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Verizon Share Everything plan -- shared data plans now available
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Verizon Wireless on Tuesday announced the upcoming availability of its new “Share Everything” plans, which include shared voice minutes, text messages and data. The new plans are compatible with smartphones, tablets and feature phones, and they start at $30 per device for basic phones and $40 per device for smartphones, plus a minimum of $50 for 1GB of shared data as well as unlimited voice calling and text messaging. Plan members and individuals with multiple devices can share as much as 10GB of data each month between devices, along with unlimited voice and SMS for $100 plus the monthly fees for each device. “Customers asked, and today Verizon Wireless delivered an industry first,” said Ta...
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HTC One X suffering Wi-Fi connectivity issues
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A design flaw is interfering with users' ability to connect the HTC One X with a Wi-Fi source. The One X seemingly has several Wi-Fi-related problems that either drain the battery rapidly or render it completely unable to connect to a Wi-Fi network. HTC is reportedly aware of the issue, and is asking for feedback to help the engineering team resolve the problem.
Users can test their devices by gently squeezing the back of the phone between the camera lens and voume buttons. If the Wi-Fi signal strength improves, only to drop when releasing the grip, then the the device is affected by the connectivity bug. The suggested primary fix is returning the phone to the supplier as a "dead on arrival"...
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Sony Xperia tipo, Xperia tipo dual are announced with entry-level written all over
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The Sony Xperia tipo, which was previously known by its Tapioca codename, is now finally official. What we have on our hands is a low-end Android smartphone suitable for first-time smartphone owners. It comes in a single- or dual-SIM flavor, with the latter called the Sony Xperia tipo dual.
Interested in specs? Well, here they are: the Sony Xperia tipo and its dual-SIM brother have a 3.2-inch HVGA (320x480) display made out of scratch-resistant mineral glass. Inside it runs an 800MHz single-core Qualcomm processor, and on the back we have a 3.2-megapixel camera. Nothing earth-shattering, we know, yet on the bright side, the smartphone would likely be quite competitively priced. What is reall...
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Here’s the (almost) full list of 200 new features on iOS 6
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Apple’s iOS 6 has 200 new features. Big improvement and small tweaks, but that number, 200, alone is telling. Now, iMore has compiled all the tiny details it could pick up from Apple’s presentation and brings a huge list of over 150 features, nicely broken down in categories below.
Of course, the biggest improvements in iOS 6 come in Siri as Apple itelf said, but we wouldn’t overlook the Facebook integration and improved phone and mail functions. Well, we don’t want to spoil the fun, so check them all out below.
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Hacker Denies Stealing at Least 44,000 Credit Cards
Like UnlikeA Dutch computer hacker made his first appearance Monday in U.S. court on a 14-count indictment, after he was caught marketing stolen credit card numbers on the Internet.
David Schrooten, 21, known in the online hacking community as "Fortezza," pleaded not guilty to federal computer hacking charges, according to the Associated Press.
Schrooten was arrested in Romania in March and charged with conspiracy, access device fraud, bank fraud, intentional damage to a computer, and aggravated identify theft. He arrived in Washington, D.C., on Saturday.
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Here’s how carriers test their coverage in places where no vehicles can go
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If your dream job is not half-laying/half-sitting in front of a computer from 9 to 5, this here unique job in the telecom business might be somewhat of an enlightenment for you. “Pedestrian tester” is the name of the rare type of a telecoms employee who has to go through the hardship of slowly walking around streets, parks, but mostly areas where vehicles can’t get into like malls, and carry five separate phones for testing a carrier’s network. That’s for the sole purpose of having tests from those hard to reach locations go to the carrier, so it could make fixes where needed.
Slowly walking is key - he has to imitate the average user who might be moving at a snail-speed while typing, or jus...
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Android apps -- personal data protected by new Android mod
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MIT’s Technology Review has a nifty roundup of programs designed to help Android users keep their personal data away from the greedy hands of mobile apps that want access to their full contact lists, location data, browser history and more. The most intriguing entry comes from a Bulgarian software developer named Plamen Kosseff, who has actually rewritten the Android operating system so that it gives apps bogus data when users grant them permission to start scrounging around their phone. For example, when users give an app access to their bookmarks, it simply returns the default bookmarks list that came preloaded on their Android phones, or sends out a blank address book to apps that want to...
