When the last Twitter for BlackBerry 10 update rolled out, BlackBerry CEO John Chen notedthere was another release being worked on and lo and behold, it has now arrived sporting some much-needed changes and feature additions. This time around, there’s several new features and enhancements as well as the removal ... Read More »
Sprint has rolled out LTE Plus in New York City. The newly added location joins 190 other markets across the U.S. who already enjoy the network’s improved LTE speeds. The company has revealed that speed and capacity of more than 900 cell sites across the New York metropolitan area have ... Read More »
All the tens in all the places. The subject of many leaks and speculation is here — no, not the iPhone 7 — it’s the HTC 10!. But it’s going up against some strong competition in the Galaxy S7 and the LG G5. The Apple front was rather quiet, with ... Read More »
Amazon is now offering monthly subscription plans for its Prime service, which is available for $10.99 a month. The retailer is also targeting Netflix by making Prime Video available as a standalone service for $8.99 a month. A yearly subscription of Prime costs $99, which includes full access to Prime ... Read More »
Conservative Supreme Court justices expressed sharp skepticism about President Barack Obama’s immigration efforts Monday, leaving his actions to help millions of people who are in the country illegally in the hands of a seemingly divided court. As hundreds of pro-immigration demonstrators and a smaller number of opponents filled the sidewalk ... Read More »
Windows 7 has approached the user share numbers set by Windows XP six years ago, hinting that unless Microsoft executes its Windows 10 upgrade plans to perfection, Windows 7 will persist on devices long after its 2020 retirement. At the same time, the massive number of devices running Windows 7 ... Read More »
The Associated Press expose on slavery in Southeast Asia’s fishing industry, awarded the Pulitzer Prize for public service Monday, was born of a painstaking investigation by four reporters who documented the harsh treatment of fishermen held captive on a remote island and traced their catch to U.S. supermarkets and restaurants. ... Read More »
The Latest on the awarding of the 100th-annual Pulitzer Prizes (all times local): 4:55 p.m. The plight of refugees is among the social issues tackled by this year’s Pulitzer Prize winners. Among the prize’s arts categories, former refugee Viet Thanh Nguyen (VEE’-eht tahn gwihn) won the fiction prize Monday for ... Read More »
Rescuers are in a race against time to find survivors from a powerful 7.8-magnitude earthquake as the death toll from Ecuador’s strongest earthquake in decades has risen above 400. On Monday, teams from Ecuador and neighboring countries fanned out across the country’s Pacific coastline to look for the dozens of ... Read More »
The 2016 Boston Marathon was a coronation for Ethiopia, which collected its first-ever sweep of the men’s and women’s titles. That doesn’t mean the winners of the world’s most prestigious marathon will get a spot on the Ethiopian Olympic team. Lemi Berhanu Hayle won the 120th edition of the Boston ... Read More »
