“Back in March, Pandora raised its prices and did away with annual subscriptions. The price hike was one thing, but the end of yearly subscriptions ticked off a number of people. Now, the service is bringing them back, due to popular demand. The new subscription prices are $4.99/mo or $55/yr.”
12 million home and business routers vulnerable to critical hijacking hack
“More than 12 million routers in homes and small offices are vulnerable to attacks that allow hackers anywhere in the world to monitor user traffic and take administrative control over the devices, researchers said.”
Instagram Is Now Worth $35 Billion
“Citigroup raised the valuation of Instagram this morning from $19 billion to $35 billion. The photo-sharing network recently announced it had surpassed 300 million active users, and has taken steps toward cleaning up spam accounts, as well as adding new filters and features in an update this week.”
Google’s new YouTube show reaches out to iOS developers
“Despite the ongoing battle between Android and iOS, the truth is you’re likely loading up Google services on it either way. Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Drive — take your pick, as Homescreen.is shows (generated based on the most popular apps among @Engadget Twitter followers), they’re popular.”
T-Mobile Unveils New ‘Data Stash’ Program That Allows Unused Data to Roll Over Each Month
“As part of its new Un-carrier 8.0 announcement, T-Mobile today unveiled its new “Data Stash” program that allows consumers to roll over their monthly unused data. At the end of the month, consumers will be able to store their unused data without limit for the next 12 months.”
T-Mobile could launch unlicensed 5GHz LTE as soon as next year
“T-Mobile could become one the first carriers to use 5GHz Unlicensed LTE, or to give it its proper name, License Assisted Access LTE or LAA-LTE. It could deploy the network as soon as next year according to a plan unveiled in a report by Kevin Smithen and Will Clayton, Macquarie Research analysts.”
T-Mobile wins fight against AT&T and Verizon over data roaming charges
“T-Mobile US has won a declaratory ruling that could force AT&T and Verizon Wireless to charge lower prices for data roaming. T-Mobile argued in a petition to the Federal Communications Commission that the biggest carriers charge their smaller competitors artificially high prices.”
Google Drive Files Can Be Attached in Gmail as Files, Not Just Links
“When Google first introduced the ability to attach files from Drive directly in Gmail, they originally only supported sharing links. Now, you can attach the files directly.”
Ting Mobile follows Google into gigabit-broadband biz
“Discount-wireless provider Ting Mobile is following Google’s lead in taking on traditional telecom and cable companies with a fiber-based gigabit-capable broadband service.”
Spanish news sites suffer after dropping Google News
“External traffic to Spanish news websites has fallen by 10 to 15 percent after Google removed the country’s publishers from its free news index.”
