HP is planning to break up into two companies later this year, but that move will also result in up to 30,000 of its workers losing their jobs. View full post on MobileNations
Facebook plans an empathetic ‘dislike’ button
According to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg, the social network is planning to give users a feature they’ve been wanting for a long time: a dislike button. But, the button won’t be used for evil, at least that’s Zuck’s plan, and will supposedly be aimed at giving users a more nuanced…
Report: Motorola backed off plans to offer a value priced version of the Moto 360
While Motorola has introduced the 46mm, 42mm and rugged Sport versions of the Motorola Moto 360 (2015), there is one model that didn’t make the final cut. A value-tier version of the Moto 360 (2015) was allegedly being planned by Motorola. The latter put the kibosh on this version of…
Adobe plans on unveiling a new mobile Photoshop app in October
Adobe is hoping to find the same success for Photoshop on mobile platforms, as the photo editing software has on PCs. This October, at its Max conference for developers and professionals, Adobe will take the wraps off of a new Photoshop developed for the Apple iPhone and Apple iPad. Later,…
BlackBerry rumored to have plans for an Android powered Passport
Images of a BlackBerry Passport Silver Edition running Android 5.1 are rumored to be photographs of a prototype being developed by the company. According to the latest speculation, a version of the handset powered by Google’s open source OS will be made available in the second quarter of 2016. The…
Samsung plans on going all the way to the Supreme Court with its patent fight against Apple
Samsung filed legal papers on Wednesday to have its patent battle against Apple heard by the highest court in the land, the U.S. Supreme Court. Recently, the Korean manufacturer had a request to have its appeal heard by the entire U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, rejected. Previously, a three-judge…
AT&T revises its plans to compete with T-Mobile
AT&T is about to make some changes to its service plans in response to lower pricing from T-Mobile’s camp. The nation’s second largest mobile carrier has done away with its 1GB and 3GB tiers, replacing it with a plan that offers 2GB of service for $30 a month. After the…
Japan’s NTT DoCoMo shares its plans to deliver 5G in time for the Olympics in 2020
While the standard for the 5th generation of mobile communications has not been officially defined, nearly all the carriers and switchgear manufacturers are on the same page when it comes to the type of performance users can expect. Those expectations? Speed, stupid-fast data speed, and crazy-low latency. The challenge is…
Verizon to roll out simplified, contract-less data plans to compete with T-Mobile’s Un-Carrier
Thanks in part to its maverick CEO John Legere, T-Mobile has done a pretty good job of shaking up the carrier market. Sprint’s leader Marcelo Claure has been particularly unimpressed with some of Legere’s outbursts, but with T-Mo having jumped to third spot in the U.S. carrier rankings at the expense of…
Samsung announces plans to launch monthly Android security patches
In the wake of the Stagefright vulnerability discovery, Samsung has just announced that it will soon launch a new Android security update process. In a nutshell, this is Samsung’s plan to make sure that Android vulnerabilities are being patched as soon as possible, without the delay that usually occurs between the…