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T-Mobile was in a gracious mood on Tuesday. It praised the “generosity” of its rivals for contributing to its impressive customer growth. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier released preliminary third-quarter subscriber figures, noting that it had added 735,000 branded postpaid phone customers — or folks who pay their bills at the end of the month …

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Sprint will keep its half

Sprint CEO Marcelo Claure knows his wireless plans can be a bit confusing. Through a promotion promising to halve your wireless bill if you switch, Sprint offers a dizzying array of rate plans, all pegged to what its three major rivals offer. So if you’re a Verizon customer looking to switch, you may be eligible to get a different plan …

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HTC Ocean concept video has its moment

Well, this video made a bit of a splash. Designer Danelle Vermeulen created a video featuring a phone it labeled the HTC Ocean. Apparently, this was an example of how someone might create a “sizzle reel” as a way to “pitch a conceptual idea for CEO buy-in.” That in turn got picked up by veteran mobile leakster Evan Blass, who …

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North Korea accidentally allows world to access its entire internet

Now playing: Watch this: North Korea’s internet has only 28 websites 1:25 Enlarge Image North Korean leader Kim Jong-un keeps his country’s internet to a bare minimum. KCNA/AFP/Getty Images Too much choice may be a bad thing at times, but evidently that’s not a problem for North Korea’s internet users. Thanks to (presumably) a higher-up in the country making a …

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11 wireless earbud headphones that aren’t the Apple AirPods

Early impressions of the Apple wireless AirPods had us worried the little white earbuds wouldn’t work with non-Apple sources, but the new W1 chip is actually device agnostic. In the company’s own words, “AirPods do work with non-Apple devices via Bluetooth. You lose the magic as a result.” That means you can technically pair them to any Bluetooth source, but …

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Activity trackers may not give you a weight

Using wearable activity monitors to count your steps may not help you lose weight as promised. In fact, more weight loss might be achieved without them. That’s the conclusion of a study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association that found people who used activity trackers lost five pounds less than those who didn’t. The results surprised …

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Google may unveil its new phone at Oct. 4 event

Now playing: Watch this: Comcast going cellular, Google teases possible Pixel… 1:48 Google said late Monday it will hold a media event in San Francisco next month, at which it is expected to unveil its new flagship phone. The October 4 event was announced in a YouTube video that shows the web giant’s familiar horizontal search bar slowly morphing into …

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​SanDisk shows off 1

If you’re the type who does a full day’s shooting in 4K video with an action cam, drone or SLR, you’ll appreciate SanDisk’s announcement Tuesday that it’s working on an SD memory card with a whopping 1 terabyte of storage capacity. That’s more storage space than flash memory-based laptops come with and four times that of a top-end iPhone 7, …

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