Ofcom, the UK's regulator for the telecommunications industry, issued an update on its plans for the auctioning off of the 800 MHz and 2.6 GHz spectrum bands. These are the frequencies that will be used for the delivery of 4G services. There has already been one consultation on the auction of the frequencies but based on the responses received, Ofcom
Three US Senators have introduced a new bill aimed at getting the FUD out of today's 4G coverage mess. The "Next Generation Wireless Disclosure Act" will attempt to do something that providers have done their best to avoid - state plain facts about their coverage and it's speeds in their advertisements. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., Sen. Amy Klobuchar, D-Minn., and
If you have never installed the Amazon App Store on your Android then let me give you one compelling reason why you should - every single day, 7 days a week, they give away a paid app for free. Usually the apps are regularly priced in the $1-3 range and often they are games, but nobody says you have to
If you play fantasy football, and many people do, then there is a fairly good chance that you use Yahoo to manage your league. Yahoo Sports has been a great resource for news for a number of years, and their fantasy league software has been the best for quite some time, topping even NFL.com. A lot of people may not
If you want information on your Android device, and I mean DETAILED information about EVERYTHING going on, then you will want to check out Elixir 2. It bills itself as a "system information application", and I would say that they are putting it rather mildly. Elixir 2 will give detailed information on "displays information about battery, internal and external storage
Evernote is probably the most popular online note-taking application. With versions for computers (both Windows and Mac) and mobile versions for Android, iOS, Blackberry, Windows Phone, and WebOS, the app is virtually everywhere. There is a free version and a Premium version, but the free version previously limited users to only being able to include text, image, audio and PDF
With Hurricane Irene now making it's way up the east coast of the US, it's a good time to review what you can do to conserve your phone's battery during power outages. It's also handy for travel, or anytime you won't be able to recharge for an extended period. Fortunately, Android makes it very simple to manage battery life -