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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If you have ever tried to enter a mathematical formula into Google Search, you were probably pleased to find that it actually delivered a solution. Well, that function just received an upgrade as Google has now implemented a fully functioning scientific calculator. You can access the web app through your desktop or mobile browser,...
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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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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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HTC teased a photo of a voice assistant app with the capability to translate a dog’s bark today. The image, which shows an elegant-looking Android application with Sense UI styling and Siri-like back and forth dialogue, was accompanied by the comment, “Ever wonder what your pet has been trying to tell you all these...
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Nuance has released Swype Beta v.1.0.3.5809 for Android. The update delivers a redesigned Swype software keyboard with a “living keyboard” experience, next word prediction, default dictionary editing, multimodal keyboard capabilities (four-in-one: Swype, Type, Write or Speak), voice and text dictionary sync, and it can now be installed alongside outdated versions that may be pre-installed...
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LG just announced an “intelligent voice recognition” app for their Android smartphones. The in-house app, called “Quick Voice,” will directly rival Apple’s Siri (iPhone) and Samsung’s S Voice (Galaxy S III) by implementing voice activated features on a select number of their Optimus line of smartphones. The app is apparently capable of handling commands...
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Here’s the latest Galaxy S III promotional video from Samsung. It’s essentially an elegantly made overview video that focuses on all the main features of the handset. It’s actually quite long at just over three and a half minutes. See why the Galaxy S3 is “designed for humans” in the clip below. Introducing Samsung...
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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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Nokia Drive Product Manager, Adrien, took a few moments with Microsoft’s Ben Rudolph at Nokia World 2011 to demo the new voice-guided turn-by-turn GPS navigation app that’s preloaded on the Lumia 800 and Lumia 710 Windows Phones. Check out Nokia Drive in action on the Lumia 800 in the video above. Nokia Drive: Changing...
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You’ve probably seen Apple’s latest iPhone 4S commercial featuring the voice activated personal assistant known simply as Siri. Well, you haven’t seen it like this. In the video above, Conan O’Brien shows us how people are really using Siri. Check it out, and if you haven’t seen the original, you can view that below,...
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