Cortana will play a critical role in Microsoft and Windows Phone’s future. James Martin/CNET NEW YORK — The woman behind the counter at the American embassy in Istanbul eyed Sogol Malekzadeh skeptically. “Why are you here?” the immigration official asked. “You [already] know my answer.” It was Malekzadeh’s first attempt applying for a cultural visa …
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The back of the LG G3, complete with laser-equipped camera. Nate Ralph/CNET In the end, it was all about the lasers. At least, it was to LG, which considered the laser-equipped camera — supposedly able to focus on images faster than the standard smartphone camera — to be one of the hallmark features of its G3 smartphone, the latest flagship …
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Sprint CEO Dan Hesse at a company event in June. Marguerite Reardon/CNET Sprint may be following the path of larger rivals AT&T and Verizon Wireless when it comes to its shared data plans. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier by subscriber is holding a trial to test out the efficacy of a family data plan, according to a person familiar with …
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The Viva Movil flagship in Brooklyn, NY. Roger Cheng/CNET Pop star Jennifer Lopez invested all the glitz and glamor she could muster in the May 2013 launch of retail chain Viva Movil, which specializes in selling Verizon Wireless products and services to Hispanics. A year later, though, the buzz is gone. Lopez unveiled Viva along with then-Verizon Wireless Chief Operating …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere at the Uncarrier 5 event in Seattle. James Martin/CNET T-Mobile is in hot water with the Federal Trade Commission. The FTC filed a complaint on Tuesday against T-Mobile, alleging that the carrier has made hundreds of millions of dollars on fees related to “premium” text messages that customers didn’t sign up for. The agency claims T-Mobile …
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Ericsson’s vision of a “networked society,” in model form. Roger Cheng/CNET Forget 4G. Ericsson already has its sights set on the dizzying speeds that can be achieved with 5G. The telecommunications gear maker said Tuesday it had conducted a test that achieved a connection speed of 5 gigabits per second over the air, part of its plans for 5G wireless …
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Global Wireless Solutions engineer David Devault with a portable benchmarking system. Roger Cheng/CNET The New York City subway system may run 24 hours a day and represent the most efficient means to get around the metropolis, but it has long been a sore spot for anyone looking to continue their cellular calls. That has changed a bit over the last …
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The Nexus 7 still awaits a successor. CNET Google spent more than two hours and forty minutes unveiling a bevy of products, software, and features at its annual developer conference. The Nexus 8, unfortunately, wasn’t in the mix. The tablet was among the more eagerly anticipated announcements at Google I/O, seen as a potential upgrade to Google’s Nexus 7 tablet, …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere at the company’s Uncarrier event. James Martin/CNET SEATTLE — A few hours after Amazon unveiled the Fire Phone, I sat down with T-Mobile CEO John Legere, just ahead of his own crosstown “Uncarrier” event. Legere had spent the previous day firing off tweets railing against what was then a rumored partnership between AT&T and Amazon. He …
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T-Mobile CEO John Legere at T-Mobile’s Uncarrier 5.0 event Wednesday in Seattle. James Martin/CNET SEATTLE–T-Mobile isn’t done tinkering with its wireless network. The company said on Wednesday that it has expanded its higher capacity wideband LTE network to 16 markets. It has also increased the number of markets able to handle a voice call that travels over its LTE network …
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