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Wireless handset unlocking becomes illegal in U.S. without carrier permission

Well, here’s the thing that’ll drive you nuts today. Per Electronista and TechCrunch, phone unlocking without carrier permission is now illegal in the United States. A 90-day transition period, permitting the practice after an exemption added to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act was reversed in October, has now run out. The expiration of the exemption […]

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AT&T to enable FaceTime for tiered customers with compatible iOS devices

Nothing like a little competition to get the wireless carriers to try to beat each other’s offerings. That and the FCC yelling at you to do it sort of helps. Per the company’s blog, AT&T announced on Wednesday it will enable FaceTime over cellular at no extra cost to any customers with a tiered data […]

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Apple CEO Tim Cook meets with China Mobile representatives

Mr. Smith went to Washington, so it’s only logical that Tim Cook go to China. Per Sina Tech, Apple Chief Executive Tim Cook gave an interview with local media, in which he revealed that he met with China Mobile, the world’s largest wireless carrier. Cook declined to say in his interview with Sina Tech what […]

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T-Mobile announces company will begin selling iPhone, iPad in 2013

If you’re a T-Mobile fan, you’ll appreciate this. Per AppleInsider, wireless carrier T-Mobile has announced it has inked a deal with Apple to begin selling products in America next year, presumably including both the iPhone and iPad. The announcement came as part of a press release by the carrier’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom, on Thursday. […]

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Apple to restore duplicate song search, chase cloud-based movie streaming bug in iTunes 11 update

There’s always a quick bug fix/feature change after a major new release of software. iTunes 11 is no exception. Per All Things D, Apple is said to be working on reinstitution the feature in a future update, a feature that was removed with iTunes 11. The departure of the duplicate song finder in iTunes 11 […]