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The race to the next generation data network — 5G — is heating up. T-Mobile and Sprint — the nation’s third and fourth largest wireless carriers — doubled down on… Read More
T-Mobile CEO John Legere wants folks to sign up for their wireless service and for the past couple of years has made his pitch in the most unusual of places,… Read More
Not many technology products become a verb, as in “I Googled it” or “We Ubered.” But mobile keyboard startup Swype, created in Seattle in the early 2000s by technology pioneer Cliff… Read More
T-Mobile loves to get under the skin of its rival carriers and an ad over the holidays struck a nerve with AT&T. An investigative unit of the Better Business Bureau… Read More
T-Mobile reported another big quarter this morning, maintaining its momentum against larger wireless carriers Verizon and AT&T and wrapping up a tumultuous year in which the nation’s third-largest wireless company… Read More
Amazon says it is getting rid of the lock screen ads and offers that support its Prime smartphone program, but the discounted prices will remain mostly intact. Amazon said prices… Read More
T-Mobile said it has closed the acquisition of Denver-based Layer3 TV, paving the way for the self-proclaimed “Un-carrier” to launch its own TV service this year. With this acquisition, first… Read More
Amazon is beefing up its virtual brain Alexa within the Android operating system, as it continues to battle Google and its digital assistant. Today Amazon announced new voice control capabilities… Read More
Two Chinese tech giants with offices in the Seattle area are teaming up. Baidu, the Chinese search giant, and smartphone maker Huawei said they have come to a “comprehensive strategic… Read More
T-Mobile says it will launch its own TV service in 2018, expanding its competitive focus beyond the U.S. wireless giants to target major cable and satellite providers with its latest… Read More
A month after T-Mobile and Sprint called off merger talks, Bellevue-based T-Mobile announced that its board has authorized a plan to repurchase up to $1.5 billion of the company’s common… Read More
T-Mobile isn’t settling. That was the message from T-Mobile CEO John Legere to his employees on Saturday after the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier ended potential merger talks with Sprint. “This… Read More
T-Mobile and Sprint made an official announcement this morning, but not with the news many expected. After another round of merger talks, the wireless carriers said in a joint statement… Read More
The will-they-won’t-they status of a long-rumored T-Mobile-Sprint merger continues, as the two companies are reportedly continuing negotiations following reports earlier this week that talks had broken down. The Wall Street… Read More
The long-rumored merger between T-Mobile and Sprint, the nation’s third and fourth largest wireless carriers, is falling apart, according to news reports. Nikkei reported that a disagreement over ownership of… Read More
Google this morning showed off its latest smartphones, the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL, following up on the release of the Pixel last year. The two new phones are… Read More
After several months of rumors and talks of a T-Mobile-Sprint merger, it looks like the deal may finally happen. Reuters reported Friday that the nation’s third and fourth-largest wireless carriers… Read More
T-Mobile’s latest “Un-Carrier” move — adding free Netflix subscriptions to new and existing T-Mobile One family plans — aims to further differentiate T-Mobile from its larger rivals, AT&T and Verizon, while… Read More
Updated with details from conference call with reporters. T-Mobile will provide free Netflix subscriptions to new and existing T-Mobile One family plan customers in what the company describes as an… Read More
Samsung today today introduced the new Galaxy Note 8 smartphone and sought to turn the page from the Note 7 debacle that saw the company recall the phones after “battery… Read More
Shwetak Patel has struck again. The University of Washington computer scientist has sold his newest Seattle startup company, Senosis Health, to Google, according to sources familiar with the deal. It marks the… Read More
T-Mobile is targeting budget-conscious customers with its own branded smartphone. Called Revvl, the new Android device — manufactured by Alcatel — is a mid-range smartphone with features like a 5.5-inch HD… Read More
T-Mobile latest move is targeted at older Americans. The Bellevue, Wash.-based company today debuted a new plan called T-Mobile One Unlimited 55+, which offers unlimited talk, text, and 4G data… Read More
This time, it seems like it’s actually going to happen. We’ve been hearing promises about how artificial intelligence and machine learning are going to change the world for decades, but… Read More
This week, Microsoft ended support for Windows Phone 8.1, or the final operating system tied to the glorious failure that was the Windows Phone. Microsoft’s quest to best Apple’s iOS,… Read More
T-Mobile is delaying annual salary increases for employees from July 2017 to February 2018, offering a one-time $1,000 “celebratory” stock grant in the meantime as it transitions to new schedule… Read More
Security researchers at the University of Washington have developed a system designed to spot anomalies in cell networks that could indicate the presence of a device that can be used to… Read More
Android creator Andy Rubin is back and aiming to change up the digital assistant and smartphone markets with a pair of new products from his company Essential. The two new… Read More