July, 2014

• 31 July

  HDCP 2.2: What you need to know

  

  Thought all you needed to get a 4K TV working is HDMI 2.0? Guess again. The next generation of content protection is called HDCP 2.2, and not only is it not backwards compatible, many new 4K devices don’t even support it. So it’s possible that the 4K TV you bought last year, or even the …

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• 31 July

  Samsung’s first bendable TV arrives in August

  

  Samsung’s first bendable TV. Samsung In the market for a TV that you can bend into a flat or curved shape? Samsung now has something right up your alley, at least if you live in Korea. In a post on its Korean Samsung Tomorrow page, the company revealed that it will introduce a bendable TV for sale in its home …

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• 30 July

  Senate blasts mobile carriers for profiting from phony fees

  

  CNET The Senate has joined the Federal Trade Commission and Federal Communications Commission in chastising the four top US wireless carriers for skimming money from customers. In a lengthy report (PDF) released by Senate Commerce Chairman Jay Rockefeller (D-W.Va.) on Wednesday, AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, and T-Mobile are accused of a practice known as “cramming,” in which wireless carriers allow mystery …

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• 30 July

  Uber, Lyft, Airbnb lead top travel, transportation apps in June

  

  United Driven by the popularity of peer-to-peer, Uber, Lyft, and Airbnb are some of the most popular apps users choose for travel and transportation, according to a report published Wednesday. Given the rise of apps aimed at travelers, app analytics company App Annie decided to take a deep dive into this specific category of apps and break them into more …

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• 30 July

  Sprint stems customer bleeding in return to Q1 profit

  

  Sprint CEO Dan Hesse speaking at an event in Chicago in June. Marguerite Reardon/CNET Sprint returned to a profit in the fiscal first quarter, a rare bit of positive news amid its tough turnaround. The nation’s third-largest wireless carrier by subscriber base continued to lose customers in its core Sprint and prepaid arms, posting a net loss of 220,000 subscribers …

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• 30 July

  Virgin Mobile offers fully customizable prepaid plans

  

  Virgin Mobile Virgin Mobile’s new prepaid program will give its customers some serious options. The prepaid arm, a unit of Sprint, unveiled Virgin Mobile Custom on Wednesday, a new offering that allows customers to control on a granular level how many minutes and text messages and how much data they want on their plan — settings that can each be …

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• 30 July

  Use Android Wear as a remote shutter button

  

  Now playing: Watch this: Use Android Wear as a remote shutter button 2:05 At the moment, there are two ways to use Android Wear to control your smartphone camera. The first is Google’s own method; the second uses a third-party app for much more control. Let’s look at Google’s implementation first. To get started, download the Google Camera app from …

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• 30 July

  Samsung warns second half will be tough as it reports weak Q2

  

  Samsung is counting on its Galaxy S5 to boost sales. CNET Samsung on Wednesday posted a 25 percent drop in second-quarter operating profits, marking the third straight quarter of profit declines as competition heats up in the smartphone market. The South Korean electronics giant also warned the second half of 2014 would “remain a challenge” as competition in the mobile …

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• 30 July

  FreedomPop brings free voice, data, and texting to tablets

  

  FreedomPop has some good deals on tablets, but you can also BYO Sprint-ready model. Either way: free service! FreedomPop FreedomPop, the company best known for offering free mobile phone service, is getting into the tablet game. As of this morning, FreedomPop will sell the Apple iPad and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 with free, no-contract service, or let you bring your …

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• 30 July

  Which wearable will be the next big thing?

  

  The top-choice upcoming wearables, according to a First Insight survey. First Insight A slew of new wearables are slated to hit shelves within the next few months — everything from the Samsung Simband health tracker platform to the OMsignal smart shirt to the Dash wireless earbuds. In the finicky world of wearables, some of the products will please crowds while …

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