Sprint is getting more aggressive in its pricing on unlimited data as it feels the heat from traditional competitors as well as new ones, like Comcast. Sprint, nation’s fourth largest wireless carrier, launched on Thursday new pricing for its Unlimited Freedom plan. It basically extends the savings it was offering as a promotion to new …
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6 April
India is really opening up to Xiaomi
Chinese smartphone maker Xiaomi‘s India strategy appears to paying off, according to research firm Strategy Analytics. Xiaomi, Samsung and Apple were the preferred choice for their next phones, said the firm’s report which surveyed 2,000 participants. As the world’s second largest smartphone market, India has become a hot battleground for phone manufacturers as they try to tap into the fast …
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6 April
Get a pocket digital voice recorder for $15.99
CNET’s Cheapskate scours the web for great deals on PCs, phones, gadgets and much more. Questions about the Cheapskate blog? Find the answers on our FAQ page. And find more great buys on the CNET Deals page. Plug in those ‘phones and this pocket recorder becomes an FM radio! One that can also record FM radio. (The earphones serve as …
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6 April
YouTube: Only channels with 10K views can make money off ads
YouTube is getting a little pickier about who can make money there. Google’s massive video site said Thursday that channels must reach 10,000 total views before they qualify to run ads, the most direct way to make money there. The logic, essentially, is to remove one of the main incentives that spur bad actors to set up bogus accounts with …
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6 April
How to use Windows 10 Dynamic Lock
The Windows 10 Creators Update arrives April 11, and when it reaches your PC, you’ll have a new way to lock it when you get up to grab a cup of coffee, chat with co-workers, or otherwise leave your computer unattended. That’s because a new feature called Dynamic Lock can automatically lock your PC when your Bluetooth phone goes out …
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6 April
Nvidia Titan Xp ups its game a little
Bringing its top-end graphics card up to speed for 2017, Nvidia‘s updated its Titan X monster gaming GPU with a bump up in CUDA cores and increased memory bandwidth for the Titan Xp. It’s already been slipped into the line replacing the X. More cores — the Xp has 3,840 vs. the X’s 3,584 — allows for a greater number …
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5 April
Alibaba taken to court over its fake fire
Alibaba founder Jack Ma made the headlines last month when he took to Weibo (think Twitter but Chinese) with a lengthy post urging the Chinese government to crack down on counterfeiting in the country. Today, Ma and Alibaba have been taken to court for allegedly allowing the sale of a fake fire-extinguishing ball, reports Bangkok Post. Fake goods are a …
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5 April
GoPro’s stabilizer accessory looks crazy, but it works
The key feature of GoPro’s Karma Grip handheld camera stabilizer, the thing that sets it apart from others, is that the motorized gimbal separates from the control handle so the stabilizer can be used on the company’s Karma drone. But if you don’t need or want the drone, here’s another reason to consider the Grip: It can now be split …
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5 April
Bank buys trust by strapping exec to lie detector on Facebook
Big-shot bank executives. They’re almost always portrayed as the bad guys, but are they just misunderstood? Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation (OCBC), wants the public to believe in it, so Dennis Tan, the company’s head of consumer financial services in Singapore, agreed to be Facebook livestreamed taking a lie detector test. “Stay True is our promise to our consumers,” Tan said of …
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5 April
Amazon snags streaming rights to Thursday night NFL games
It’s game on for Amazon. The internet retail giant has reached a deal with the National Football League to stream 10 “Thursday Night Football” games during the coming season, an Amazon representative said Tuesday. The one-year pact is reported at about $50 million. Amazon was in a bidding war for the NFL streaming rights with Facebook, YouTube and Twitter — …
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