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Tor anonymizing tool stymied FBI child porn inquiry, document reveals
Like UnlikeTor, the anonymizing tool used by everyone from privacy advocates to drug dealers to dissidents, has apparently stopped the FBI from pursuing a potential child pornography bust on at least one occasion. A report recently released by the Department of Justice discusses how content on one of the largest anonymous "darknet" sites, Silk Road, was untraceable due to Tor. A user had reported finding an "adult" section that appeared to contain pictures of very young children, after which he wiped his hard drive. "Because everyone (all internet traffic) connected to the TOR network is anonymous," the report reads, "there is not currently a way to trace the origin of the website. As such no other inv...
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Apple announces first Retina display in a MacBook, 220ppi with 2880 x 1800 resolution
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Apple just announced its next-generation MacBook Pro, and it comes equipped with a gorgeous 220 pixel-per-inch 2880 x 1800 display. That's quite a bit shy of the 326 ppi LCD on the iPhone 4S and the 264 ppi density of the new iPad's display, but it's still a massive improvement over the 1680 x 1050 pixels found on Apple's previous-generation clamshell. The new Retina is, as Apple marketing head Phil Shiller not-so-modestly pointed out during this morning's WWDC keynote, the "world's highest-resolution notebook display." It's also soon to be the highest-res LCD in any household, offering three million more pixels than your 1080p HDTV. It's a bit hard to determine just how impressive this next...
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Google Chrome updated with new Flash Player, better Mountain Lion compatibility
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The latest stable build of Google Chrome for Mac has added a series of patches designed to help users transition to Mountain Lion. These stable builds are put out roughly every six weeks, but the latest one is a sign that Google is preparing for the OS that will be coming to machines this summer. In addition to the patches, it now uses Version 11.3 of Adobe Flash Player. The update should install automatically for current Mac users; first-time downloaders can find it here.
This change comes shortly after Google announced a Metro-optimized version of its browser for Windows 8. This isn't nearly as big a change, but it's another move towards the new generation of operating systems. Likewise, t...
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LinkedIn Aims for Transparency, Updates Members on Security Snafu
Like UnlikeBy now most everyone with an Internet connection and even a passing interest in technology news knows about LinkedIn's recent security breach, the one in which 6.5 million LinkedIn hashed passwords were swiped from the site's servers and posted on a Russian website. LinkedIn has been in full damage control ever since, including a post over the weekend outlining steps it's taking to protect its members.
One of those steps involves "working closely with the FBI as they aggressively pursue the perpetrators of this crime." LinkedIn also claims it has put together a "world-class security team," with one of the major goals being a transition from a password database system with hashed passwords to...
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iCloud Floats a New Feature Set
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Apple unveiled the latest iCloud iteration at today's WWDC, beefing up the the fledgling service with a bevy of new features. Here's what's new.
The Notes, Reminders, and Documents will be available on Mountain Lion through iCloud. Notes and Reminders, already mainstays on Apple iOS devices, will make the jump to the desktop while the new Documents integration feature will sync your personal documents (obviously) across all your devices, mobile and desktop. Notes will support both images and links and can be opened across multiple windows. Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Preview, Text Edit—the company's core app suite—will also all be made available across the entire Apple ecosystem.
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US Department of Justice not keen on returning MegaUpload data
Like UnlikeInnocent bystanders who lost mountains of data, personal files, documents, and more when the popular but illegitimately operated cloud-based site MegaUpload was taken down, may end up being just plain out of luck, at least for a while. The US Deparment of Justice wants to block former user Kyle Goodwin from accessing his high school football videos which he uploaded to the site.
MegaUpload is currently in the middle of a massive litigation ordeal which involves the Motion Picture Association of America, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, and the US Attorney’s office. But what happens to those who didn’t do anything wrong? Lawyers for the US Attorney say the answer is nothing. In the same wa...
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Google's plan to transfer patents to HTC fails in case against Apple
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The International Trade Commission today granted Apple's motion to dismiss five out of eight patents from HTC's case against the Cupertino company. HTC acquired rights to the five patents from Google last year, in a clear attempt to arm Android OEMs against Apple without getting directly involved. However, it looks like that strategy has backfired, at least in this particular case. While the ITC decision is not currently available to the public, the summary of the ruling does state that the patents were dismissed "due to lack of standing." Based on that, it seems whatever ownership or licensing rights HTC acquired from Google, it fell short of what is required under the law to permit enforce...
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Sprint is no longer the majority owner of Clearwire
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Sprint no longer has a majority stake in Clearwire, it announced on Monday. This now means its voting rights in the venture are increased and there is no risk of defaulting on its own debt. Late last year, Sprint invested hundreds of millions into Clearwire to help it out of debt and to build out its 4G LTE network.
"Now that our economic interest has fallen below 50 percent, we are reclaiming our full voting rights so that our voting rights and economic rights are once again aligned," said Sprint spokesperson Scott Sloat.
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