FreedomPop is famed for its free, barebones mobile plan, and for its next trick, the operator is mixing up the formula a little bit. Following a similar launch in the US, the provider's new WhatsApp SIM has come to the UK, offering 200MB of data, 100 minutes and unlimited WhatsApp messaging each month completely free.
Source: FreedomPop
The Wireless Repair EXPO and CTIA Super Mobility Conference is coming soon - September 7 to 9, 2016. Both events will offer innovative technology trends, live repair workshops focused on the most modern techniques with devices, mobile phones, tablets and much more. Several industry leaders, Wireless Lifestyle and Phone Medic will be present at the conference and available to share their industry expertise. To learn more, email ClientServices@PhoneMedic.com.
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We've compiled a 'Top 10' list of our favorite iOS apps to hit the App Store in August 2016. The apps highlighted in this video include Alto, Rate My Professor, Six!, Mimo, Jam Looper, Super Atomic, Duo, Riptide GP Renegade, Laughly, and BLUK. Which app is your favorite?
I’m not a big fan of change. I never have been. However, I’ve gotten to a place in life that when changes happen, I’m pretty quick at adapting to them in one way or another – but usually not until after I’ve undergone a brief period of shock and disbelief (which usually amounts to a simple “What?” and “No,” before coming to terms with whatever the change is).
Following its official debut back in June, ZTE today shared the details of the Nubia 11’s availability outside of China.
The Nubia 11 will launch in Germany, Spain, and Italy starting in September. Pricing will start at €499 ($556 USD) for the standard 4GB/64GB version and go up to €599 ($668 USD) for the 6GB/64GB variant.
Sony are expected to take the wraps off of a couple of new Xperia X phones tomorrow, but before they do, some official-looking images of the devices have leaked.
Earlier this summer, a tourism advocate named Durita Dahl Andreassen made a plea to Google. In a blog post, Andreassen explained how she'd spent the last few months using sheep equipped with 360-degree cameras to capture images of the Faroe Islands — an isolated North Atlantic archipelago that had yet to be documented by Google Street View. "My sheep are great for capturing the tracks and trails of the Faroe Islands," wrote Andreassen, who works for the Faroe Islands' tourism board, "but in order to cover the big sweeping Faroese roads and the whole of the breathtaking landscape, we need Google to come and map them."
"Even sheep can contribute to Street View"
Andreassen's homespun-version of Google Street View — which she dubbed "Sheep...
We've compiled a 'Top 10' list of our favorite Android apps to hit the Google Play Store in August 2016. The apps highlighted in this video include Duo, Navbar Apps, Dropple, Conscient, smartWake, Mars: Mars, Edge Glow for Note 7, WallRey, Verne: The Himalayas and Riptide GP Renegade. Which app is your favorite?
HTC have an announcement coming on Sept. 20, and today they took to Twitter to tease the news.
HTC today posted a teaser video that offers a glimpse at the corner of a phone in the dark. The caption reads “It’s coming. 09.20 #BeEdgier”.
You probably still don't know a lot about the Nubia smartphone brand if you live outside of China, but the company is bent on changing that: it's launching its latest flagship, the Z11, worldwide. The phone touts a "bezel-less" design with a 81 percent screen-to-body ratio, which both gives it a seamless effect and makes its 5.5-inch, 1080p display easier to manage in your hand. Nubia is definitely playing up the looks -- it's offering a posh black gold version (above) on top of more pedestrian gray and silver variants.
Source: Nubia
Via: TechCrunch
The wave of announcements at IFA continues with Lenovo and Motorola, who are announcing a new handset and a fresh Moto Mod module.
First up, the Moto Z Play is the latest addition to the Moto Z family. It’s got a 5.5-inch 1920x1080 Super AMOLEd display and a 5-megapixel camera on its face, and there’s a 16-megapixel snapper around back.
It's that time of year again. It's the end of summer, and Apple is once again on the cusp of introducing a new iPhone. Only this year, there's a different buzz. There's been talk of Cupertino playing it relatively safe with a new smartphone for the second year in a row or even taking away the time-honored headphone jack. What's the deal with that? And of course, this is likely just the tip of the iceberg. The Apple Watch is getting long in the tooth, new versions of iOS and macOS are nearly ready... and as many will tell you, large swaths of Apple's iPad and Mac lineups are gathering dust. But just what are you going to see when Tim Cook and company take the stage? We've rounded up some of the more plausible leaks, rumors and educated guesses to help set expectations for Apple's September 7th media extravaganza.
