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Another Security Wake-Up Call – Avoid “Insecurity” Questions!
Internet security is making big news again this week – with dozens of celebrities having their online accounts hacked, and a multitude of very private photos being leaked online as a result by scummy picture traders. So far it seems as if this is not the result of a wholesale core failure in any particular online […]
T-Mobile Tweaks Plans, Preps for Uncarrier 7.0
T-Mobile last week made a few tweaks to it’s plans – the most interesting revolving around bonus data for tablets added onto smartphone plans. Here are the three key changes: Ten Lines Per Family – T-Mobile is increasing the number of lines that can be combined on a single plan from 5 to 10. This can […]
Sprint Rolling Out Free International WiFi Calling
Sprint does indeed seem to be getting serious about offering more value to customers. First it was increased data allotments. And this week, Sprint announced a new WiFi calling feature that will allow customers with compatible phones to make and receive calls from the USA for free when traveling internationally, as long as they are […]
Verizon Teases VoLTE – Dubs It “Advanced Calling 1.0”
At the moment, all voice calls on Verizon’s network requires the phone to connect over Verizon’s old 3G CDMA network – not over Verizon’s newer 4G/LTE network. This is why some phones (including all iPhones) can not support simultaneous voice calls and data connections on Verizon’s network, and why occasionally an area with seemingly great […]
T-Mobile Smacks Sprint With An Unlimited LTE Comeback
A few days ago Sprint announced it was rolling out new shared data plans with twice the amount of data for the price as the other big carriers. The sweetest deals however were reserved for new customers who transfer lines to Sprint from another carrier – leaving current Sprint customers out in the cold. T-Mobile noticed […]
MIA Exclusive: First Look at WiFiRanger’s New Data Management Tools
We spent the past two day’s visiting WiFiRanger’s offices in Boise, ID – the highlight of which was getting to brainstorm with the WiFiRanger team around what sort of features mobile internet users will find most useful for managing usage and avoiding overages. Their idea is to go beyond just monitoring how much data is used, […]
Sprint Doubling Data Allotments
Things are suddenly starting to get interesting at Sprint. To start – Sprint gave up on long rumored plans to acquire and merge with T-Mobile, and in the process a new CEO Marcelo Claure was put in place to take Sprint in a new direction. And in his first week on the job, he is […]
T-Mobile to Crack Down on Unlimited Abuse
Verizon isn’t the only carrier planning to add some limits to its “unlimited” plans. An internal T-Mobile memo leaked this week detailing plans to begin throttling certain unlimited plan users beginning August 17th. T-Mobile confirmed the memo to Engadget, and added an official statement with more details: A very small number of our customers are misusing […]
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