Wait, Samsung has an app store? John Pleasants, head of Samsung’s US media solutions unit, plans to breathe new life into the company. Sarah Tew/CNET You could be forgiven if you’ve never heard of Galaxy Apps, Samsung’s own version of an app store, designed to service its increasingly large lineup of products, which grew on …
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NEW YORK — Samsung Electronics is getting serious about its Milk streaming music service. Samsung is pushing its Milk music service hard. Sarah Tew/CNET The company unveiled an expansion of the service, which started on its Galaxy line of smartphones and will now be expanded to Web TV and wearables. “It’s effectively a big-screen jukebox for the 21st century home,” …
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The Xperia Z3 is Sony’s latest flagship smartphone, and will make its way to the US around the same as it does elsewhere. CNET For US fans of Sony smartphones, there will be no wait for the Xperia Z3. Sony confirmed Wednesday at the IFA electronics trade show in Berlin that its flagship smartphone will launch in the US through …
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Boost Mobile is getting aggressive on pricing for a limited period of time. Josh Miller/CNET Boost Mobile is upping the ante on its prepaid wireless plans. The prepaid wireless service, a unit of Sprint, is cutting each of its month-to-month plans by $5 and is doubling the amount of data available for each plan. The promotion will be offered between …
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Fingerprint readers like the one found in the Galaxy S5 will be more prevalent next year, according to Synaptics. CNET For Synaptics, the business of making fingerprint readers a part of smartphones is still in its infancy. Last year, Apple drummed up attention for the benefits of unlocking a smartphone with the simple press of a finger when it introduced …
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T-Mobile wants to get in on the September craziness. T-Mobile In a month already packed with product announcements and conferences, T-Mobile is scheduling its “Uncarrier 7.0” event on Sept. 10 — a day after Apple’s iPhone 6 event and a week after Samsung’s , which will see the debut of the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone. The event will be held …
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Mobile payments could play a big role in the next iPhone. CNET Mobile payments, or the notion that you can pay for goods and services at the checkout with your smartphone, may finally break into the mainstream if Apple and the iPhone 6 get involved. While Apple doesn’t talk about future products, Wired was the latest to report that the …
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AT&T Mobility CEO Ralph de la Vega, pictured at Mobile World Congress 2013, will have new responsibilities at the company. Roger Cheng/CNET AT&T is doing a little executive reshuffling of its own. In the wake of Sprint naming a new CEO earlier this month, AT&T is making some changes at the top of its mobility unit, although they are far …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere at CES 2014. Legere has been eager to fire back at Sprint after its new round of promotions. Lori Grunin/CNET T-Mobile isn’t taking a breather. A day after quadrupling the amount of data customers can get on its Simple Starter plan, T-Mobile is at it again, expanding its Simple Choice family plan to 10 lines and …
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The new fan experience board at AT&T Stadium in Dallas. AT&T For AT&T, it wasn’t enough to have the naming rights to the mega stadium where the Dallas Cowboys played. The telecommunications giant wanted to leave a bigger impression. More than a year after AT&T won the naming rights to the former Cowboys Stadium, the company is poised to do …
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