RadioShack joins the ranks of the mobile virtual network operators, partnering with Leap’s Cricket Communications to resell its prepaid smartphone and feature phone plans. The deal both expands Leap’s retail presence and allows RadioShack to sell service plans, not just handsets. Read more »
Mobile music has historically been a money pit for carriers. Delivering tunes over the network is a costly endeavor, and consumers are unwilling to pay a premium for accessing music on the go. So high-priced services have languished while users have turned to online streaming offerings ... Read more at GigaOM Pro »
YouTube is making its first foray into subscriptions for live streaming content with a cooperation with Willow.tv, bringing live coverage of the India tour of England to Willow.tv’s YouTube channel. This follows a first live pay-per-view event on YouTube, which aired at the end of May. Read more »
The tablet market is booming as a host of new gadgets come to market, but 3G-enabled devices are gathering dust due to pricey data plans and requirements for two-year contracts. So prepaid data services could help carriers grab a slice of the pie. Read more »
All 49 matches of the ICC Cricket World Cup will be available live online, thanks to Willow.tv. The company is making the matches available through a variety of platforms, including mobile devices like the iPhone, iPad and Android smartphones and various game consoles and connected devices. Read more »
Leap Wireless has implemented new data plans today that more closely tie the price of mobile broadband to how much data a user consumes. However, instead of overage fees for users who exceed their plan, Leap will slow down their service much like T-Mobile does. Read more »
The four final games of the Indian Premier League (IPL) are being shown in 3-D in movie theaters across India, according to an Economic Times report. The IPL, which is the most popular cricket league in the world, will show the two semifinal games as well […] Read more »
Updated: Turns out, March Madness isn’t the only major sporting event starting this weekend: Cricket fans all over the world have been feverishly awaiting today’s start of the Indian Premiere League Cricket Season. In fact, the first game is already underway while I’m writing this story, […] Read more »
Leap Wireless will form a joint venture to expand its footprint in South Texas, an effort to make itself more attractive to potential suitors amid an increasingly brutal prepaid space that is pushing the mobile industry toward consolidation. Read more »
This round-up of Cricket apps is dedicated to all of the Cricket lovers around the world. With the ICC Champions Trophy beginning today, I thought it’d be a great opportunity to cover and review the Cricket apps that are available on the App store. Despite the […] Read more »
[qi:083] The second-quarter results are in, and the big carriers continued to to rake in the bucks from data, with AT&T managing to win over the most new subscribers and the biggest spenders. Thanks, iPhone! But outside of the staid world of the larger carriers, as […] Read more »
Prepaid cell phone plans are looking increasingly attractive for those who want more services for less money, according to the latest issue of Consumer Reports. Several new plans that cost $50 per month for unlimited voice and texts have recently been introduced from smaller carriers such […] Read more »
In its second year of existence, the short-form cricket tournament Indian Premier League Championships made 59 three-hour cricket matches available for free online streaming around the world this April and May. Though the broadcast got out to a rocky start, now that the final stats are […] Read more »
After Microsoft’s Silverlight multimedia technology was unceremoniously dropped by Major League Baseball’s MLB.com in favor of Adobe Flash, Microsoft is coming back with a different sport involving a ball and a bat. Silverlight will power online streaming of the Indian Premier League Championships, an ultra short-form […] Read more »
Game day in the U.S. usually means a bottle of Bud and football on the television for a few hours. But for Willow TV‘s million registered users across the globe, it means cracking open a Kingfisher, firing up the PC and enjoying literally a day’s worth […] Read more »
Yahoo will add video to a new release of cricket.yahoo.com, said Satish Menon, head of the company’s video syndication platform division, when we spoke on a panel at Supernova on Wednesday. We live-streamed a short interview with Menon after the panel (see above) Menon emailed us […] Read more »
Cricket Wireless is a low-cost provider of cell phone services that is known for having a cheap price for unlimited minutes. The trade-off is you only get specific areas that the cell phone will work in. Currently Cricket offers service in Nashville, Spokane, Santa Fe, Portland, […] Read more »
You can’t ever tire of hearing about bags to carry your gear around in and the more serious the bag the more serious a geek can be satisfied by the bag. Reader Scot Phelps gets the "most serious geek" moniker from me after he let me […] Read more »
Ever since Cisco and HP announced their poor results, investors have been reacting with a sense of panic, and lot of hand-wringing. It is a little late now, because they ignored the disaster signals coming from the semiconductor sector. The chip equipment makers like KLA-Tencor have […] Read more »