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| Dan Seifert / The Verge: |
T-Mobile to carry the iPhone 5 on April 12th for $99 up front — At long last, T-Mobile will carrying the Apple iPhone starting on April 12th. The fourth place carrier announced the news during a press event in New York on Tuesday. T-Mobile, the fourth largest carrier in the US …
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| Darren Murph / Engadget: |
Existing iPhone 5 handsets cannot have AWS support enabled, but Apple is shipping the new A1428 carrier-unlocked on April 12th — Starting April 12th, Apple retail shops as well as Apple's online store will begin selling the new and gently tweaked A1428 model of the iPhone 5.
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T-Mobile Makes Bold “Un-carrier” Moves — T-Mobile has been talking the talk; now it's walking the walk. The company, known for its “Un-carrier” attitude, today announced a series of moves to address consumer frustration with the unnecessary cost and complexity of wireless.
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| Chris Welch / The Verge: |
‘Stop the bulls**t’ in wireless pricing says T-Mobile CEO John Legere — John Legere kicked off T-Mobile's event in New York City today with an unrelenting tirade against the carrier's competitors. “Stop the bulls**t,” the CEO said, referring to the traditional subsidy model being pushed by Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint.
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| Brent Rose / Gizmodo: |
T-Mobile's HD Voice Hands On: A Sweeter-Sounding iPhone — T-Mobile just announced its very own iPhone 5 and no-contract plans. One of the little subplots was that this would be the first iPhone to support HD Voice. We just went ears-on with to see if it's a difference you can actually hear.
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| Walter S. Mossberg / AllThingsD: |
New Flipboard: News and Posts Handpicked and Shared — One of the best ways of following topics that are interesting to you is Flipboard, a popular app for Apple and Android mobile devices that automatically turns social-network posts and news from online publications, into beautiful, magazine-like pages you “flip” through by swiping.
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| Ellis Hamburger / The Verge: |
Apple's broken promise: why doesn't iCloud ‘just work?’ — Frustrations mount as developers deal with Apple's inability to manage another cloud service — iCloud, perhaps more than any Apple software product, is meant to “just work.” When Apple introduced iCloud, it made clear its hopes … | Amir Efrati / Digits: |
At Y Combinator, Social is Out, Revenue is In — Y Combinator, the best-known “incubator” of technology startups in Silicon Valley, is showing further proof that the social-networking craze has died down and more founders are tackling “boring” problems that generate cash.
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Wal-Mart steps up its online game with help from stores — (Reuters) - Wal-Mart Stores Inc is ramping up plans to combine its physical stores with online technology, testing the use of lockers to hold goods ordered on the Internet until shoppers pick them up, as the world's largest retailer tries …
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| Tom Warren / The Verge: |
HTC ‘Tiara’ and Samsung Ativ S Windows Phones arriving at Sprint this summer — Sprint is bringing two Windows Phone 8 devices to its network this summer, from HTC and Sammsung. After committing to Windows Phone earlier this year, The Verge understands that Sprint will carry the Samsung Ativ S and an unannounced HTC “Tiara” handset.
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Intel Said Nearing Media Company Deals for Pay-TV Service — Intel Corp. (INTC) is making progress in talks with Time Warner Inc. (TWX), NBC Universal and Viacom Inc. (VIAB) to obtain TV shows and films for a first-of-its kind online multichannel pay-TV service, according to people with knowledge of the situation.| Peter Kafka / AllThingsD: |
Facebook Starts Selling Retargeted News Feed Ads Via FBX — A year ago, in the run-up to its IPO Facebook told the ad world it had a new plan: “Sponsored stories” — ads that looked like “real” content, that would show up on users' screens based on the way they and they their friends behaved on Facebook.| Somini Sengupta / New York Times: |
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| Chris Morran / Consumerist: |
Store Combats Showrooming With $5 ‘Just Looking’ Fee — While some bricks-and-mortar chains are trying to curb showrooming — using a retailer to check out an item in person before buying it online — with price-matching or store-exclusive brands, one business has come up with a possible solution …
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| James Niccolai / Computerworld: |
With new Sparc systems, Oracle begins shift to single chip architecture — Oracle is expected to gradually converge its two Unix server families onto its own Sparc processor design — Oracle has announced a batch of servers based on new Sparc processors and in the process has begun …
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| Ken Yeung / The Next Web: |
Glympse brings its location sharing to BMW and MINI vehicles, joining Audible, Rhapsody and TuneIn — Mobile technology service Glympse has partnered with automobile manufacturers BMW and MINI, both part of the BMW Group, to help provide in-car location sharing.| Nicholas Carlson / Business Insider: |
Here's Why Marissa Mayer Is About To Spend ~$200 Million On A YouTube Wannabe — Last week, Amir Efrati and Sam Shechner of the WSJ reported that Yahoo is close to acquiring a controlling stake in the YouTube-of-Europe, Dailymotion, at a valuation somewhere around $300 million.
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| Ben Rooney / Tech Europe: |
What Does $30 Million Buy You? … The ink is dry on Yahoo Inc.'s Summly deal, but what has Yahoo actually got for its money? — While there has been no official confirmation of the price, several sources familiar with the matter said it was $30 million. — What Yahoo hasn't bought is the team.| Reuters: |
Judge recommends Ceglia case vs Facebook be dismissed — (Reuters) - A federal magistrate judge has recommended the dismissal of a civil lawsuit in which Paul Ceglia, a former wood pellet salesman, claimed a huge ownership stake in Facebook Inc. — U.S. Magistrate Judge Leslie Foschio in Buffalo … | Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica: |
Microsoft accused of locking out Linux in EU antitrust complaint — A Spanish group that represents open source software users has accused Microsoft of using an “obstruction mechanism” to prevent buyers of Windows 8 computers from installing Linux-based operating systems.
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