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Facebook Deploys Weather App (Quietly)

It turns out that the world’s most popular social media platform has decided to start rolling out (albeit quietly) a full weather forecast feature within its main mobile app and its desktop site. This new addition to Facebook can be accessed easily from News Feed or the app’s More menu, that part that takes you to Friends, Events, Groups, and Pages, among many others. Users can get a full week’s forecast within the weather section, with weather information courtesy of Weather.com. According to Facebook, the new feature is actually an updated version of its weather greetings.

Apple Vs. Samsung Case Heading Back To District Court

The highly publicized case between two of the biggest phone makers in the world (Apple and Samsung) is headed back to where it all began -- the district court of the city of San Jose in the state of California.

Google’s AMP Now Lets User View, Copy, And Share A Publisher’s Own Links

 

This week, Google has started deploying an update to Accelerated Mobile Pages (AMP), now allowing users to view, copy, and even share the publisher’s own links, instead of the AMP URL. Apparently, some publishers have complained to Google that their traffic was reduced because of the changing of their own URLs to those that had Google in the name when being optimized for easier viewing on mobile devices. 

FCC Stops Inquiries On Zero-Rated Data

Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission had released a report on zero rated data services, stating that while these types of offerings are not necessarily in violation of net neutrality rules, the ones offered by the top two wireless carriers in America (namely, Verizon Wireless’ Go90 and

Let The 5G Spectrum Wars Begin

Just this week, Verizon Wireless, AT&T, Google, and Dish Network all revealed their separate plans to acquire or roll out high band spectrum assets that many industry watchers expect will serve as the backbone in providing 5G wireless services.

Roaming Fees Will Soon Be No More In Europe This Coming Summer

Mobile users who are based in countries belonging to the European Union (EU) may now start bidding their goodbyes to roaming charges. That is because Europe’s executive body, parliament, and representatives of the 28 Member States have finally come to terms regarding a deal on wholesale charges, i.e. the prices wireless carriers can charge each other when letting users from rival networks roam across different providers. 

Nexus 6, Nexus 9 Will Not Get Android 7.1.2 Update

Progress is not always a bad thing, and should be for the benefit of everyone. But in the age of mobile devices, especially with regards to software updates, it is all but inevitable that some smartphone models will be left behind in getting the latest versions of operating systems.

Lyft Is Now A Top Ten App Because Of #DeleteUber

Lyft’s mobile app has enjoyed a massive lift in the App Store due to the #DeleteUber campaign which has trended over social media sites in the last few days. Here is the story behind the movement -- lots of users expressed their frustration over Uber appearing to be exploiting a taxi cab strike at John F.

Nokia Releases White Paper Stating Its Position On Climate Change

Nokia is making its position on the subject of climate change clear by way of a white paper titled “Building zero emissions radio access networks.” The Finnish tech firm had released this white paper this month, and the Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) posted a tweet about it a week ago, just before President Donald Trump offic

Vivo Unveils The V5 Plus And V5 Lite

Vivo took the opportunity to officially introduce a couple of new smartphone offerings -- the V5 Plus and the V5 Lite. Perhaps the most attractive attribute of the more high end V5 Plus is the dual camera configuration on its front side, while the V5 Lite is basically a low end option that belongs to the V5 lineup of handsets.

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