According to currently listed pricing, Cricket is coming out ahead. Each phone on Virgin Mobile is going to cost an extra $150. Here’s the pricing details: *Note that the 8GB phone is an iPhone 4, not the 4S. Cricket and Virgin Mobile have a history of carrier-specific MEID numbers attached to their phones, so bringing in a third party CDMA friendly iPhone you already have might not work out....

First, connect your Kindle Fire to your computer via a Micro USB cable. Swipe the Lock Screen and type in the Kindle Fire Lock Screen Password if you have one. When AutoPlay comes up in Windows, click Open Folder to View Files under General Options. If the Kindle Fire doesn’t show up automatically, go into My Computer and you’ll see it listed as a removable drive. Open the Kindle Fire drive and open the Music folder....

Mac OS Mountain Lion has over a hundred new features, Apple says, but the most significant are the influences from iOS. For example, it will include Notification Center, which works in much the same way that Growl does now. It also will have system-wide Twitter integration, Game Center, and AirPlay mirroring so you can wirelessly put your desktop screen on Apple TV. Mountain Lion also will have individual apps for Notes and Reminders....

Even if you set Windows Update to “Check for Updates but Let Me Choose Whether to Download and Install Them” it won’t pop up a notification. Windows (8) Update Notifier Download Windows (8) Update Notifier, unzip it and run WindowsUpdateNotifier.exe. The utility icon lives in the Notification Area on the Taskbar. It will check for updates and display a notification of what’s available. By default it searches for new updates every hour....

Of course, you won’t be able to allow its posting yourself (that would be something); one of your trusted friends will have to take this responsibility. First, install the app to your Facebook account by clicking here and then allowing it to access your basic info, post to Facebook as you and send you e-mail. Then, choose between leaving a video or a text message – obviously, you need a webcam for the first option (you can also upload a previously recorded video file)....

I know a lot of people are thinking “why not use Dropbox or Skydrive?” Well, you’re right. That is a perfect option while you’re on the go, but when I’m on my local network, FileApp lets me open an ftp address in Windows explorer and copy/paste the files directly. It takes out the “middle man” while on the same WiFi network. Using FileApp on iPhone with Windows First install FileApp on your device from the App Store....

Improved Twitter Interface and Performance So what’s new? First off, you’ll notice that loading times are snappier, and there are changes in the overall app design. The user profile page shows a scrollable header with the user’s avatar in one page, and the user’s bio when you swipe sideways. Below it, you get to see user stats (tweets, following, and followers). Further down you get the most recent tweets, a photo stream, favorites, lists, and similar users....

Complexity and simplicity mixed What I like about Winamp is that it can provide you with what you need if you only want to listen to your music collection, but it can also be a very complex piece of software, should you need it that way. I’ve basically used it as a music player for all these years and although I do use different applications for burning music CD’s and watching Videos/Movies, Winamp is my default App for listening and managing my music collection....

Go to Start » All Programs and scroll down to the Startup folder. Right-click it and select Open. Now drag and drop shortcuts of the programs you want to launch when Windows starts. Close out of the Startup folder. The next time you restart your system, those programs will automatically run. Keep in mind this will make startup time slower. But it’s nice to have regularly used programs launch and ready to roll....

How Concatenate in Excel Works The Concatenate function is straightforward to use. The syntax for the function works as follows: CONCATENATE(text1, text2, text3, …) This function appears very simple. It will string together multiple text strings into a single string. You place each string (or the cell that holds the string) separated by commas inside the function. While it may be simple, its uses are plentiful. In this article, we’ll go over a few examples of some of the most useful ways you can use the Concatenate function in your various projects....

The Power User Menu provides access to various Windows tools and settings like the Device Manager, PowerShell, the Task Manager, the Run dialog box, System properties, Power Options, File Explorer, and the PC Settings app. Today we’ll show you how to add the Control Panel to the Power User Menu and the right-click Context menu on the desktop and in File Explorer. Add the Control Panel to the Win+X Menu Win+X Menu Editor is a free tool that allows you to easily customize the Power User Menu, including adding the Control Panel to the menu....

It seems like with most Windows 7 ready programs, during installation they are automatically granted access through the Windows Firewall. Most of the time this is fine. However, I’ve run into situations where some programs later might have issues accessing the Internet. An excellent example of this is Remote Desktop, which by default is not allowed through Windows Firewall. Additionally, manually being able to allow/block a program through the Windows Firewall is a great trick for troubleshooting networking problems....

I’ve found this feature to be annoying when laying down to read from the device. Here’s how to disable the feature. Tap the settings notification bar at the top right of the Kindle Fire home screen. From the drop-down menu, tap the Unlocked button so it says locked. Auto-orientation is now disabled. Note: This will lock the screen orientation to its current setting. To rotate the screen again you’ll need to unlock the setting....

Live News on Apple TV and iOS To see it, you will need to be running the most recent version of iOS or tvOS to see the live news content. Which, at the time of this writing is Version 11.2.5 for both platforms. Go into the TV app and stay in the Watch Now section. Then scroll down past the Up Next and What to Watch section and you will see a News section....

First, make sure you have Parallels Desktop 6 installed. Then verify you have the latest updates for the virtual machine (VM) you create it with it on your Mac OS X system. In this example I needed to download the latest build. Install the update like normal following the wizard. If you didn’t download the latest updates, you’ll run into errors when installing Chrome OS. This is the error I ran into because I didn’t update Parallels first....

What Are Siri Shortcuts? Siri has come a long way since first launching on the iPhone 4s in 2011. Today, various Apple devices have the voice assistant baked in, including iPhone, iPad, Apple TV, Mac, Apple Watch, HomePod, and more. On iPhone and iPad, Siri automatically keeps track of your digital routines across apps, then uses this information to suggest ways to perform everyday tasks from either the device Lock screen or in Search....

The costs add up in a hurry and in the end you might end up spending more than you do before cutting the cord. So the question this week is how many subscriptions do you have? Are there some you started on a free trial and ended up forgetting about? Is it time to take inventory and cancel some of the subscriptions you have that you don’t use? Here’s where my digital media subscriptions stand: We want to know your take....

What we want to know is, what you are looking forward to in the tech space for the coming year. Did you get a new tech gadget? Maybe a new computer with Windows 8.1, or maybe you’re looking forward to new offerings from services like Hulu Plus or Netflix. Well, whatever it is, leave a comment below and engage in the conversation! But now, I am a huge fan of Xbox Music — it’s really improved a lot — Outlook....

That’s right; these are the same sweaters the geeks on the Gmail team got when the service graduated out of beta status. Ah yeah, the chicks are gonna love this! Details! Give me Details! The date was July 7, 2009. The weather was warm, and the beta was shed. In celebration, Google gave every member of the Gmail team a groovin’ free sweatshirt with the embroidered Gmail logo. While that might not seem like the greatest present, these sweaters are pretty slick....

A while back we talked about an online creative suite called Aviary. This weekend the Aviary team is shaking things up a bit and launching what they call 30 Days of Roc. As part of the promotion, over the next 30 days the Aviary team will be adding a total of 50 musical instruments to their online Music Creator webapp, Roc. If you aren’t familiar with Roc, it is an online music creating web app that runs completely in “the cloud....