Google and the mobile carriers have long been at odds over mobile payments, but faced with the runaway success of Apple Pay, the two rivals have become friends. AT&T, Verizon and T-Mobile… Read more »
Reuters reported on Wednesday that Samsung had “approached” BlackBerry about a potential takeover for as much as $7.5 billion. While a surprise, it wasn’t the most outlandish rumor: Both Samsung and… Read more »
Apple can’t really start releasing Android-based products under its own brand. But it could release high-end Android products and services under the Beats brand. Read more »
Some major acquisitions jolted the mobile industry in the first quarter of 2014, underscoring some important trends. Meanwhile, turbulence plagues the mobile-gaming industry and Dish is ramping up speculation about its… Read more »
A press release announced that Swedish fingerprint sensing technology company Fingerprint Cards was acquired by Samsung — which was completely untrue. Read more »
T-Mobile is growing again, and not just from its merger with MetroPCS. With 44 million connections T-Mobile is filling out its seat in the country’s Top 4. Before too long it… Read more »
MetroPCS has started selling the Samsung Galaxy S 4 in eight markets, but it’s not a CDMA device. It works on T-Mobile’s networks — a sure sign that T-Mobile is accelerating… Read more »
T-Mobile and MetroPCS officially combined to create T-Mobile US on May 1, but in 61 days the new company has been relatively quiet. A lot has been going on behind the scenes, though. Read more »
MetroPCS will start selling smartphones and SIM cards that connect to T-Mobile’s GSM and HSPA networks starting June 12, according to a PhoneArena report. T-Mobile is wasting no time converting Metro’s… Read more »