Author Archive | Reuven Shechter





Review: Huawei Activa 4G, A Reminder Of What Used To Be

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MetroPCS has a great agenda: affordable smartphones that don’t require a contract. Unfortunately, driving a phone down to $149 or $199 without subsidy often requires manufacturers to make cutbacks, especially to fit in LTE (complete with metroPCS’s fledgling coverage). Huawei did this maneuver with the Activa 4G I’ve been testing the last few weeks. This […]

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Google Announces New Google Maps Features Before WWDC

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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 […]

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TechCrunch’s Disrupt NYC Israeli Pavilion Roundup: Viewbix, Drippler, and Friendize.me

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I had the distinct pleasure to attend TechCrunch’s Disrupt expo this past Monday in New York City, where many startup companies exhibited their products for various news outlets, potential investors, and their peers. While Disrupt NYC had many different startups, as well as live blogged discussions, I focused on the Israeli startups, all located in […]

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Verizon Says You Can Keep Unlimited Data By Paying Full Retail Price

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That’s right. Verizon will let you keep your unlimited data, but only if you purchase phones for their full retail prices. As Techcitement discussed earlier, Verizon plans to force its customers to change to a new tiered data plan when upgrading after new shared data plans become available mid-summer this year. Verizon won’t automatically move […]

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