Sprint’s Google power play — Why it matters.

If you’ve heard the news fromCTIAin the past week then you already know that theNexus Sis now a 4G (WiMax) phone onSprint. You also know that Sprint is offering deepGoogleVoice integration. Do these two things matter to you? They should. First off, the Nexus S is supposedly an incredible phone. Though my own experiences with it were far from stellar, I have to chalk that up to a faulty single device....

3 min · 588 words · Paul Choi

Sprint’s iPhone 4S users will get unlimited 3G data starting at $69 and a 5GB hotspot cap

Sprint has today confirmed that it will be offering its iPhone users unlimited 3G data and a 5GB cap on hotspot data, reportsPhone Scoop. Customers looking to purchase the iPhone 4S will have more choices of carrier than ever this time around as the news device is arriving on Sprint as well as Verizon and AT&T. Sprint spokesperson Michelle Leff Mermelstein toldAll Things Dthat “we will be offering the benefit of our unlimited plans that start at just $69....

2 min · 358 words · Timothy Perry

Sprint’s lawsuit against AT&T hints that it will get the iPhone

Sprint has filed suit against AT&T in order to halt its merger with T-Mobile, citing competitive issues and a reduction of choices for the consumer. In his perusal of the lawsuit, The Verge’s Nilay Patelcame across some interesting wordingthat appears to allude to the fact that Sprint will be carrying the iPhone soon. In that lawsuit, Sprint suggests that the iPhone lent AT&T and subsequently, Verizon, a hefty competitive advantage over the 3rd place carrier....

2 min · 321 words · Michael Thomas

SpriteDeck Simplifies Android and iOS 2D Game Development

An Ottawa-based startup Citrify Inc, brings usSpriteDeck, an application for Windows and Mac that unleashes your inner-game developer and enables you to create 2D mobile games or comic book apps with or without coding knowledge. SpriteDeckworks by dragging and dropping photo assets (backgrounds, objects, characters) into its development interface. The layout of the imported graphics can be added into layers, grouped into scenes or stacked into animation sequences. And by exporting the layout, it will generate code that will be used to create iOS and Android applications....

3 min · 583 words · Dana Monroe

Sprout Social snags new funding, continues to shake up social media management

It is a particular pleasure to watch a company that you rooted for in the beginning start to take giant steps. It seems like it was just a few days ago that I judgedJustyn’snew babySprout Socialat a Chicago technology meetup. Small project no more, Sprout Social just landed a sizable$10 million series Bround fromNew Enterprise Associates. The round valued the company at $50 million. In case you didn’t know, Sprout Social is an up and coming social media management tool for brands....

3 min · 483 words · Mary Duran
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