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How T-Mobile Changed The Wireless Industry For The Better

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How T-Mobile Changed The Wireless Industry For The Better By Jessica Oaks. Anyone who has switched contracts from AT&T or Verizon to T-Mobile knows that the wireless service provider does things its own way. The basic premise is simple: Why not let customers purchase wireless service outside of a contract?

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Social Media News Ticker: Facebook Acquires Pryte, Instagram 6.0, Vine Comes To Xbox One

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Facebook acquires mobile data plan firm Pryte – Facebook’s newest acquisition plans involve Pryte, a Finnish company that makes it easier for mobile phone users without wireless data plans to use wireless internet apps; Facebook is acquiring Pryte’s team, while the actual service hadn’t even publicly launched yet (re/code).

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Tech Expert Reveals April Is When Most Americans Break Their Phones, Offers Tips to Keep Devices Safe

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And it’s not just mobile phones that are more likely to get damaged in the next week, as the data found that April is also the worst month for broken laptops and tablets. Avoid leaving your device charging overnight as it runs the battery down, use wireless chargers if possible, and avoid excessive use when your laptop or phone is on charge.

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Apple Debuts iBeacon Location Technology in U.S. Stores

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Apple’s iBeacon technology is looking to accomplish both, and after a successful run with the MLB’s ‘At the Ballpark’ mobile app at Citifield , Apple has now installed the location technology into its own retail stores. Last Friday, the technology debuted in 254 Apple stores in the U.S. And what about privacy?

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6 Ways to Get Paid as a Freelance Consultant

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This requires a wireless credit card terminal and software for credit card processing or a merchant account. There are many convenient mobile options for this form of payment. If you are the type of freelancer who meets with your clients face to face to do your work, you can buy credit card processing hardware to get paid.

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How Appification Is Transforming The Internet

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In 2013, just 7 percent of companies had implemented a mobile app strategy, and 51 percent of companies had no plans to develop one, a FeedHenry survey found. By the end of 2017, 67 percent of small businesses will have built their own mobile apps. The primary driver behind the internet’s appification has been the mobile revolution.

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Social Media Sites Rank Lowest For Customer Satisfaction

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Wireless Telephone Service 77. Twitter Users Log In Via Mobile, #RLTM Scoreboard Smartphones Surpass TV in Time Spent with Media. Health & Personal Care Stores 79. Personal Computers 79. Supermarkets 79. National Website Satisfaction Index 78.2. Internet Retail 78. Cellular Telephones 77. Internet Travel 77. Social Media 68.

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