T-Mobile Announces They Are The ‘Uncarrier’, Sells Locked iPhones
T-Mobile finally gets the iPhone… with a big string attached.
To follow up on yesterday’s news of new unsubsidized carrier pricing, T-Mobile, well, made it real. It’s not mandating that everyone pay in upwards of $600+ for a new phone to stay out of a contract with the company, you certainly have the option, and it’ll save you money in the long run. They’re also offering a version of iPhone specific to the carrier, but if you’ve been using an iPhone on T-Mobile (probably not a large group of people), it’s going to be a very different proposal.
Patent Reveals Sony Is Looking to Compete Against Google Glass
Patent drawing for the Glass competitor.
Google Glass looks awesome, something I thought that only Google could pull off. That doesn’t stop the competition from trying to grab their share of the market, though. Case in point: Sony has filed patents for something that looks really similar to Google’s technological headwear. Read the rest of this article…
Feedly Impressions From A Guy Who Never Used Google Reader
It’s a really boring way to look at the internet, I know.
Last week, the tech universe exploded when Google announced they were killing their Reader app/site/utility, a tool that many power users had utilized to keep on top of the internet at large. I didn’t really care because I’d never used it and, in fact, keep a TweetDeck tab open to do the same thing. I got curious, though. I wondered what the big deal had been, but rather than try and start using Reader now, mere months before its dispersal, I’d try out some of the RSS feed competition. “What’s it like on the other side?” I wondered.
T-Mobile’s New ‘Uncarrier’ Rules Remove Contracts, Pricy Data Plans And… Phone Discounts
Six of one, half-dozen of another.
I’m glad we have smaller carriers in the United States like T-Mobile and Sprint, ones that are willing to offer crazy things that bigger carriers like Verizon and AT&T have already removed from their min-maxed line of thinking. While T-Mobile was always a bit cheaper on a monthly basis, they’re now offering to become your ‘uncarrier’, allowing you to have cheaper monthly rates without a contract, which seems fantastic if you’re either trying to save dollars or regularly swapping out SIMs. There’s a catch to that, though. An expensive one.
The Facebook Hashtag Is Coming, Are You Ready?
#Image #Description #Witty #Haha #OhMan
This news actually broke a while ago, but it’s taken until now to realize how interesting of an idea this is. I’ve been using Twitter for almost five years, but the art of hashtagging (#) my posts has been lost on me. Maybe it’s the low signal to noise ratio of Twitter that’s prevented me from taking advantage of it that’s also shown me why it would make complete sense for Facebook to integrate it.
New Facebook Timeline Has Arrived, Here’s What Changed
The future is here yet again!
Last week, I talked about how not only was Facebook bringing us a revised News Feed, but the company also (rather silently) unveiled an update to everyone’s Timeline, the most personal aspect of the service. It’s now finally hitting accounts and I’m here to show you exactly what happened so people don’t get hurt. Or you don’t get hurt, I don’t know what kind of person you are.
Google Now Hasn’t Been Submitted To The App Store, Says Google, Apple
Looks like only us Android folk are gonna have Google Now for a little while.
Google Now is getting more powerful with each iteration, so powerful and precognitive that Google is thinking of moving the Android-exclusive feature to iOS. Now we know from both companies that despite Eric Schmidt’s comments to the contrary, it isn’t. It seems odd that Google would be so willing to give up one of Jelly Bean’s biggest features to the competition… or does it?
YouTube Exceeds 1 Billion Monthly Viewers
A billion users. God we’re bored.
YouTube: by far the most popular video destination on the interwebs. On the ‘Tube, you can watch everything from videos of people making drunken asses of themselves, to video game walkthroughs, political debates, music videos, reality TV, movies, and, as often as anything else, you can watch people share their opinions with the world.
Google Keep Is The Note-Taking App For Android I’ve Been Waiting For
Basically, I want pretty pictures on my phone.
Note-taking is something I try to avoid as much as possible. When I do feel the urge, I like my apps to be simple and to the point. I’ve been using ColorNote for over a year for lists and in general for whatever may fall into my brain. Perhaps I’m losing my mind, but I’m having a lot more moments where I gain and lose great ideas quickly, so it helps to have something on-hand to capture those. Other mobile OSes have had note-taking apps for a while, even Evernote’s been a viable alternative, but Android’s been out in the dark. Until now.
Google Adds Search Filter To Find Animated GIFs, Because Why Not?
Emma Stone, because yes.
I collect a lot of animated GIFs for later use in forums and y’know, whatever. It’s so much easier to convey emotion with an animated GIF than to type out what you feel. Up until now it hasn’t been easy to find them: you would search Google, click a bunch of links to GIF sites that are filled with pop-ups and hope that’s the one you wanted. Read the rest of this article…
