Verizon: You can keep unlimited — if you buy your own phone
Verizon Wireless apparently isn’t done talking about its controversial plan to phase out "grandfathered" unlimited data plans, issuing a statement Thursday explaining the new policy. What it boils down to is this: You can keep unlimited, but don’t expect Verizon to subsidize your device.
Study: 3G/4G tablets suck up 3X more data than smartphones
This probably won’t shock you, but tablets connected to 3G and 4G networks consume a lot more data than their smartphone equivalents. However, on Tuesday video optimization vendor Bytemobile reported exactly how much: iPads eat up three times more data than iPhones over the cellular network.
FreedomPop starts taking orders for 4G iPhone sleeve
Though FreedomPop remains mysterious on the exact timing , its “free” mobile broadband service seems to be nearing a launch date. It has started selling its WiMAX iPhone sleeve online and also revealed it won't deliver as much free data to customers as it originally advertised.
Forget recipes, Food52 wants to crowdsource cooking itself
Since its launch in 2009, Food52 has become a premier destination for community-vetted recipes online, but its founders Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs have grown even more ambitious. They want to build a crowdsourced clearinghouse of culinary knowledge that cooks can access anywhere on the Web.
U.S. iPhone app downloads fall after big holiday season
It looks like the brand-new shininess of millions of new iPhones has lost a little luster since the holidays. After a big holiday and iPhone 4S bump, the number of daily app downloads in the U.S. took a big nosedive in March, according to Fiksu.
Sincerely’s card-giving app evolves into a charitable giving app
Sincerely is adding a charitable twist to the holiday cards users generate with their mobile phones. Customers can choose from a selection of Sincerely Giving cards linked to specific non-profits. By paying a premium, the giver donates to the specified charity in the receiver’s name.
iPhone users resist the lure of Sprint’s unlimited plans
Sprint’s unlimited data offers plans seem to as a big draw as it had hoped when it comes to selling the iPhone. Sprint sold 1.5 million iPhones in the first quarter, compared to the 3.2 million Verizon and 4.3 million AT&T activated in the same period.
Who’s eating up AT&T’s data capacity? It’s not new customers
What does a mobile network hosting 41.2 million smartphones look like? It’s a network where growth in data traffic far exceeds data revenue growth. AT&T is selling a lot of smartphones, but even millions of new iPhones don’t fully account for its huge spikes in traffic.
Cupcakes! Food Network builds an interactive cookbook
Food Network’s digital strategy has always been fairly straightforward: to supplement its cable TV content and promote its on-air talent. Consequently its website, its social media efforts and its mobile apps are all linked to its programming. But this week Food Network deviated from that strategy.
Verizon trading beachfront spectrum for penthouse airwaves
Verizon Wireless has often touted its 700 MHz airwaves as “beachfront property," but now Big Red wants to dump some of its 700 MHz real estate, trading it for low-rent frequencies in the AWS band. At earnings call on Thursday, Verizon explained its puzzling reversal.
Meet the mobile patent kings: Samsung and Nokia
Google, Apple and Samsung get all of the attention in the mobile patent wars, but only one of them is a true powerhouse in terms of mobile intellectual property. Samsung, along with Nokia, lead the overall mobile patent portfolio rankings, according to a new study.
T-Mobile will be iPhone ready this year (and not just for AT&T’s cast-offs)
T-Mobile is inviting AT&T customers to take their old unlocked iPhones to its network where they can feast upon its ultra-cheap plans. They won't get 3G access just yet, but T-Mo says it's only a matter of time before its networks are fully iPhone ready.
