Mint Mobile has always been an Android Authority favorite for its simple and affordable plans. Thus, we were excited to see that, for a limited time, you can now get six months of service for the price of just three. This offer applies to the three-month, 8GB plan, which was already good value at just $20 per month. Now when you sign up they’ll throw in an extra three months for free, meaning it works out at just $10 per month.

A mobile ecosystem is not just about apps and the mobile OS itself. Today, our smartphones and tablets are also entertainment devices, and we want to be able to read books, watch movies and listen to music. But side-loading these content, or accessing through third-party ecosystems is not always the most seamless means to access mobile entertainment. This is what has made Apple’s iOS ecosystem successful, so far, having popularized the per-track download of songs and movie purchases.

Requires the Ring Alarm Security Kit Listens to your Existing Smoke or CO Alarms Easy setup through the Ring App. Compatible with iOS and Android devices. Connects via Z-Wave (250-ft range to Base Station). Battery life of 3 years. Batteries are replaceable. Optional 24/7 professional monitoring with a Ring Protect Plan subscription (sold separately). No long-term commitments or cancellation fees. Save up to $100 per year on home insurance with a professionally monitored Ring Alarm.

If you’re a fan of RPGs, especially humorous action-RPGs, then you’re in luck. The Bard’s Tale for Android is currently available in the Google Play Store for 50 percent of what it would normally cost. The Bard’s Tale, originally released in 2004 for the Playstation 2 and Xbox, was released for Android devices last month. It promises 20-30 hours of gameplay and more than 50 enemy types spread over a vast world of “with towns, wild forests, rivers, castles, towers, secret dungeons, snowy mountains, caverns, haunted tombs and more.

InSapphoWeTrust/Flickr Ever wanted to go online instead of listening to old Bon Jovi casette tape hits transferred to your iPod or smartphone of choice while flying thousands of feet above sea level? Join the club. It’s something that a lot of people genuinely want because, how can anyone live without the Internet, right? One of the few companies that truly understands this is United Airlines, and as such, it has announced a satellite based in-flight Wi-Fi service, an offering that is the first of its kind in the US.

If you’re an app developer uploading content to the Google Play Store – or you plan to be at some point – then the following may serve as a cautionary tale. Austin Meyer, an app developer from South Carolina, has posted a video on YouTube explaining how he is being sued by a patent troll in East Texas simply for uploading his app to Google Play. But not because his app infringes on some patent: because the patent troll apparently owns the idea of the Google Play Store itself.

The $400 ZTE Axon 7 was a pretty fly smartphone when it was released in June this year, and ZTE seems committed to improve it with regular software updates. ZTE Axon 7 review Reviews Available over the air now, the second software update for the Axon 7 will bump its version number from A2017U B20 to A2017U B27. One of the major improvements in this update would be a vastly improved RF performance, which could not come any sooner.

Samsung’s Dual Edge AMOLED display not only makes the Galaxy S6 and S7 Edge look unbelievably sleek, but the company’s latest software also makes it rather useful too. Not surprising, Samsung’s competitors have taken note and a new report states that the company is selling its cutting edge display technology to some of its Chinese rivals. Huawei, Vivo, and Xiaomi are said to be releasing curved display smartphones in the near future.

Looking to get yourself a brand new high-end smartphone? You may want to go with Verizon’s LG G4! Big Red is currently offering a $100 Visa prepaid card to anyone who purchases LG’s current flagship phone. The concept is as simple as they get. You just have to purchase the LG G4 between August 1-12 from Verizon Wireless. After that simply head over to www.lgg4augustrebate.com and submit your form before August 31st. That’s it!

Maybe it’s just me, but whenever I’m using my phone while traveling via a subway system I always feel like someone behind me is closely inspecting each tap and swipe I make. If only a fancy bit of AI tech could cure my paranoia Luckily for me (or unluckily for any subway snoops), two Google researchers have done just that with a project dubbed the “electronic screen protector”. The brains behind the AI-powered software, Hee Jung Ryu and Florian Schroff, will fully debut their work next week at the Neural Information Processing Systems conference in California.