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It’s no secret that Sprint needs to find a business growth strategy. Customers have been leaving the wireless carrier in droves and other CEOs have even begun taunting the struggling company. In an effort to change its downward trajectory, Sprint is attempting to target a market segment that doesn’t include T-Mobile, and which may not […]

Samsung has introduced the Galaxy Alpha, which is slimmer than both the Galaxy S5 and the Apple iPhone 5S. The phone seems to be designed for people who perhaps can’t quite make up their minds between a used or older iPhone and the long list of mid-tier Galaxy handsets. Or rather, it could be for […]

T-Mobile’s latest effort to address the need for simpler, more affordable wireless service plans is a flat-rate Pay as You Go plan. The company explained that up until now, pay-as-you-go plans have been tricky because varying per-minute and per-text pricing made it unclear whether it was time to “reload” or not. However, T-Mobile’s Pay as […]

A patent filed by Apple seems to suggest that Siri may be making the jump from iPhones to desktops. The patent, filed with the U.S. Patent Office on Feb. 5 as reported by Apple Insider, is titled an “intelligent digital assistant in a desktop environment.” The patent explains that a user can interact with this […]

iFixit, an electronics repair Website and parts store, has teamed up with Microsoft to create a new program called the Pro Tech Network. The main goal of this project is to make disposable electronics a thing of the past. The program is free, and offers resources on starting or growing a small business that repairs […]

There have been rumors circulating for months that Sprint was seeking a merger with T-Mobile, despite the fact that neither company would comment publicly about this alleged alliance. Now, multiple media reports citing unnamed sources stated that the deal has been shelved. However, Sprint has announced that it is replacing its CEO, Dan Hesse, with […]

A Russian cyber-criminal group has stolen more than 1.2 billion usernames and passwords according to Hold Security. The group, dubbed “CyberVors,” accomplished this by comprising more than 400,000 servers and websites using a common class of software flaw, known as an SQL injection vulnerability. Initially, CyberVors bought a database of stolen credentials and used that […]

Under a proposed new Federal Communications Commission rule, telecoms will be blocked from forming joint ventures to bid for available segments of wireless spectrum that are scheduled to come up for auction in 2015. The proposal aims to help keep larger telecoms from taking over more of the wireless spectrum at the expense of smaller […]

Microsoft has released the final versions of Visual Studio 2013 Update 3 and Team Foundation Server 2013 Update 3 and the company is already is working on Visual Studio 2013 Update 4. Brian Harry, a Microsoft corporate vice president and technical fellow, explained that with the new release, Microsoft now provides CodeLens support for Git, […]

Lawyers for Microsoft have stated that the company intends to appeal a federal judge’s order that they turn over the contents of a customer’s email that’s stored on a server in Ireland. However, if Microsoft does comply with the order, the company will violate of both Irish and European laws. The court’s order is based […]