The Big Four US mobile carriers–AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile–have just sent out a press release committing to push the issue of text to 911 capabilities, hopefully sooner than, but at least by, 2014.

These major players, plus The 911 Association and the Association for Public-Safety Communications Officials International, have decided to work together on standards and procedures to make this happen with a seamless transition to text to 911 services across the US.

T-Mobile is really hitting the press today. They’ve announced a few new HSPA+ markets, the fact they they will finally be carrying the iPhone, and now, T-Mobile’s CEO has confirmed that they will be eliminating all device subsidies in 2013 *brain explodes*.

Last month, HTC and Apple reached a cross-licensing settlement that would put a 10-year kibosh on any litigation between the two. While HTC’s Peter Chou was happy enough to call the settlement “A Good Ending,” Samsung saw it as an opportunity to have injunction proceedings against them thrown out.

The latest evolution of Spotify was revealed today at a press event in New York City that showed off Spotify’s new browser app, music discovery features, social additions and more.

Spotify users will now be able to get the same experience they’ve become accustomed to with the desktop client via a new web-based player. The new web-player will allow users to search and play music, create playlist, and use other new features Spotify unveiled today that will help people find newer, better, cooler music.

In case you haven’t heard, the Limited Edition Frankie Frost Android Mini Collectible is now on sale over at Dyzplastic. This holiday collectible is the perfect stocking stuffer for the Android lover in your life and won’t set you back thanks to its reasonable $10 sticker price.