Mozilla took the wraps off a new experimental add-on for Firefox this week. It’s called Firefox Private Network and it’s not just experimental in the software testing sense. It’s also an experiment in revenue generation. The add-on itself is fairly self-explanatory. Turn it on, and Firefox Private Network encrypts and routes your browsing activity through […]
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LastPass password manager now free for mobile users (but unlimited sync will cost you)
LastPass is a most popular cross-platform, cloud-based password management utilities. Up until now the service has been free to use for desktop or notebook computers, but if you’ve wanted to use LastPass on a smartphone or other mobile device, you’ve needed to pay for a LastPass Premium subscription. Now LastPass is free for mobile users… […]
SlingPlayer apps could bring live TV to your phone for free (Updated)
Connect a Slingbox to your home TV setup and you can use it to stream live TV over the internet. It’s free to watch in a web browser, but if you want to use a mobile app to watch on a phone or tablet, you typically have to pay $15 or more. That’s how much […]
FreedomPop adds tablets to its free data, voice, text network
FreedomPop offers free limited wireless data, voice, and text to smartphone users. Now the company’s branching out into tablets. You can pick up an iPad mini or Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 from FreedomPop and use the tablet to make phone calls, surf the web, or send text messages for free using FreedomPop’s voice over […]
Use your old Sprint phone with FreedomPop’s free phone service
FreedomPop is expanding the freemium smartphone service it launched in October, by letting customers supply their own phones. The company provides 200 minutes of voice calling, 500 text messages, and 500MB of data for free — but up until now you’ve needed to buy a phone from FreedomPop to use the service. Now you can […]
FreedomPop offers freemium smartphone service
Tired of paying a monthly bill for your smartphone? FreedomPop is offering a service that’s entirely free (after you spend $99 to buy an Android smartphone from the company). You don’t have to pay a penny for talk, text, or data if you don’t want to. So what’s the catch? Every month you can make […]