Lenovo's hoopla at IFA may be focusing on its creative-minded Yoga Book, but there are two new bread-and-butter tablets that are worth your attention, too. The 12.2-inch Miix 510 is a Surface Pro-alike for people who want a reasonably speedy 2-in-1 Windows tablet, but aren't willing to pay a premium. It sports a lower-resolution display than the Miix 700 (1,920 x 1,200) and is both heavier (1.9 pounds without the keyboard attached) and thicker (0.39 inches), but it promises to be more powerful. You can have up to a 6th-generation Core i7 processor inside rather than a Core M, and up to a 1TB SSD -- if it weren't for the maximum 8GB of RAM and 7.5 hours of battery life, the new Miix could easily go toe-to-toe with Microsoft's current flagship slate. There's even optional LTE data, which has been sorely missing on the Surface Pro line.
Source: Lenovo
Let's face it: tablets are on the brink of death, and it's really difficult to get excited about a new slate these days. And even though tablet-laptop hybrids are taking off, that market is cornered by Surfaces and iPad Pros. So I wasn't prepared to be as thrilled as I was by Lenovo's latest offering. The Yoga Book, based on my experience with a preview unit, is not merely a mimicry of Microsoft's Surface Book; it's got impressively innovative features and a well-thought out interface that make it a solid hybrid in its own right.
Well, that was fast. It's been just over a month since the Moto Z and Moto Z Force landed in the US and Motorola has already cooked up another phone to go with them. The new Moto Z Play is the last and least expensive member of the Moto Z Family, and you'll be able to nab one for yourself in the US starting on September 8. Sounds all well and good, but here's the big question: how does Motorola's modular vision scale down to more modest smartphones? Pretty well, actually.
Remember the days before the Moto Z launched, when a mysterious camera MotoMod was leaked along with a handful of other snap-on accessories? Remember when the Z and Z Force launched, and that camera was nowhere in sight? Well, the wait is (almost) over. Motorola just revealed the fruit of its close collaboration with Hasselblad today -- the $250 True Zoom -- and it's set to launch on September 15.
Source: Instagram
Samsung’s Gear family of wearables is growing again today with the Gear S3.
Like the Gear S2 before it, the Gear S3 is a smartwatch that runs Tizen on a round display. The Gear S3 also comes in two versions: Classic (below left) and Frontier (below right). Outside of those similarities, though, the Gear S3 is a pretty different beast than the Gear S2.
A collection of some of our favorite tech to hit store shelves in August 2016. While we typically focus on smartphones, our "Best Tech" series expands our scope of interest and lets us to take a look at the various devices our smartphones can control. Which device is your favorite?
Instagram users, a new feature is coming your way that’ll let you get a closer look at the photos in your feed.
Instagram says that it’s launching a pinch-to-zoom feature in its iPhone app. Pinch-to-zoom will let you zoom in on the photos and videos in your feed, in profiles, and in the Explore page.
IFA doesn’t officially start for another couple of days, but that hasn’t stopped several companies from announcing new devices today.
Acer today took the wraps off of three new Android phones at IFA 2016. They are the Iconia Talk S, Liquid Z6, and Liquid Z6 Plus. Here’s what makes each of these new phones tick:
Instagram just announced an update to its iOS app that will let you pinch to zoom on photos or videos. The new feature will be available across the entire app, according to Instagram — pinch-to-zoom will work on the media that shows up in your standard feed as well as on people’s profiles and in the Explore tab. Instagram said the new feature will be rolling out to Android “in the coming weeks.”
Zooming in on photos and videos in Instagram is a feature that has been requested enough over the years that there is actually a wealth of “how to” posts that point people to the zoom feature in the accessibility menus of Android and iOS. I grabbed the update from the App Store but the feature still isn’t live in my app. Instagram posted a video...
If you were planning to buy a Galaxy Note 7, you might not want to count on getting it quickly. Samsung tells Reuters that it's delaying shipments of its latest smartphone as it conducts "additional tests" to verify "product quality." It's not saying what it's worried about, but there have been reports of the phone's battery exploding while it charges. Samsung might be checking to see whether or not the battery fires are the result of systemic flaws, or just a handful of isolated incidents.
