Mobile & Wireless

Never let it be said that AT&T and Verizon don’t follow each other’s leads. Just one day after Verizon announced it would start publishing a semiannual transparency report that details all of the law enforcement requests it receives, AT&T announced that it would being doing the same in early 2014. The carrier’s report will include Continue Reading →

Snapchat busted out an update to its app today just before the holidays. The new version of the ephemeral messaging app includes several color filters, a new ‘special text’ font and a few other additions. The main update is the ‘visual filters’ that will add juiced up color effects to your images. If you’re stumped Continue Reading →

Apple buys a lot of of companies. The challenge for us reporter types is that they typically aren’t the big-name firms that are required to be disclosed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. So, sometimes it can take a bit to figure out just who and what Apple has bought. On Monday, a report from Continue Reading →

Look, we understand: You absolutely have to know what Jimmy ate for lunch. And that Marissa is, “Ugh, just so sick of this week already.” And Jason’s only a “maybe” to the office holiday party? Who does that guy even think he is? Sorry, sorry — we nearly forgot to tell you that T-Mobile’s prepaid Continue Reading →

As improbable as it might seem, we might be getting a new iPhone much sooner than we’d expected in 2014. Digitimes‘ supply chain sources claim that Apple is “rumored to be planning a larger size iPhone for May 2014, using a 20nm processor manufactured by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company.” While Digitimes doesn’t give any more Continue Reading →

Verizon Wireless announced that the company has won the Root Metrics award for top data performance as well as top combined network performance in the New York Metro region. This is the fifth consecutive time that Verizon has come out on top in this study. Here’s how other carriers stacked up: RootMetrics also awarded Verizon for providing the strongest overall Continue Reading →

Apple and China Mobile just announced that they’ve reached an agreement that will see the iPhone 5s and 5c launch on the China Mobile’s 4G and 3G networks early next year. Pre-registration is supposed to begin on December 25, with phones actually available on January 17 of next year. “China is an extremely important market Continue Reading →

Ever since John Legere teased Uncarrier 4.0 on his Twitter account earlier this week, I’ve been racking my brains trying to decide what it’s most likely to be. In terms of its own plans, value and available products, T-Mobile has done about as much as it can do to convince customers to join. It has Continue Reading →

As 2013 comes to an end, it’s crucial we look back at the greatest lessons from the news the past 12 months. How else can we expect to improve in 2014? Below are short recaps from 21 News To Live By columns in 2013. In every piece, we found the career advice “hidden” inside the Continue Reading →

It’s the holiday season, which traditionally means great parties, great food and, of course, great adult frosty beverages. Sadly, it also means a great number of calories – an overabundance of which can cause all kinds of post-holiday anxiety. Is there anything you can do? Of course there is! You can use your smartphone to Continue Reading →