AT&T today announced that it has agreed to purchase Atlantic Tele-Network’s Alltel assets for a total of $780 million. The agreement includes wireless spectrum licenses in the 700, 850, and 1900MHz bands, network assets, retail stores, and 585,000 subscribers. Alltel Wireless was purchased by Verizon Wireless in 2008. As part of the acquisition, Verizon was […]
2K Games and Irrational have announced that BioShock Infinite: Mind in Revolt, a prequel e-book will be heading to Amazon’s Kindle e-reader devices next month, written by Irrational Games’ writer Joe Fielder and the game’s Creative Director, Ken Levine. Providing additional insight into the fallen utopia of Columbia among the clouds, BioShock: Mind in Revolt […]
Microsoft today made available a new version of its Windows Phone software developers kit (SDK). The Windows Phone 7.8 SDK will allow developers to make their WP7.1 and WP7.5 compatible with WP7.8, which includes some of the new behaviors for the home screen. Since no Windows Phone 7.1/7.5 devices can be upgraded to Windows Phone […]
Consumer Cellular today announced that more of its devices will be available at Sears retail stores beginning later this month. The Huawei 8800, an Android smartphone, and the Doro PhoneEasy 618 feature phone are among the new handsets being made available for $149.99 and $59.99, respectively. The Motorola WX416 will continue to be available for […]
Geeksphone today announced two preview devices for Mozilla’s Firefox operating system that are meant chiefly for application developers. The devices, called the Keon and the Peak, run the latest version of Firefox OS (previously known to as Boot-to-Gecko). Firefox OS is an open mobile platform based on Linux and HTML5. It uses web standards to […]
NTT DoCoMo today revealed the LG Optimus G Pro, a new smartphone that has a 5-inch 1080p full HD display. The Optimus G Pro runs Android 4.1 Jelly Bean and is powered by a quad-core 1.7GHz Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with 2GB of RAM. It also includes a 13-megapixel camera with 1080p HD video capture, […]
The return of “Revolution” to television is still a couple months away, but NBC is hoping to keep fans of the show engaged with a series of webisodes. The six-part, animated series of web-only stories launches Monday (Jan. 21), with new installments debuting once a week. They’ll run on NBC.com, Hulu, YouTube and on demand. […]
A new international trailer for Park Chan-wook’s upcoming thriller Stoker. Starring Mia Wasikowska, Matthew Goode, Nicole Kidman, Dermot Mulroney, Jacki Weaver, Alden Ehrenreich and Lucas Till, the film hits theaters on March 1st. Written by Wentworth Miller, Stoker begins when India’s (Wasikowska) father dies in an auto accident and her Uncle Charlie (Goode), who she […]
The pilot for Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. starts filming today and two separate Twitter users spotter a S.H.I.E.L.D. truck on its way to the set. You can see those photos by clicking here and here. The pilot for Marvel’s S.H.I.E.L.D. is expected to air this fall if it’s picked up for series. In the show, Clark Gregg […]
Macworld announced on Monday that the stars of the independent biopic jOBS, Ashton Kutcher and Josh Gad, will headline a panel at the show, while rock star Will.i.am will give a talk on technology and his latest iOS products. Macworld/iWorld runs from January 31 to February 2 at the Moscone Center West in San Francisco. […]
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