Virgin Mobile, a pre-pay division of Sprint Wireless, has announced that it will add the iPhone 4 and 4S to their handset offerings as of June 29. This comes scant days after Cricket Wireless, another pre-pay giant, made a similar announcement. All this pre-pay action is making some of us wonder what’s in store for […]
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Google Announces New Google Maps Features Before WWDC
Amidst rumors of Apple ditching Google maps in the upcoming version of iOS (6 to be exact), Google has seen fit to provide details about upcoming features in Google Maps right before Apple’s own announcement during WWDC (Apple Worldwide Developers Conference). While Google steered clear of answering any questions about Apple’s potential homegrown new mapping […]
Cricket Pre-Paid Cellular Chirps About Adding iPhone
Cricket Wireless, a regional pre-paid cellular carrier, announces they’re adding the iPhone 4 and 4S to its offerings, starting June 22. Just as the company priced other smartphones on their service, the iPhone will cost a flat $55 per month for unlimited talk, text and data (with a “fair usage” policy of 2.3 GB of […]
iPod-inspired Thermostat Now Available At Your Local Apple Store
Nest, the learning thermostat with a techie twist, will soon be available at Apple Stores across the country, according to a report from iLounge and confirmed by 9To5Mac. Nest Labs co-founders Tony Fadell and Matt Rogers spent a collective 20 years at Apple working on the iPod and iPhone, with Fadell becoming known as “Father […]
Techcitement Guide: Graduate Your Graduates’ Smartphones
Graduation is an exciting time for any student, and that goes for anyone graduating from high school, college, or even graduate school this year. New graduates need to have the edge wherever their next step will be, whether it’s in the business world or further into academia. An important component of this edge is a […]
Meet The Guy Who Stole Katy’s iPhone
Ah, temptation. You see a device just sitting there, say an iPhone, so you decide to swipe it. Except, it turns out that you’re not too technically inclined, and you don’t take the time to erase it. Unbeknownst to you, the iPhone starts saving the photos you’re snapping to the original owner’s PhotoStream. Oops. According […]
Smaller iPads? Larger iPhones? What Gives?
We ususally avoid tackling rumors, but when the Wall Street Journal, Reuters, and Bloomberg are all talking about it, then it’s officially time to weigh in. The rumor in question is that the next iPhone will have a four-inch screen, instead of the three-and-a-half inch screen that the iPhone has had since 2007. Bloomberg even […]
Review: Leave Your Stupid [Articles, Images, And Videos] In Your Pocket
It’s been a month since the popular news reader app Read It Later was rebuilt and rebranded as Pocket. The app is also now free with the change, so if you’ve been staying away from Read It Later because of the $2.99 price tag, now’s your chance. I’ve been using it for a few weeks […]
Get Out Of Jail: AT&T Now Unlocks iPhones
According to a statement by AT&T, the company’s customers that use Apple iPhones can now request a phone be unlocked (allowing use with other carriers), under a new policy that went into effect on April 8. AT&T requires that a customer complete a two-year contract, upgrade under one of their upgrade policies, or pay the […]
Instagram Officially Comes To Android And 430K Are Thankful
Today marks the day Android users can officially download the Instagram app from Google Play, so they don’t have to be taunted by their iPhone-wielding and picture-snapping friends any longer. Nor will they have to go on periodic searches for good knockoffs of the popular app. How popular is the app? Well, it’s known that […]