mobile phones

US iPhone Users Top Android for First Time Ever
US iPhone Users Top Android for First Time Ever
September 02, 2022  |  Apple

For the first time since Apple launched the iPhone 2G in 2007, more smartphone users in the U.S. are now carrying iOS devices instead of...

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Walmart Mexico Plans to Double Its 2 Million Mobile Phone Users in 2022
Walmart Mexico Plans to Double Its 2 Million Mobile Phone Users in 2022
March 15, 2022  |  Walmart

Walmart’s Mexico unit is looking at doubling the number of people connected to its mobile phone service this year, Reuters reported Tuesday (March 15). The...

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Apple Makes New Moves to Turn iPhones into Payment Terminals
Apple Makes New Moves to Turn iPhones into Payment Terminals
January 27, 2022  |  Apple

Small businesses will soon be able to take payments on iPhones without additional hardware, a feature Apple started developing in 2020 with its $100 million...

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Vodafone to Prioritize 4G and 5G Rollout by Retiring 3G Network in UK in 2023
Vodafone to Prioritize 4G and 5G Rollout by Retiring 3G Network in UK in 2023
January 26, 2022  |  International

British technology communications company Vodafone has announced that it will begin the retirement of its legacy 3G network next year as part of the company’s...

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Egypt’s Central Bank OKs Merchant Licenses for Contactless Payments
Egypt’s Central Bank OKs Merchant Licenses for Contactless Payments
September 26, 2021  |  Payment Methods

Egypt’s central bank has given the green light to licenses that will let merchants accept contactless payments from mobile phones. Reuters reported the announcement Sunday...

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Google Takes On Apple With New Pixel 4a Smartphone
Google Takes On Apple With New Pixel 4a Smartphone
August 03, 2020  |  Mobile

Move over, Apple – there’s a new smartphone from Google on the way. On Monday (August 3), Google unveiled its new Android phone, the Pixel...

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How The Stage Was Set For The Pandemic’s Great Digital Shift
How The Stage Was Set For The Pandemic’s Great Digital Shift
May 25, 2020  |  eCommerce

It may feel like the pandemic has always been here. That there was no “before” this — before the worry about microbes, social distancing and...

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FCC Seeks Fines Against Top Cellphone Carriers Following Probe
FCC Seeks Fines Against Top Cellphone Carriers Following Probe
February 27, 2020  |  Mobile

The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in fines from major U.S. cellphone carriers after officials determined the companies didn’t...

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Apple Could Start Staggering iPhone Releases Biannually
Apple Could Start Staggering iPhone Releases Biannually
December 02, 2019  |  Retail

A prominent analyst, JPMorgan’s Samik Chatterjee, has suggested that Apple may alter the way it currently releases iPhones every year, splitting them into summer and...

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