Rogers To Begin Selling The Nokia Lumia 710 In White, Confirms Lumia 900 In Cyan
Rogers will also begin selling the Lumia 710 in white. The product will still have exchangeable backplates in colours such as cyan, magenta, yellow and black. The current price of the Lumia 710 is $0.01 on a 3-year term or $229.99 and the white version is expected to be introduced at the same price.
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Samsung’s ChatON Messaging Service Comes To Windows Phone, Now Available On All Mainstream Platforms
Samsung has now touched all the bases with its ChatON messaging service after it added support for Microsoft’s Windows Phone platform, making it available on all four of the smartphone industry’s most prominent operating systems, as WPcentral reports. ChatOn was unveiled by Samsung in August last year, and the multi-platform mobile messaging service allows user to send text, images and video clips between Samsung’s range of Android and Bada smartphones, as well as rival platforms.
The Next Web
Facebook Smooths The Way For Carrier Billing On In-App Purchases
Facebook has known for some time now that its app-monetization process was more SucksVille, than FarmVille. Now, it's just announced that it's rolling out the new silky-smooth two-step payment process. This means you can stock up on Farm cash sans typing, and forget about the real cost until your mobile bill turns up. Currently most US and UK networks are on board, but more international operators will be added as soon as they can.
Engadget
Foxconn Workers Rise Up Against Security Guards, Dozens Arrested
A “minor incident” at a Foxconn factory in Chengdu, China sparked a riot on Monday as a number of workers attacked company security guards. Despite Apple’s efforts to improve conditions in it’s partners’ factories, workers are still displeased. Following an incident involving a theft in a factory dormitory, some employees with grudges against the security guards jumped at the chance to retaliate. The event soon escalated, with more than a thousand workers joining in by throwing trash cans and destroying facilities.
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