Virgin’s new shared data plans swap customization for simplicity
When Virgin Mobile launched its Custom plans at Walmart last summer, it created the most flexible prepaid family plans in the U.S. Thanks to technology provided by ItsOn, customers could pick specific...
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1B Android phones shipped in 2014, but they don’t all help Google
The big stories this week all seem to revolve around numbers. Apple sold a whopping 74.5 million iPhones sold last quarter, for example. Qualcomm shipped 270 million mobile processors for devices in...
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LG announces a Google Cardboard–based virtual reality headset
LG’s high-end G3 smartphone was one of the first phones with a pixel-dense 2560 x 1440 display, and now LG is putting those extra pixels to good use. On Monday, LG and Google announced a new virtual...
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Why Android Wear shipments aren’t surprising (or disappointing)
Wow. There are quite a few people talking about yesterday’s Canalys estimate of 720,000 Android Wear shipments in the last six months of 2014. And most of that talk is ridiculous, with little to no...
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Oh, look: An Android Wear watch that looks like a watch
LG was Google’s primary hardware partner to develop the first Android Wear smartwatch last year and now it’s taking the next step to make the devices look more fashionable. On Monday, LG previewed the...
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Mobile recap: LoopPay vs. Apple Pay; new Pebble; LG Watch Urbane
Samsung has a new way to fight back against Apple and it has nothing to do with Google. This week, Samsung bought LoopPay; a company that adds mobile payments to phones using a magnetic field. Early...
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LG’s affordable phones get back-mounted buttons, but no G4 in sight
Ahead of Mobile World Congress, where Samsung, HTC, and other handset makers are planning to unveil their high-end devices for 2015, LG has bolstered its lineup with four new devices — but the...
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LG’s LTE-packing smartwatch drops Android Wear for its own OS
Here’s a bit of a surprise: In addition to the Android Wear version of the G Watch Urbane, LG is prepping a version that doesn’t run Google’s smartwatch operating system, instead swapping it out for...
View ArticleGoogle announces Android for Work ready to go
Google announced that the Android for Work initiative the company has been working on for a year is ready to go, with partners like Cisco, Box, Citrix, HTC, LG, Sony, and SAP, to develop solutions that...
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Amid new watches, Android Wear crosses 1M downloads
The number of Android Wear downloads has crossed the into the one to five million range on Google Play, suggesting that around one million people are wearing smartwatches powered by Google software....
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