iliad’s unlikely bid to acquire T-Mobile US came to an end on Monday. Iliad founder Xavier Niel. Stephen Shankland/CNET Iliad confirmed in a statement that it “put an end to its project of acquiring T-Mobile US” after the US carrier and its German parent, Deutsche Telekom, refused to entertain its latest offer. …
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It’s oddly fitting that Verizon Wireless was there to help Sony unveil the Xperia Z3v. You can strap an Xperia Z3 or Z3v to a PlayStation 4 controller and start playing games. Sarah Tew / CBS Interactive It was more than three years ago that Verizon took a chance on the Xperia Play, the first device to tout a connection …
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It looks like an inhaler, a submarine periscope, or even a piece of PVC piping. The HTC Re camera represents a new category for the long-time smartphone maker. CNET But one thing HTC’s newly unveiled Re doesn’t look like is exactly what it is: a portable camera. And not just any camera; it’s supposed to be the shooter that replaces …
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The “selfie” phenomenon is inescapable. The Desire Eye will focus on selfie fanatics. Andrew Hoyle/CNET If you log on to Facebook, Twitter, Instagram or any other social network, your feed is likely deluged with digital self-portraits, taken with a smartphone’s front-facing camera. “Selfie” was Oxford Dictionaries’ word of the year in 2013. There’s even an eponymously titled sitcom featuring a …
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HTC wants to create its own social-networking phenomenon. HTC The company on Wednesday officially launched the Zoe video-editing app on Android and said it would come to Apple’s iOS devices later this year. Zoe, which automatically stitches together photos and videos and adds music for a highlight reel, represents the first app to come out of HTC’s newly formed Creative …
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Sony has yet to make a big splash in the US with mobile devices. The company is hoping its “Demand Great” event on Thursday in New York will change that. Sony CNET editor Scott Stein and photographer Sarah Tew will join me there to bring you all the details live, with photos and commentary. Doors open for the event at …
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How does HTC follow its critically praised, but only modest selling, One M8? The company intends to answer the question on Wednesday. HTC As suggested by the “Double Exposure” title of the New York event, HTC’s announcement may be related to a camera, which would be a deviation from its usual focus on smartphones. HTC is reportedly developing a waterproof …
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French telecommunications provider Iliad is going to take another shot at buying the “Uncarrier” T-Mobile US. John Legere, CEO of T-Mobile, speaks at an Un-carrier event in SF on September 10th, 2014. Josh MIller/CNET That’s according to Bloomberg, which reported on Thursday that Iliad is preparing another bid that would include buying a larger stake in T-Mobile, although at the …
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Verizon won’t be enforcing its throttling policy after all. Verizon Verizon Wireless customers with a grandfathered unlimited data plan can breathe a sigh of relief. The nation’s largest wireless carrier by subscriber base said Wednesday that it would no longer go through with its , which was its plan to limit the data speeds of its most excessive users. “We’ve …
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Verizon Wireless isn’t going to be left out of the double data game. Verizon is getting in on the extra data game too. CNET After AT&T on Saturday said it would double the amount of data available on higher-end shared family plans and Sprint earlier Wednesday said it would double that amount, Verizon said it too is getting into the …
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