January, 2013

• 17 January

  EE shops closing months after rebrand, staff to be kept on

  

  There’s more trouble on the high street. As Blockbuster and HMV spiral into oblivion, 4G phone network EE is axeing 78 shops — less than three months after millions were spent on rebranding them. The former Orange and T-Mobile shops chosen for the chop have been decided based on factors such as how many customers each …

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• 17 January

  BlackBerry Z10 packs HD screen, 4G speed

  

  London calling: the specs of the BlackBerry Z10, previously known as the London, reveal the first BlackBerry 10 phone’s high-definition screen and 4G data connection. The Z10 and the keyboard-packing X10 will be the first to show off the new BackBerry 10 software in two weeks time. British blog TechRadar has got its hands on a slideshow of training material …

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• 17 January

  MediaFire debuts for Android, offers users 50GB of free cloud storage

  

  Back in August, I wrote about cloud-storage service MediaFire, which was offering a whopping 50GB of free space, no strings attached. Well, there were strings in the form of certain limitations (see below), but it wasn’t like you had to provide a credit-card number or start paying for the space after, say, six months. Yesterday, the company unveiled MediaFire for …

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• 17 January

  Dish Network to FCC: Pause the Sprint

  

  Marguerite Reardon/CNET Dish Network has asked the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to pause its review of Softbank’s proposed $20.1 billion acquisition of Sprint. When Japanese carrier Softbank acquired a 70 percent stake in Sprint in October, it provided Sprint with the cash to acquire the Clearwire shares it didn’t already own. Sprint has been floundering in the cellular market for …

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• 17 January

  Sprint’s Samsung Galaxy Nexus gets Android 4.2 update

  

  The Sprint version of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus has begun receiving the Android 4.2 software update, according to various reports surfacing this week. The 98MB file can be manually downloaded and installed, but the carrier has yet to make any formal announcements. CNET has contacted Sprint for comment and will update the article with any response. Sprint may have been …

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• 17 January

  Samsung’s secret weapon in the mobile wars: Tizen

  

  You’ve probably never heard of Tizen, but the companies behind it are some of the most recognizable brands in the tech industry. Tizen draws its heritage from the likes of Nokia and Intel through their aborted MeeGo initiative, as well as Samsung Electronics, Verizon Wireless, and Vodaphone through the LiMo Foundation. Now it’s under the direct control of Samsung and …

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• 17 January

  In iPhone vs. Galaxy battle, Apple still way on top

  

  Despite the doom and gloom talk surrounding Apple, its iPhone franchise has still vastly outsold Samsung Electronics’ own Galaxy lineup. That’s according to Raymond James analyst Tavis McCourt, who compiled the cumulative sales of the iPhone 4, 4S, and 5 and stacked them against the Galaxy S and Galaxy Note smartphones. In total, Apple outsold Samsung 219 million to 131 …

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• 17 January

  AT&T eyes international expansion for growth

  

  AT&T is interested in buying a European carrier for growth, according to the Wall Street Journal. With the U.S. market about to get more competitive, AT&T is looking at markets in Europe where it can upgrade technology and roll out new services and pricing strategies, the Wall Street Journal said, citing unnamed sources. It reported that AT&T is studying potential …

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• 17 January

  Nokia to slash over 1,100 IT jobs

  

  Nokia today announced that it was cutting over 1,100 IT jobs from its workforce. The company says that it will lay off 300 employees currently working in an IT function. Nokia will also transfer up to 820 employees to IT services firms, HCL Technologies and Tata Consultancy Services. Nokia announced in June that it would make broad cuts — about …

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• 17 January

  Sprint to expand 4G LTE to 28 more cities in coming months

  

  Sprint Nextel announced plans to expand its 4G LTE network to 28 new cities in the coming months, continuing its push to blanket its entire network with the high-speed wireless access. The Overland Park, Kan., company listed Paris, Texas; Branson, Mo.; Oxford, Miss.; and other smaller cities in its latest update. It didn’t specify what “coming months” means, but as …

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