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T-Mobile gears up “$0 down” trade-in deal for Mother’s Day weekend

Your mum might like this for Mother’s Day. Per TmoNews, wireless carrier T-Mobile has begun highlighting Apple’s newest smartphone to push the trade-in program that it’s had running since April 12. That program allows new and existing qualified customers to trade in an iPhone 4 or iPhone 4S, with the resulting trade-in value wiping out […]

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Hardware News

Microsoft targets iPad, unveils Surface tablet

A little competition never hurt anyone. Per Engadget, Microsoft debuted its Surface Windows 8 tablet on Monday at a last-minute special event in Los Angeles, marking the tech monolith’s entrance into the iPad-dominated tablet market. Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, showed off the tablet computer based on the company’s new Windows 8 operating system he called […]

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News Retail Store

Microsoft to open 75 retail locations over next 2-3 years

If you can’t beat ’em, follow their lead and eventually try to take them down. Per Neowin, Microsoft plans to massively expand its retail presence to take in the U.S. in the next 2 to 3 years, with an aggressive goal of 75 new stores to take on Apple’s own retail operations. The plans are […]

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AT&T secures rights to US$1.9 billion of 4G wireless spectrum licensing, gearing up new network for 2011

Wireless carrier and U.S. exclusive iPhone provider AT&T announced on Monday that it has agreed to purchase US$1.925 billion worth of wireless spectrum from Qualcomm for its forthcoming 4G network. Per AppleInsider, AT&T has agreed to purchase spectrum licenses from Qualcomm in the lower 700 MHz frequency band. The US$1.925 acquisition is said to bolster […]

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Announcement

E3 2010: Here We Go

Ladies and gents, I’ll be flying to Los Angeles tonight to cover E3 2010 for the next several days following up on games coming to the Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, where developers think OnLive might be going, what’s in the works with iOS 4.0, etc. But mainly I’ll be in Los Angeles. Which is […]