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T-Mobile US is looking to buy wireless airwaves from larger rival Verizon Wireless to bolster its mobile network capacity for data services, a source familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. While T-Mobile has approached Verizon about buying the spectrum, the process is still in the early stages, according to the source, who asked not Continue Reading →

Pinterest released a new set of tools for users that would help them “explore” and share the things around them. At an event with 150 “Pinners” (and an untold number of journalists) at Pinterest HQ in San Francisco, CEO Ben Silbermann announced that the company would introduce new ways to plan trips. “We’re excited to Continue Reading →

Amazon has announced a content deal with fledgling film studio A24, one that will see Amazon’s Prime Instant Video gain first and exclusive access to all A24’s current and upcoming movies after they hit DVD and Blu-ray. Launched a little over twelve months ago, A24 is a New York-based company that distributes, finances and produces Continue Reading →

Frequent fliers have been quick to note which airlines are allowing passengers to use their electronics during takeoff and landing, but Southwest Airlines is upping the ante. In addition to already allowing use of the gadgets themselves, the carrier is the first U.S. airline (and likely the only one for some time) to provide the Continue Reading →

Adblock Plus already lets you customize Facebook and Twitter, offering to remove content that isn’t strictly advertising. Starting Thursday, the service is expanding its blocking powers to YouTube as well. Adblock Plus is particularly annoyed with YouTube’s recent decision to force its users to use the Google+ commenting system, which it says makes it “impossible Continue Reading →

Microsoft is releasing an update for its SkyDrive iOS app on Thursday that now includes automatic camera backup of photos and videos. The intent of this feature is not only to protect the memories on one’s phone, but also to better integrate the contents between desktop and mobile devices. The SkyDrive app has also been Continue Reading →

Roughly 70% of Snapchat users are women, the chief executive of the messaging app said at a closed-door Goldman Sachs conference Wednesday. Co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel said Snapchat users are sending 400 million “snaps” a day on the service, where messages disappear after a few seconds, according to a person who was present at Continue Reading →

Phone theft is big business. However, in New York, iPhones and other Apple products are regarded as the ultimate heist. As Fox 5 New York reports, the NYPD announced that there were 16,000 Apple-picking thefts in 2012. This equates to 14 percent of all New York City crime. Indeed, 45 percent of all 2013 robberies Continue Reading →

A few months back, rumors of a physical Google Wallet card surfaced, suggesting that Google would give you a credit/debit card that could access your Google Wallet balance and be used for purchasing goods. We waited and waited, expecting it to show up at some point as a single card you could use in your Continue Reading →

Google might just be warming up to Windows Phone support. After releasing an updated version of its search app for Windows Phone earlier this week, Google is now debuting Waze for Microsoft’s mobile OS. Like the iOS version before it, Waze on Windows Phone provides access to real-time traffic reports. The features are nearly identical Continue Reading →