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Verizon

Verizon sells 2.3 million 4G devices in Q4 2011

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Verizon Wireless posted its Q4 2011 results today, revealing that the company had a strong quarter in terms of mobile device sales. The wireless company announced that it sold 7.7 million smartphones last qua…

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Verizon

Verizon may have caught on to the unlimited data trick, reportedly adjusting accounts

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Verizon appears to have caught wind of a trick that subscribers had been using to raise their accounts from a tiered data plan to an unlimited one. Verizon subscribers who signed up for service after the company…

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AT&T

AT&T will NOT acquire T-Mobile, issues statement blaming government interference

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The acquisition that wasn’t is now official – AT&T will not complete its planned acquisition of T-Mobile USA. Following continued opposition from the U.S. Department of Justice and FCC, AT…

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Android Apps

Gowalla confirms shutdown, checking-out after Facebook acquisition

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Gowalla is going dark next month thanks to the company being acquired by Facebook. A report from CNN over the weekend suggested that Facebook had purchased the Austin-based company, and founder Josh Williams…

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Entertainment

News360 adds sync across devices and source suggestions for personalized news

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Android newsreading app News360 has updated to add a few major functions in the 2.0 release of its app for phones and tablets. Aside from a interface redesign and added video support, there’s now a built-…

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Android

The Times Android tablet app may be the best of its kind [App Reviews]

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The Times, one of the world’s oldest and most recognized newspapers, is now on Android – one of the world’s youngest and most recognized operating systems. More specifically, The Times is…

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Android App Reviews

ChannelCaster organizers all your interests for easy reading and watching [App Reviews]

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Millions of photos, videos, tweets, and articles are posted to the web each day. Channelcaster aims to organize them all into one neat little package perfect for your Android phone or tablet. Developed by OneL…

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Google

Google faces Senate hearings that it stiffles Yelp! and other competitors. [Watch live on C-Span]

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In the U.S. Senate hearings set to investigate claims that Google is anti-competitive, Yelp will accuse the search giant of stealing its content and punishing the review site for complaining about the practi…

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Android App Reviews

Android Apps Alert #73: 10 Interesting Recent Android Apps

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Let’s just get down to it: there are a lot of Android apps and not enough time in the day to grab them all. That doesn’t mean  there’s no fun in trying. Each week, Androinica.com recaps the lat…

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Android News

August Mobile Recap: Slow news month? Yeah right.

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There’s a lie among tech journalists that August is a slow news month. The torrent of product announcements finally slows to a trickle and there’s nothing much worth writing about. So why the heck…

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Android App Reviews

FLUD news reader comes to Android in style [App Reviews]

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Android is not starved for options when it comes to news readers, but it certainly never hurts to have another. The latest news and RSS reader, FLUD, has arrived for Android after starring on iPhones previously…

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HTC

HTC & Beats Audio teleconference recap: sound quality will improve, but will you notice?

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HTC’s announcement that it would partner with Beats by Dre to improve the audio quality of its smartphones was met with mixed reactions. Some thought it was an interesting move for the fast-rising Andro…

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Android News

Philadelphia to give tickets to careless cell phone users on city streets. Excellent. [OPINION]

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Texting while walking in Philadelphia? That’ll be $120, please. Beginning in August, the City of Brotherly Love will crack down on people who violate safety regulations when powering a motor vehicle o…

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Android Apps

Zinio exports its magazine reading app to Android phones

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It was only a few weeks ago when Zinio debuted its magazine reading app for Android Honeycomb tablets, allowing users to read digital copies of everything from Bazaar to ESPN. Today, Zinio is going from the big s…

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Android App Reviews

10 Great Android Apps for newsreading on Honeycomb tablets

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The first question I asked when I received my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 was “What are the best tablet apps?” I’ve yet to narrow down that selection because there’s quite a bit of ground t…

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