Samsung dominated Visible Measures’ list of the Top 10 Most Viral Video Tech Ads of 2012 by nabbing four of the ten spots. The Korean manufacturer’s popular Galaxy S III Android smartphone commercial, titled “The Next Big Thing is Already Here,” received top honors with over 71 million views. If you recall, that was...
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Today, at a media event at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, Apple announced the new iPhone 5 smartphone to the masses. Let’s start with the device specifications. The new iPhone features a larger 4-inch Retina display with 1136×640 resolution at 326 ppi and 16:9 aspect ratio, the new A6 processor...
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You wouldn’t think it, but Verizon Wireless and fast food chain In-N-Out Burger actually have something in common: a secret menu. Big Red’s Share Everything plans allow families to share from a pool of data at a rate of 2GB for $60, 4GB for $70, 6GB for $80, 8GB for $90 or 10GB for...
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AT&T announced its Mobile Share plans in mid-July with a tentative launch time-frame of August, but now the second largest wireless carrier in the U.S. has set an exact availability date. The new plan options will go live starting August 23rd. Similar to Verizon’s Share Everything plans, AT&T customers under the same plan can...
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AT&T has flipped the 4G LTE switch in various cities in Florida and Massachusetts, as well as expanded coverage in greater Baltimore and Washington, D.C. areas. See exact locations in the lists below. Additional Markets: - Miami, Florida - Fort Lauderdale, Florida - West Palm Beach, Florida - Worcester, Massachusetts Expanded Markets: - MetroWest,...
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Today, AT&T announced its new Mobile Share Plans which will allow customers to share data across multiple smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices starting this August. Similar to Verizon’s Share Everything plans, AT&T customers on the same account can get unlimited voice/texts per line while sharing a limited amount of data between up to...
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Google Drive is now available on iOS (Apple iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch). The app allows you to view PDFs, photos, videos, documents and anything else stored in your Drive while you’re on the go. You can also search all your files, add collaborators to documents, and make files available offline to view them even...
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Google brought Chrome for Android out of beta yesterday, however, today, they released the popular web browser for the first time on iTunes for iOS devices (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad). The initial release performs quite well and allows users to sync bookmarks across multiple devices, including smartphones, tablets and computers. It also has some...
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Posted above is Verizon Wireless’ TV commercial for their new Share Everything Plans, which go live tomorrow, June 28th. The Share Everything plan scheme is simple: you get unlimited talk, unlimited text, and then share data from a single pool between up to 10 devices. For example, you pay $40 per smartphone on the...
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Apple just released a separate iOS app specifically for all things podcasts. It’s available for devices running iOS 5.1 or later, which includes the iPhone (3GS, 4, 4S), iPod Touch (3rd and 4th generation), and iPad. This is huge news for people who listen to podcasts often, especially those with iPads. Check out the...
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Apple took to the stage at WWDC 2012 today to announce new features in iOS 6, which will be available this fall for the iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4, iPhone 4S, iPod touch 4th generation, iPad 2 and the new iPad. While we typically focus on Android coverage, it’s always good to check out what...
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Apple typically doesn’t need celebrities in their advertisements to sell their products, but it looks like they’ve decided to use that strategy with the iPhone 4s anyway. In the following videos, Zooey Deschanel and Samuel L. Jackson star in a pair of iPhone commercials to help sell the idea of using voice activated assistant...
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A new report from J.D. Power and Associates finds that Apple ranks highest in customer satisfaction among smartphone manufactures in 2012. The iPhone has taken the award for the seventh consecutive time, achieving a score of 839 on a 1,000-point scale, so the result for the top spot isn’t too surprising. For Android and...
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Motorola put out a video pitting Siri on the iPhone 4S against Google Voice Actions on the Motorola Atrix 2. The first thing that came to mind while watching the video was, “how many hands does this woman have?” Then, we realized Motorola conveniently left out some useful scenarios that would have made the...
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Samsung has released two more Galaxy S II commercials that try to spin a negative light on the iPhone. The ad above shows a couple boasting about the Galaxy S II’s 4G capability in front of the iPhone-loving barista character from a previous scene. Unfortunately, the ad below misses the mark because it talks-up...
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