Mobile & Wireless

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iPhone 5S
There’s a new iPhone. Well, to be completely accurate there are two new iPhones. But the new iPhone 5S is Apple’s flagship phone and it’s the best iPhone you can buy. It looks exactly like how the iPhone 5 looked last year but with improved internals and guts that will make everything run even faster. Continue Reading →
iPhone 5C
Now we know what the iPhone 5C costs. Apple pulled the wraps of the iPhone 5C on Tuesday, which will cost $99 with a two-year contract in the U.S. A 32GB model will sell for $200. The phone, which has been consistently pondered as a “low-cost” phone or “mid-tier” option leading up to this event, Continue Reading →
iWork
It’s all about the software. Apple CEO Tim Cook said on Tuesday the company would be offering iWork apps free with any new iOS device — specifically, iPhoto, iMovie, Pages, Numbers, Keynote. Normally, the package of iWork software would cost $79. Cook said iWork is now the best-selling suite of productivity apps on any platform, Continue Reading →
iOS 7
After months of waiting, Apple device owners with compatible iPhone, iPad and iPod touch models will finally get access to iOS 7 on September 18th, Apple announced on Tuesday. Apple says that iOS 7 will be available for devices made in the past three years, so it sounds as though you’ll need an iPhone 4 Continue Reading →
PayPal Beacon
PayPal announced a new way to better connect merchants with customers through the use of their mobile device. On stage at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference, the commerce company unveiled Beacon, an add-on piece of technology that lets customers pay for goods at their favorite stores without needing to take out their phone — it’s all Continue Reading →
Apple
It’s hardly a secret that Apple will unveil an upgraded iPhone at its Cupertino event on Tuesday. But that one phone could just scratch the surface of what shows up. Here’s what you should — and shouldn’t — expect from Apple’s announcements tomorrow at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. Apple’s next flagship iPhone is expected Continue Reading →
Instagram
When Emily White joined Instagram from parent company Facebook in March, her first order of business was to push Chief Executive Kevin Systrom into a room. “For the first two weeks, I locked him into a conference room and I said, ‘This is all about getting the mission on paper,’ ” Ms. White recalled. Two Continue Reading →
Amazon
A spokesman for Amazon.com Inc. said Sunday the online retail giant won’t launch a smartphone this year, and that if it did launch one in the future, it “would not be free.” The statement by Amazon came 48 hours after we reported that the company was considering introducing a smartphone for free to consumers, according Continue Reading →

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