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Rogers revamps monthly rate plans
Rogers has quietly restructured their monthly rate plans again. Similar to the recent changes they implemented in Quebec, below are the price changes, mostly decreasing, and also giving customers some additional gigs of data. Apparently these rates are a promo until June 30th for new customers or existing customers making changes to their plan.
Video: Google I/O and BlackBerry Live keynotes now available online
This week has certainly been busy. If you’re interested in consuming your lunch time break with some YouTube, perhaps avoid cats and Psy videos and relive the glory of either the BlackBerry Live or Google I/O keynote sessions. BlackBerry’s is just shy of 1:30 minutes, while Google’s marathon lasted about 4 hours. Overall, great new [...]
TELUS to acquire Mobilicity and its 250,000 subs for $380 million
This is turn of events, but also expected. In a press release today TELUS announced that they’ve entered into an agreement to acquire Mobilicity for $380 million. Of course, the deal is pending the “required approvals” from authorities (Competition Bureau, Industry Canada, and Mobilicity’s debtholders). “The purchase price received would be applied to repay all [...]
Nokia Music officially launches today in Canada, available on all Lumia devices
Nokia Music has actually been live in Canada for about a week now, ever since the entry-level Lumia 520 launched (available on Rogers, TELUS and Koodo for about $150 outright). This free music streaming service (carrier data charges applies) is available to all Lumia device owners and gives them the ability to access over 18 [...]
Android and iOS lead Q1 with 92.3% of all smartphone shipments, Windows Phone now in 3rd spot
According to the latest report from research firm IDC, it’s Google’s Android OS that’s dominating the smartphone OS market. Their “Worldwide Quarterly Mobile Phone Tracker” shows that Android accounts for a stunning 75% of all smartphone shipments in Q1 2013, representing 162.1 units shipped. IDC notes that Samsung has a “commanding 41.1% market share” of [...]
Samsung looking into ways to “secure more memory space” in the Galaxy S4
Samsung’s Galaxy S4 is a big hit, but not big on internal storage. The 16GB flagship Android only offers users about 9GB of actual available space. This became a heated discussion after it was highlighted on the BBC TV show Watchdog in the UK. Samsung initially stated some of the storage was consumed by the [...]
Apple: Over 50 billion apps have been downloaded
Another milestone has happened. Apple has successfully crossed over the 50 billion app download mark. The number was reached around 4:55pm and Apple will give a $10,000 gift card to the person who downloaded the 50 billionth app (still waiting to see who that is). The Apple App Store was officially launched on July 10th, [...]
Galaxy S4 now available at Mobilicity for $649.99
Last, but certainly not least, is Mobilicity with their launch of the Galaxy S4. Even though they’re a couple weeks behind other carriers, they’ve come to market with the lowest price at $649.99. However, finding one might be initially difficult as they noted on Twitter that “A limited number of the new Samsung Galaxy S4 [...]
Google announces 900 million Android activations, 48 billion app downloads
Google I/O has always been a source to gain deeper insight into how much impact Android is having. New Android Chief Sundar Pichai said “the momentum has been breathtaking.” Back in 2011 the number of Android activations hit the 100 million milestone. The following year the number quadrupled to 400 million in 2012. This year, [...]
Android OS 4.3 and Google Play Games confirmed before Google I/O announcement
Google I/O is minutes away from starting, but miraculously the small details are unfolding before hand. Two confirmations have surfaced, first that we’ll see Google update the Android to version 4.3 (probably still named Jelly Bean), but the specifics of what’s packed into the update is still unclear. In addition, as revealed on the weekend, [...]