Source: Reuters
After announcing its new flagship Snapdragon 821 processor back in July, Qualcomm today detailed some of the features that its new chipset has to offer.
Today the sun finally sets on Sunrise, the calendar app that Microsoft acquired last year. Microsoft announced its plan to merge Sunrise into Outlook, its mobile email client, last October. And now Sunrise, which began life as a more socially adept calendar, will now be a feature inside an email app. And to anyone looking for a next-generation calendar app to serve as its replacement, the awful truth is that there isn’t one.
The Galaxy Note 7 is one of the biggest smartphone releases of the year, and unfortunately for Samsung, shipments of the device have been delayed.
As expected, ASUS today took to the IFA 2016 stage to introduce its new Android Wear smartwatch, the ASUS ZenWatch 3.
Tile, which raised over a million dollars on Kickstarter over three years ago, is a popular Bluetooth tracker that helps you find your missing stuff. Aside from Bluetooth, it also uses a crowd-finding feature where other Tile app users can ping you the whereabouts of a Tile that's out of Bluetooth range. There was an update last year to Tile 2.0, which has a louder alarm plus it'll help find your phone as well. The problem with the existing Tile, however, is that it's a little chunky. That's why Tile has now introduced the Tile Slim, a much thinner version of the tracker that'll fit more comfortably in tight spots like wallets and passport holders. But that's not all. Tile has also announced a new initiative that just might bring Tile's location-finding smarts to anything and everything.
Qualcomm has unveiled more details about its flagship Snapdragon 821 processor that we first saw in July. It's intended to fill the gap until a future next-gen chip comes along, so performance improvements over the Snapdragon 820 (used in Samsung's Galaxy Note 7) are decent, but not amazing. CPU performance is better across the board, with boot times, app loading and overall performance up to 10 percent faster.
After going high-end with the Fenix Chronos, Garmin is getting back to its core focus with the new Forerunner 35, a feature-packed smartwatch and all-day activity tracker. This latest addition to the Forerunner line packs GPS tracking, a high-contrast display and Garmin's Elevate wrist-based heart rate monitor into a sleek new design with up to nine days of battery life.
Source: Garmin
Just in time for the US Open, Gatorade has come out with a new Snapchat game that honors the legacy of Serena Williams. Titled Serena Match Point, the 8-bit game is available on ESPN's Snapchat Discover channel, and features 22 levels — one for each of the record-tying 22 Grand Slams that Williams has won. Snapchat has begun incorporating TV shows on its platform, but this is the first time that the company has featured a multi-level game.
The game lets users play as Williams against a range of different opponents, and features simple controls. You just need to tap one of three on-screen tennis balls to serve, and tap left or right to return the opponent's shots. If you miss three shots in a row, you go back to the beginning of...
Apple has introduced a way to stop that annoying "full storage" iCloud message from popping up in the near future: a new tier that offers 2TB of space. The company has updated its iCloud pricing list ahead of its September event to include the new option, and it will cost you $20 a month in the US. 9to5mac, which first reported on the new tier, noted that there are rumors swirling around that Cupertino is launching a 256GB iPhone 7 during the event. If that's true and you decide to get both, then you won't have to worry about deleting photos and videos for quite sometime. The bigger storage option would also allow you to save more folders on iCloud when macOS Sierra comes out.
Via: 9to5mac
Source: Apple
Android users have a new way to look for information stored inside their smartphone apps, with a new Google search feature appropriately titled "In Apps." The new feature, announced tonight, appears as an option inside Android's Google app, and allows you to search for — among other things — contacts, photos, and videos across apps like Gmail, Spotify, and YouTube.
In Apps searches work offline, meaning you won't need a data connection to sift through your software for that address you forgot, and you'll be able to tweak settings so that certain apps don't appear in the search results. Google says it will be adding support for more apps in the future, letting users look for information with keywords in Facebook Messenger, LinkedIn, and...
Google today announced a new way to quickly find information on your Android phone.
Since 2013, Android users have been able to use Google Search to find things stored within the apps on their phone, and now that feature is getting an upgrade. Google announced tonight that a new "In Apps" section of the search bar will only show results from apps you have installed, like contact info, specific messages, music, videos and notes. Google also noted that in this case, the searching happens on your phone, instead of in the cloud, so it can work offline.
Source: Google Inside Search Blog
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