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Starting tonight and running until April 30, Amazon Wireless will be offering all Sprint 4G phones for a penny. Yep, those things you throw in water fountains or put in your loafers can score you a brand new 4G Android phone from Sprint. While they say “all Sprint 4G phones,” I didn’t see the Galaxy Nexus or LG Viper 4G LTE listed, so perhaps LTE devices aren’t included in this sale (bummer).


Path markets themselves as the “Smart Journal” that helps you share your life with close friends and family. Pictures are among the many things you can share through Path and after the “billion dollar” bombshell Instagram and Facebook dropped on the world, Path wanted everyone to know they too have hipster filters. It’s sort of a “hey, look at me” plea, but in Path’s defense, they have been doing a good job at keeping their app updated and warrant a look.


Apple, Google, Intel and four other tech giants failed to convince a judge to dismiss an antitrust suit brought against them. The suit alleges that the companies conspired against hiring each other’s employees and District Judge Lucy Koh in her decision said:

“The fact that all six identical bilateral agreements were reached in secrecy among seven defendants in a span of two years suggests that these agreements resulted from collusion, and not from coincidence,”

While Apple, Google, and Intel are the three largest firms in the suit, other major companies, including Adobe, Lucasfilm, Pixar and Intuit are included.


There have been tons of Samsung Galaxy S III rumors and leaks, and while most have been downright laughable, this next one appears to be the real deal. A leaked video and some photos show the innards of the Samsung Galaxy S III encased in a plastic dummy shell (and being charged by a BlackBerry micro-USB cable) to keep the final design under wraps. The good news is the unit was fully functional and able to provide us with a look at a slew of specs.


We’ve all been there, that moment when the bill for that great mobile plan you signed up for comes in. Monthly access charges, usage charges, surcharges, taxes, governmental surcharges & fees — the list goes on… and on… and on. The FCC and others call this “bill shock,” while I call it well… we’ll save that for another day. Regardless of how we feel about these charges and fees, they are the services we signed up for and agreed to pay. Unfortunately it’s not always easy to monitor our usage and it can be very easy to incur overage charges when it comes to services like data and text messaging.

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