Spotify users can now listen to every track from every Pink Floyd album on-demand and free. Pink Floyd fans around the globe unlocked the band’s iconic catalogue through a global campaign Spotify launched on Friday. By streaming the song “Wish You Were Here” over 1 million times, Spotify users unlocked the full catalogue, which went [...]
Microsoft today revealed that it has made some under-the-hood improvements to Bing voice search for the Windows Phone platform. The updates take advantage of advances in Deep Neural Networks technology, which helps computers mimic the behavior of neurons. Microsoft says the result is voice recognition that is twice as fast and results that are 15% [...]
Skype today announced that its video messaging service has graduated from beta status and is widely available for use. The service, which has been in trials since February, allows Skype users to record and send video messages (up to three minutes long) to other Skype users. Skype said that video messages can be viewed on [...]
Sprint today announced that its LTE 4G network now covers 22 new markets around the U.S. The new markets include Napa, Calif.; Dalton, Ga.; Gainesville, Miami, Palatka, Sebring, and Tampa, Fla.; Warsaw, Ind.; Baton Rouge and New Orleans, La.; Lansing/East Lansing and St. Joseph/Benton Harbor, Mich.; St. Cloud, Minn.; Dunn, Henderson, and Raleigh, N.C.; Clarksville [...]
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Samsung plans to introduce a version of the Galaxy S4 with LTE-Advanced on board, according to mobile chief J.K. Shin. “We’ll be the first with the commercial launch of the advanced 4G version of the smartphone,” said Shin. LTE-Advanced can attain download speeds that are about twice that of today’s LTE. This new device will [...]
XCOM: Enemy Unknown will be available on iOS devices this Thursday, June 20, for $19.99. Commanders of the XCOM Project will now have mobile access across iPad 2+, iPhone 4S+ and fifth generation iPod touch devices. The iOS XCOM is a the PC experience with the exception of the head-to-head multiplayer, which will be added [...]
An FCC mandate for a Wireless Emergency Alert system implemented on mobile devices is now being delivered to iPhones by AT&T, the country’s second-largest carrier. The government-issued messages will appear in a manner similar to text messages, but are actually delivered by a different and faster system (at no charge to the user). They will [...]
Microsoft has released Office Mobile, a companion iPhone app for Office 365 subscribers. The app lets users access and edit Word, Excel, and PowerPoint documents hosted on SkyDrive or SharePoint, or else attached to email messages. Documents can also be created wholesale and/or commented on, but only in the case of Word and Excel. Some [...]
MetroPCS today announced that it has initiated sales of HSPA+ based smartphones to its customers. Earlier this week, it began accepting unlocked HSPA+ phones in several markets, including Boston, Hartford, and Dallas, and today announced that it is selling the LG L9 and Samsung Galaxy Exhibit, both of which also support its LTE 4G network. [...]
Sprint altered its terms of service last month in such a way that it will be easier for Sprint’s customers and Sprint to transition from WiMax service to LTE service. The altered language gives Sprint the right to migrate its customers from WiMax to LTE with proper advance notice. Those customers will be able to [...]
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