First, AT&T put the kibosh on their unlimited data plans in favor of tiers and starting October 1 they are going to begin throttling customers who still have grandfathered unlimited data plans.
The Complaint Department: Bandwidth Throttling
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Voice of Objectivity: Who Needs 4G Compatibility?
LTE is the form of 4G that looks like the wave of the future for most of the world. At first, it appeared that the U.S. was doomed to repeat the mess of the 3G era, with LTE and WiMAX standing in for GSM and CDMA. That fiasco seems to have been averted, with Verizon […]
SnApp Judgments: Guitar Hero 5 Mobile
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Guitar Hero 5 Mobile by Glu Mobile […]
SnApp Judgments: Golf Frontier GPS
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Golf Frontier GPS by Golf Frontier LLC, which […]
Segues: You’re Soaking In It
Hidden amongst you is a world rife with technology you don’t notice. No, I’m not talking about nanobots or Harry Potter-inspired invisibility cloaks. Technology is employed in places and ways you might not suspect until it’s pointed out to you. It shows up in trickily placed advertising to mess with your subconscious and can erroneously […]
SnApp Judgments: Star Chart
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Star Chart by Escapist Games Limited which usually runs […]
On The Cheap: The Waiting Game
On The Cheap is a feature where we investigate low-cost solutions to staying high tech. It comes out every two weeks. Like a paycheck. Aren’t we clever? While I’m sure we all know that lust for the latest and greatest doohickey can be bad for the wallet, it can sometimes also be bad for our […]
SnApp Judgments: Jamie Oliver 20 Minute Meals
Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free app is Jamie Oliver 20 Minute Meals by Zolmo, which […]
Tech Tricks And Tweaks: Fun With Rolling Shutter
Mordy Gilden has engineering in his blood. Tech Tricks and Tweaks is a biweekly column in which Mordy seeks out ways to hack, tweak, and otherwise just find interesting new uses for tech, often in ways not originally intended. Oh yeah, and blog about it. When it comes to digital video cameras, traditionally high-end models […]
Voice of Objectivity: Netflix Had No Choice
Voice of Objectivity is an ongoing column meant to temper the tendency of the Techcited to run away with the most exciting or controversial ideas in technology’s near future. The opinions presented here do not necessarily represent the views of Techcitement or this writer. Someone’s got to keep a cool head around here. I guess […]