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 …
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Ciccarese Design’s idea of what the new iPhone 6 models could look like next to a 5S. Ciccarese Design That light you see at the end of the dark tunnel isn’t a train. It’s the iPhone 6, fast bearing down on us with an expected announcement date in September. With all the anticipation comes a whole lot of speculation. We’ve …
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Your mileage may vary, but Ting can definitely save you money over the long haul. Ting The smartphone world has its share of disruptors. Over here you’ve got Republic Wireless and TextNow offering cheap, no-contract service powered heavily by Wi-Fi. Over there you’ve got the unlocked OnePlus One smartphone delivering flagship features for half the price of a Galaxy S5. …
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Though it may offer a larger screen, the next iPhone could still fit and work nicely in one hand. Sarah Tew/CNET Apple’s anticipated iPhone 6 will reportedly adopt a 4.7-inch screen to lure in consumers craving big-screened phones. Does that mean you’ll need two hands to work and play with the larger phone? Not according to a report released Friday …
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Facebook Facebook’s Messenger app, which has shifted the social network’s instant-messaging features off the main mobile app and onto its own standalone program, has found its niche — among critics. App Annie, an analytics-tracking site that gathers the collective wisdom of app users, shows that Facebook’s Messenger app has received nearly 59,000 one-star ratings from users over the past month, …
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Matt Elliott/CNET It’s a widely known fact that Tom Hanks is an accomplished actor, director, producer, and writer, but did you know that he is also a champion of the manual typewriter (and can easily be bribed with one)? And as a side note, Tom Hanks is amusing on Twitter, punctuating nearly each of his tweets with #hanx. Today, Tom …
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Aloysius Low/CNET Sprint will soon have a new smartphone to offer customers. The HTC One E8 is headed to Sprint’s network at some point in the future, the carrier announced on YouTube Thursday. The video, which was removed Friday afternoon from Sprint’s YouTube page, didn’t provide many details on Sprint’s plans for the handset, including when it will launch and …
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Samsung is rumored to employ its new metal design in its Galaxy Note 3 successor. Sarah Tew/CNET The upcoming Samsung Galaxy Note 4 could be next in line to sport the company’s new metal design language, according to new reports. Related Links Samsung Galaxy Note 4 specs seemingly leak online Samsung Galaxy Note 4: what we know so far Editor’s …
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Australians using Vodafone mobile broadband will now get more data for their dollar thanks to a shake up that will increase data allowances, extend expiry periods and introduce 4G speeds to prepaid customers. The company is also attempting to mitigate bill shock with the introduction of data add-ons that will also be available on a month-by-month basis. While pricing has …
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Sprint’s new CEO Marcelo Claure is wasting no time in making good on his promise to slash pricing in order to compete with wireless rivals. During a company-wide town hall call on Thursday, Sprint’s new boss told employees that the company would be implementing “very disruptive” price cuts that would start as soon as next week, according to a report …
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A China Mobile store in Beijing Wang Zhao/AFP/Getty Images Despite strong profits, the world’s largest mobile carrier, China Mobile, is eyeing ways to grow its business in new ways, Chairman Xi Gouhua,confirmed in an earnings call on Thursday. Speaking to investors in an earnings call earlier reported on by The Wall Street Journal, Xi said that China Mobile is seeking …
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James Martin/CNET There was a time, months ago, when the Moto 360 flashed its face before an internet of agog fans. That was March. It’s six months later, and that round watch is still not here. It should be here soon enough, based on a September invitation that just arrived today. But it feels like a moment slightly missed. It …
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Authorities in Berlin, Germany have banned Uber. Screenshot by Dara Kerr/CNET Berlin became the latest city to put the kibosh on Uber when local authorities announced Thursday they were banning the car-sharing service because they were concerned about passenger safety, according to the BBC. Related stories Uber accused of playing dirty in competition with Lyft Uber bumps into more roadblocks …
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Motorola Motorola Mobility’s Moto 360 smartwatch will finally get its official launch. After several teases and a guest appearances at Google’s I/O developer conference in June, the smartwatch will get a proper debut and launch at an event held in Chicago on September 4. In addition, the invitation features images of a G and X smartphone, and an audio accessory, …
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Matt Elliott/CNET I built up a large iTunes music collection over the years and dutifully organized it and added to it, but I hardly touch it anymore thanks to streaming services Spotify and Beats Music . I happily pay their monthly fees for access to collections of music that puts my music in iTunes to shame. Sony hopes to keep …
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