Showing posts with label Services. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Services. Show all posts

Friday, November 14, 2014

YouTube Music Key will be free to Google Play Music All Access subscribers

Google Play Music for AndroidGoogle recently announced YouTube Music Key which brought a new way to listen to your favorite music on YouTube. The service was meant to tie in with Google Play Music All Access, but the details were not quite clear. Fortunately Google has finally clearly revealed how YouTube Music Key and Google Play All Access will be tied together.

Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Microsoft rebrands Lync as 'Skype for Business'

Skype for Business

Microsoft is continuing to evolve to offer a more uniform experience across all their devices and services. Most recently the company has rebranding its Lync unified communication products as "Skype for Business."

Sunday, November 9, 2014

Apple releases tool to help remove your phone number from iMessage

Apple iMessage Deregister

Apple first introduced iMessage with iOS 5.0 in mid-2011, allowing users a new way to communicate with one another without relying on traditional text messages. The platform includes delivery and read receipts, support for Mac OS X and iPad and more.

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Microsoft Health announced as company's new Health and Fitness platform

Microsoft HealthToday Microsoft announced its first wearable device, the Microsoft Band which runs on the company's new health and fitness platform, 'Microsoft Health' for wearable devices. Microsoft Health is a new cloud-based health and fitness platform that stores and analyzes data gathered from fitness devices and provides users with actionable insights through an intelligence engine.

Monday, October 27, 2014

Get unlimited OneDrive storage with an Office 365 subscription

Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft has announced that Office 365 subscribers will now get unlimited storage on OneDrive at no additional cost. The new features is starting to roll out for Office 365 Home, Personal, and University customers, and will continue over the next few months.

Tuesday, October 14, 2014

Google Express arrives in Boston, Chicago and Washington DC

Google Express

Google Express is a same-day delivery service that intends to compete directly with Amazon. After being rebranded to Google Express from Google Shopping Express, the company has also expanded its service to new cities - Boston, Chicago, and Washington, DC.

Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Verizon joins in on offering more data to customers

VerizonFirst AT&T, and then Sprint, offered double the amount of data for new and existing customers as part of a new promotion, allowing them to share data with members of their family, or co-workers. Now Verizon is joining by offering more data with its More Everything Plan. With this plan, subscribers get unlimited talk, unlimited text and 12GB to 50GB of data each month.

Sprint offers its own double the data plans in response to AT&T

Last week AT&T launched a promotion, doubling the data offered to both new and existing customers with a Mobile Share Value plan, splitting 15GB to 50GB data. Starting today, Sprint will also double the data on its 32GB, 40GB and 60GB Family Share Pack plans.

Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Microsoft starts rolling out new MSN website worldwide

New MSN across all platforms

As you know Microsoft has been working on a new version of the MSN website which was available to those who wanted to test it as a preview. Now it looks like Microsoft is ready to rollout the new preview to customers around the world.,

Saturday, September 27, 2014

AT&T offers new promotion with double the data

AT&TAT&T is doubling the amount of data offered with its Mobile Share Value plans starting tomorrow and running through October 31st. Those with two or more lines carrying data buckets between 15GB and 50GB, will see the amount of data available double.

Monday, September 15, 2014

Verizon prepares for VoLTE (Advanced Calling 1.0) rollout

Verizon is finally ready to upgrade its wireless network to handle voice over LTE (VoLTE) along with HD voice and video calling. Verizon is calling this feature advanced Advanced Calling 1.0 and announced that this feature will be made available for select devices on its network.

Sunday, September 14, 2014

British mobile retailer, Phones 4u "faces administration" as carriers cut ties

Phones 4uBritish third-party mobile retailer, Phones 4u, entered into "administration" on Sunday evening. "Administration" is similar to filing for bankruptcy reorganization in the United States. Apparently this was not caused by a lack of profit making, rather, it was the fact that UK carriers O2, Vodafone, and now EE, have severed ties with the retailer.

Saturday, September 13, 2014

AT&T to offer Wi-Fi calling in 2015

AT&TRalph de la Vega, president and CEO of AT&T's Mobile and Business Solutions group, announced on Friday in New York, that the carrier will go live with Wi-Fi Calling sometime next year. The announcement was made at the Goldman Sachs Communacopia Conference.

Thursday, September 11, 2014

Microsoft OneDrive updated with new features

Microsoft OneDrive

Microsoft has been busy updating its OneDrive cloud service to make it more competitive with the other solutions in the market. Microsoft has announced they will be releasing an updated version of their desktop app which will bring several new enhancements.

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

T-Mobile introduces Un-Carrier 7.0 and unleashes Wi-Fi

T-Mobile introduces Un-Carrier 7.0

Today T-Mobile introduced UN-Carrier 7.0 during a special event which was titled, "This Time It's Personal". During the event it unveiled that the latest chapter will be called "Wi-Fi unleashed". Basically what this means is that your T-Mobile device will be able to seamlessly switch between Wi-Fi and network calls without dropping or delay.

Monday, September 8, 2014

Microsoft unveils new MSN, promises to brings MSN apps to iOS and Android

New MSN across all platforms

MSN is a popular choice for many users, helping them connect and discover what's important and current. Today Microsoft introduced a new MSN homepage with the same content you love and a quick access Services Stripe which connects you to all the popular Microsoft services.

Friday, August 15, 2014

Bing gets smarter with latest update, allows you to have a conversation

Bing search

Microsoft has updated their Bing search service, making it much smarter. Now you can carry on a conversation with Bing, allowing you to continue searching for related topics with follow-up questions. Windows Phone 8.1 users would note that this feature is currently available through the digital voice assistant Cortana.

Wednesday, August 13, 2014

Amazon Local Register now available, aimes to compete with PayPal and Square with lower rates

Amazon Local Register works with Visa, MasterCard, American Express and Discover

Amazon is making its own entry into purchases and transactions with Amazon Local Register, which it hopes will take on services like PayPal and Square with a  few competitive advantages. Since the company has a strong online ecosystem with a great hold on online payments, it makes sense that it would try expanding into the real world.

Monday, June 23, 2014

Sprint adds new LTE and Spark markets, international Wi-Fi calling and 30-day free trial


Earlier today, Sprint introduced its exclusive Samsung Galaxy S5 Sport. Now the nation's third largest carrier has announced that its 4G LTE service has expanded to 28 new markets, bringing the total to 471. New cities covered include Seattle, Cleveland, and San Jose. On top of this, the Sprint Spark service has been expanded to three new markets, bringing that total to 27.


Wednesday, June 18, 2014

T-Mobile introduces UN-Carrier 6.0 with unRadio

T-MobileT-Mobile had a busy day today themselves. After announcing its UN-Carrier 5.0 announcements, the carrier also introduced UN-Carrier 6.0, which aims to un-leash music in America. They are doing this with the introduction of a new music service called unRadio