When you’re looking at your mobile network or home broadband, you know it’s important to check data speeds for app downloads and video uploads. What you might not know is that a more obscure speed measurement, called latency, is also crucial. Latency is a measure of responsiveness, with low latency a foundational part of 5G networks‘ …
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Mint Mobile has a new one-day promotion on Thursday: 25 years of wireless service for $2,500. The new offer celebrates “Bobby Bonilla Day,” the internet holiday when New York Mets and baseball fans mark the date each year when the team pays retired outfielder Bobby Bonilla $1.19 million. Aptly called “The Bobby Bonilla Plan,” the carrier is offering new customers …
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T-Mobile has long offered a “Test Drive” promotion, allowing people on rival wireless providers to get a device to experience its network. As spotted by Light Reading and The T-Mo Report, the company has quietly taken a new step that could make it significantly easier to try out and switch carriers, allowing anyone with an iPhone XS or later on a …
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AT&T has agreed to make Google Messages its default texting application for all Android customers in the US, Google said Wednesday. The move follows T-Mobile adding Google Messages as its default Android messaging platform back in March. Verizon hasn’t yet followed suit. Google Messages comes with features similar to those in Apple’s iMessage, using Rich Communication Services, or RCS, technology to …
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Google’s Stadia video game service expanded to Android TV and Google TV on Monday, but that doesn’t mean Google is done making moves. On Tuesday the search giant announced a new partnership that will offer six months of Stadia Pro for free to AT&T wireless and Fiber users. Stadia is Google’s video game streaming service that is meant to compete …
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Eight horses will run in the final leg of the Triple Crown on Saturday at the Belmont Stakes. Noticeably absent from the field is Medina Spirit, who failed a drug test after winning the Kentucky Derby and whose trainer, Bob Baffert, is banned from entering horses at both Belmont Park and Churchill Downs. Preakness winner Rombauer is racing in the …
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Today the 105th running of the Indianapolis 500 took place at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. If watching this high-octane race is your idea of the perfect way to spend a Sunday, you are not alone — and we have all the information you need to watch it. Scott Dixon captured the pole position in qualifying with an average speed of 231.685 miles …
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Wireless plans often come with perks: AT&T offers HBO Max. Verizon has a bevy of options including Disney Plus. T-Mobile offers Netflix. For its new addition, Dish-owned Boost Mobile isn’t going with a traditional streaming video service; on Wednesday it announced a new deal with sports betting and fantasy sports provider DraftKings. As part of the deal, Boost Mobile customers …
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HBO Max plans to launch in 39 Latin American and Caribbean countries on June 29, for the first time widening the streaming service’s footprint beyond the US and offering a discounted mobile-only subscription option for as little as $3 a month. HBO Max, for now owned by AT&T’s WarnerMedia, will also have a seven-day free trial available in the new markets. HBO …
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Sling TV has unveiled a slick new interface for its live TV streaming service, which includes a new DVR menu option and a smart search feature. In my hands-on experience with the new menus, I liked it much better than the current version. It’s sleeker-looking, more modern and best of all, easier to use. The new menu system rolls out …
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