Waze, a company that specializes in maps and driving directions enhanced by community feedback, is reportedly set to field acquisition offers from multiple companies. Following earlier rumors that Facebook offered Waze more than $1 billion, The Telegraph now reports that Google and "other large tech companies" have expressed interest to acquire the mapping company. No deals have been reached and Waze, a popular navigation solution for both … [Read more...]
Verizon Cloud backup service launches for iPhone and iPad, expands Android availability
Verizon Cloud, the online storage and data restoring service Verizon introduced last month for Android devices, has launched to support Apple iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. it also added support for two key Android smartphones. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]
Coolpad, the most successful phone company you’ve never heard of, shows off its Quattro 4G handset
Despite shipping more phones globally than more established names like BlackBerry and Nokia, few outside of China have heard of Coolpad. The company has arrived at CTIA to showcase its Quattro II 4G in hopes that more in the U.S. will soon learn about the ninth-most successful smartphone vendor. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]
If Dish wants to acquire Sprint, being xenophobic and ignorant is not the best way to go about it
Satellite TV provider Dish desperately wants to get into the wireless industry by acquiring Sprint, but comments by its CEO and a new nationalistic smear campaign are embarrassing those efforts. Is this the Sprint of the future? Read the full story here. … [Read more...]
Samsung Galaxy S 4 available in Red at AT&T, launches in standard colors on Verizon
Samsung has already sold 10 million units of the Galaxy S 4, and the Korean manufacturer will soon add to that tally with the release of a new color option on one major U.S. carrier and the general release on another. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]
HTC First will be last in Europe after Facebook decides to delay release on EE and Orange
Following indifferent reviews and poor customer reception in its U.S. launch, Facebook has decided to delay the release of the HTC First in Europe so it has more time to make Facebook Home more appealing. Read the full story here. … [Read more...]