Posts Tagged ‘microsoft’

U.S. Cellular, Alltel join forces to offer prepaid services in Walmart stores

U.S. Cellular and Alltel have announced U Prepaid, a new no contract service that will be available in almost 500 Walmart stores across 18 states. The new service is said to offer “simplified, easy-to-understand service plan choices.” U Prepaid will run on either U.S. Cellular’s network or Alltel’s network, depending on region. Four devices have [...]

LG launches its own Cloud services to stream content between devices

LG has announced the new LG Cloud service, its own entrant into the increasingly-crowded cloud services market. Set to go live on May 1, LG Cloud allows users to stream content between their smartphone, television, and PC. Read the full story here. Go here to read the rest: LG launches its own Cloud services to [...]

Skype 4.0 for iOS gets UI tweaks, performance enhancements

Skype has released version 4.0 of its app for the iOS platform, and with this new version comes a number of performance enhancements and usability improvements. Skype has added the ability to reposition a user’s video preview, and has addressed bugs that hampered stability. Now, should the app unexpectedly close, it will automatically restart. Additionally, [...]

Nokia’s effort to sell Vertu moves to advanced talks says Financial Times

The Financial Times is reporting that Nokia’s efforts to offload its luxury Vertu brand have moved into advanced talks with a private equity group, Permira. It was reported late last year that Nokia had signed on Goldman Sachs to oversee the sale of Vertu, but Nokia has not yet admitted that Vertu is up for [...]

LightSquared’s Falcone to step down in face of company debt

LightSquared, the once-ambitious 4G LTE network provider that was shot down by the Federal Communications Commission earlier this year, has had a rough go of it for the past few months. Now facing mounting debt and possible bankruptcy, LightSquared’s public face, Philip Falcone, founder of Harbinger Capital Management LLC, the hedge fund that launched LightSquared, [...]

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