Vue viewers who are football fans will soon begin seeing red. The NFL’s popular RedZone network, that is. Sony’s live TV streaming service will add two new pro football-centric channels, NFL Network and NFL RedZone, to its slate of live TV channels in time for the 2016 NFL football season. In addition to Thursday Night …
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How low can iPhone sales go? That’s the question Apple followers are hoping CEO Tim Cook will answer Tuesday during the company’s quarterly earnings report. The past few quarters, in terms of financials, haven’t been standouts for Apple. Yes, the company is still making money, a lot of money, with quarterly sales totaling over $40 billion over the past couple …
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If you’re considering jumping ship to Sprint to take advantage of its “half-off” promotion, don’t dawdle. The promotion, which promises to cut your existing rate plan at a competing carrier in half, has been a hit with consumers. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier said it added 173,000 post-paid customers, or folks who pay at the end of each month, in …
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The first polls following Donald Trump’s week in the Republican National Convention spotlight show the GOP nominee for president tied with presumptive rival Hillary Clinton. This week Clinton and the Democrats will have their turn, but Trump may be taking to Reddit with an “Ask Me Anything” session that could take some of the internet’s attention away from the Democratic …
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Sprint on Monday launched its second wave of ads with Paul Marcarelli, the actor who became the carrier’s pitchman last month after a decade of being Verizon’s “Test Man” in its “Can you hear me now?” campaign. Similar to the first commercials, the new TV spots continue to portray Sprint as a more affordable alternative to rivals AT&T, T-Mobile and …
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Republicans consumed wireless data in Super Bowl-level quantities last week as their party nominated Donald Trump in Cleveland. Now, the carriers are getting ready for the same challenge on the other side of the aisle in Philadelphia. Verizon, the country’s largest wireless operator, said Monday its customers used an aggregate 7 terabytes of data each day of the Republican National …
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Apple may be prepping the next edition of its iPad Pro, at least based on a couple of leaked photos. Blog site AppleInsider received two photos reportedly from an anonymous source working at an Apple Chinese supplier of the new iPad Pro, which is expected to go into production late September. The photos show the tablet’s settings screen in Chinese. …
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Obama 2020? If Twitter is anything to go by, Michelle Obama could be next to take the top job. The FLOTUS with the mostest headlined the first night of the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia on Monday. And while Hillary Clinton, who will accept the presidential nomination later this week, has yet to speak at the event, social media was …
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Consumers are starting to hear Sprint now. The nation’s fourth-largest wireless carrier has long struggled to get the attention of consumers, who for years were turned off by its poor reputation for coverage and reliability. Having shored up some of those network issues, Sprint has been clamoring for more attention. It hired Verizon’s longtime “Can you hear me now?” pitchman, …
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