You may not think too highly of wireless carrier AT&T’s acquisition of T-Mobile USA, but apparently it’s necessary for the company to move forward. This was the statement from company officials on Thursday, who said the deal would allow AT&T to significantly improve its mobile network capacity and give better service to its customers. Critics […]
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The good news: The Google functionality on your iPhone, iPod touch or iPad device isn’t going anywhere for a while. Google Executive Chairman and former CEO Eric Schmidt revealed Tuesday that his company had reached a deal with Apple to continue providing its maps and search technology for the iPhone. Per Reuters, Schmidt, while speaking […]
It’s an interesting alternative to Apple’s Mobile Safari web browser for its iOS devices. And it just got a fairly large overhaul. Per Mac|Life, the popular Opera Mini web browser just reached version 6.0 and is available as a redesigned, universal app that finally brings some love to the bigger screen of the iPad as […]
You’ve got to admit, Skype does have its uses. And companies tend to see this. According to Fortune, Microsoft has agreed to buy the voice-over-Internet company for US$8.5 billion, including the assumption of debt. There had been reports last week that Skype was in acquisition or partnership talks with both Microsoft and Facebook. Skype will […]
It may not be the best thing that Facebook pervades a bit too much of our lives, but it IS useful, especially on the iOS devices. Per Mac|Life, Facebook released version 3.4 of its iPhone app on Monday. The new version, which still has yet to go iPad native, adds a handful of modest improvements […]