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Sometimes the wireless industry manages to pull feats that defy logic. Case in point: T-Mobile has reported a decrease in earnings, despite adding 371,000 new customers in the last quarter! To figure how in the world this is possible, T-Mobile says that it's because many of these new customers are getting involved in the lower-profit prepaid segment.

The company went on to say that it signed 488,000 prepaid customers, but lost 117,000 more-valuable contract users in the same period. Obviously this is a …

Federal regulators are hoping to secure more wireless spectrum for advanced mobile services by actually offering to pay television broadcasters to give up their rights to airwaves.

As part of a proposal, called the "National Broadband Plan," existing spectrum holders would be paid to give up their licenses for government auctions, in addition to receiving a portion of the airwave proceeds raised by selling the to rights wireless carriers. The proceeds will be worth an estimated $50 billion!

The plan would free …

© BigBeaksThe question of whether people should trust technology and mobile phones to check important and sensitive information (like their credit score) is certainly a legitimate one with identity theft on the rise. The trouble is that checking your credit report is one of the best ways to confirm whether someone really is tampering with your identity and hence the conundrum.

Fortunately many leading credit reporting sites are secured by 128 bit SSL encryption technology. Encryption codes the information in a file so that …

AT&T's latest move could put television-ready cell phones into the hands of the masses. Teaming up with LG, the Arena is their latest touch screen handset designed to stream full-length television shows and movies.

The Arena will feature a 3.0-inch touch screen, 5.0-megapixel camera, music player with Dolby Mobile technology and access to Facebook and Twitter but the biggest selling point could likely be the handset's ability to show real-time television programs from popular networks, including Comedy Central, ESPN, MTV and NBC News, …

Best part about driving on chaotic roads of Delhi (and India) is that you will never get lost. Okay you will – but there are so many people out there that you can always stop anywhere and ask for directions. But if like me, you don’t like stopping every 100 meters to ask an auto [...]

Until now getting emotional has pretty much ruined your reputation only among fellow human beings, but according to reports coming out of Japan, Toshiba is in development of a new cellular technology that may have your phone worrying about your well being as well.

This new app would enable cellphones to "predict" the user's actions based on behavioral patterns monitored by such programs as the Global Positioning System.

The technology would also draw on acceleration sensors that detect the handsets' movements, such …

For more than 80 years the NAB Show has been the global event for people passionate about content concerning next-generation technology, education and insight. From broadcasting to broader-casting, the NAB Show has evolved over the last eight decades to continually lead the ever-changing industry and expects more than 85,000 audio, video and film content professionals, 157 countries represented, 1,500+ exhibiting companies, 800,000+ net square feet of exhibit space and 1,300+ members of the press.

This year the show will add both Destination Broadband …

One in six adults in the United States carried a smart phone last year, according to Forrester Research. As impressive as that stat may be, that share is expected to grow rapidly in the next few years, as consumers warm to mobile devices capable of running a wide range of applications and net surfing capabilities nearly as intuitive as that of a mobile computer.

Of course vying for this market are several top contenders in the software development realm hoping to gain an …

In the fast and furious touch-screen smartphone market, T-Mobile's realizing updates have to come often to maintain the edge. In that line of thinking, the company has released a new version of the MyTouch 3G, with such new features as a 3.5mm jack for headphones, Swype texting for faster typing and more memory.

The new MyTouch will boast 288MB of memory, preloaded with applications like a barcode scanner, music player and visual voicemail.

Running on Android, the new MyTouch shares the same …

Social networking- unless you've been living in a cave, you know it's all the rage. From MySpace to Facebook to Twitter, the world loves to stay connected via the net. In that line of thinking, Google's decided it's time to get involved in this lucrative segment by launching a new service called Google Buzz.

The trouble is, Google may have bitten off a bit more than chew and its rivals (Yahoo and Microsoft) aren't being shy about lambasting the search engine giant as …