It’s a good time to be shopping for mobile service in the US. T-Mobile’s ‘”UnCarrier” strategy, which launched last year, has ignited a battle in the wireless market as large carriers finally start competing on prices. Even Verizon Wireless, the company with the best network reputation and the highest prices, has reacted. This week the …

When the smartphone phenomenon Flappy Bird took off not so long ago — and before it morphed into something uncontrollable and became its own hard-to-swallow lesson for the game industry — it was as if everyone you’d ever known had suddenly stumbled on mobile gaming’s most brilliantly manufactured drug. Facebook and Instragram were awash in high score screenshots and admissions of addiction-fueled …

Now playing: Watch this: Meet the Samsung Galaxy Gear 2:40 AT&T has trimmed the cost of Samsung’s Galaxy Gear smartwatch when bundled with another Galaxy device. Starting Friday, the sale shaves $100 off the price of the Gear to $200 from its regular $300. But to capture the deal, you’ll need to also purchase any one of the following eligible …

The Nokia Lumia 1320 lands on 24 February, and you can get it for free for as little as £21 per month. Revealing the release date for the Windows Phone 6-incher, Nokia bandies around words like “affordable” and “competitive”, and retailers are offering it gratis on a range of contracts.  The 1320 is Nokia’s newest phablet, a 4G phone with an …

President Obama may have to contend with budget crises, economic woes, health care snafus, and international conflicts. But those are nothing compared to the greatest threat now facing the world — the demise of Flappy Bird. The popular game met an early expiration date on Sunday when its developer pulled the plug over worries that it was too addictive. Some …

Nokia has gone green. The Finnish company today changed the colour of its Facebook and Twitter pages to an emerald hue, the signature colour of Google’s Android software — which could mean the green light for the hotly-rumoured Nokia Android phone. Codenamed the Nokia X or Nokia Normandy, the as-yet-unconfirmed phone will be Nokia’s first Android device, and is reported …

In response to the expansion of mobile technology and data-hungry consumers, a number of cable and technology companies have formed a coalition to expand access to Wi-Fi networks. According to The Wall Street Journal, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, Google, and Microsoft were announcing the new drive on Thursday. Now confirmed, the 18 companies and groups involved in WifiForward …

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There’s a Netflix for everything these days. Oyster is “Netflix for e-books.” Next Issue is “Netflix for magazines.” GameFly is “Netflix for videogames.” There’s even a Netflix for high-end wristwatches. It may come as little surprise, then, that there’s an audiobook service that likewise emulates the Netflix all-you-can eat model: Tales2Go lets you stream unlimited selections for a flat monthly …

Multi-award winning, star-packed political thriller House of Cards is back on Netflix now, so you can cast your vote once again for the deliciously dark machinations of Kevin Spacey’s mandarin-with-the-plan Frank Underwood. Season 2 of the White House backstab-’em-up is available to stream in its entirety for Netflix subscribers worldwide. There are 13 episodes, just in case you needed an …

BBC iPlayer, ITV Player and 4oD are banding together into one smart TV alliance to rule them all: Freeview Connect. Although it’s not clear what form it’ll take, the result could cut YouView out of the loop. The Guardian reports that BBC, ITV and Channel 4 have formed a new alliance to get their catch-up TV services on any and …

CNET If you’re fan of plasma TVs, last year’s announcement by Panasonic that the company was no longer going to make them likely came as quite a blow. So now what? What do you do if you want a new TV but want the picture quality of a plasma? This guide leads you though all the available options. Some good, …

You know what we need? More Samsung tablets — said no-one, ever. Except, apparently, Mr or Mrs Tablet at Samsung, who has reportedly approved the Samsung Galaxy Tab 4. The Tab 4 will make its debut alongside the hotly-anticipated Samsung Galaxy S5 in just over a week, according to ZDNet. And there’ll be a new, redesigned Samsung Galaxy Gear smart watch …

BlackBerry Messenger users can tap into a potpourri of new features when the app is updated on Thursday. Slated to reach iOS and Android users, version 2.0 of BBM will bring with it BBM Voice, a way to call your BBM contacts. Already available for BlackBerry OS, BBM Voice gives you the ability to make free phone calls to other …

For all their smarts, smartphones can be complicated animals. Or at least frustrating ones, especially if you run into some of the problems that tend to crop up among new smartphone owners. (Note that I’m referring to both new smartphone-owners and new-smartphone owners. Hyphenation matters, people!) Thankfully, most of these issues are easily resolved — or if not resolved, easily …