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Mobile apps like Skype and Google Hangouts now make it possible for users to make calls over Internet lines instead of using the networks of mobile carriers. Perhaps because they want a piece of the action, too, wireless carriers are now starting to offer Wi-Fi calling services themselves. But what exactly is Wi-Fi calling, and how can users benefit from it? Here is a quick guide.
Using Wi-Fi Connections Instead of Mobile Phone Networks
Apple is busy trying to make Apple Pay happen outside the United States, and it appears that as early as this year, its mobile payment system can finally be used outside American borders.
Because Android has always enjoyed the bigger market share, Google Play apps have always trumped iOS apps in terms of the volume of downloads. However, when it comes to revenues, iOS apps continue to hold the upper hand over Google Play apps.
But according to data offered by app store analytics firm App Annie, the revenue gap continues to grow. A big reason for this is iOS's growth in China, the largest smartphone market in the world.
Buyers of Apple products are used to long queues (they seem to not mind standing for hours whenever a new iPhone is released). But this time around, they may need to line up anew, but only virtually.
US major wireless carrier AT&T recently reached a $25 million settlement with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) over customer information that was stolen from three international call centers.
The customer data was stolen from contracted call center companies located in Mexico, Colombia, and the Philippines. The data breach basically involved the unauthorized disclosure of names, social security numbers (full or partial), and other protected account information of nearly 280,000 customers in the United States.
Instagram has added two new photo editing tools to its mobile app for Android, and soon on the iOS platform: Color and Fade tools. The Color tool allows users to adjust the tone of both the highlights and shadows of the images they took, thereby enabling them to infuse a different cast of light to achieve that moody, atmospheric effect. The Fade tool, on the other hand, allows users to wash out colors entirely, letting them produce a more muted effect (in various intensity levels) akin to low-fi prints.
Almost two thirds of the total number of phone subscribers living within the United States own a smartphone. But it appears that owning a smartphone is beginning to become some sort of a hassle for users, with many people feeling that they are struggling to afford the costs of owning one. Others are even starting to think that instead of improving their lives, smartphones are actually disrupting them. Well, at least according to a study.
So you are thinking of getting the Apple Watch, the first ever wearable device produced by Apple? As you might have known, this smartwatch will officially hit stores everywhere starting on April 24th of this year.
According to new data from research firm IHS, most mobile users will no longer be plugging their mobile devices to recharge, in the next 10 years. Within a decade's span, wireless charging could be the standard method for charging.
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