Remains of the Day: The iPhone Finally Comes to T-Mobile

T-Mobile is finally getting the iPhone this Spring, some Windows 8 apps have a Google problem, Chrome gets better at spelling, and Xbox Music gets an update.

• T-Mobile Un-leashes iPhone 5 With Incredible New Pricing and No Annual Contracts Today T-Mobile announced two major changes to its offerings. First, the company announced that it will begin to offer the iPhone to its customers on Friday, April 12. Customers can purchase the phone at its full, unsubsidized price (starting at $580) or with a $99 downpayment, with the rest to be paid in monthly installments. Also announced were new, streamlined Simple Choice plans that come with no annual contracts and unlimited talk/text and tiered 4G data?data will never be cut off, but throttled back to 2G/Edge. [T-Mobile]
• Windows 8 Mail Update Now Available, Google Calendar Support Removed for Existing Users An update to the Windows 8 Mail, Calendar, and People apps has removed access to Google's Exchange ActiveSync protocol, barring users from syncing to Google Calendar, including those who had used the Windows 8 apps to set up Google accounts before the January 30th cutoff. [The Verge]
• Oodles of Improvements to Chrome's Spell Checking Today's Chrome Stable release brings improved spell checking to the browser. The dictionaries have been refreshed for all supported languages, and Korean, Tamil, and Albanian have been added to the list. [Google Chrome Blog]
• Xbox Music Updated With Volume Control, Cloud Sync Options, and Performance Improvements An update to the Xbox Music app brings independent volume controls and improved cloud control features like a preferences panel that syncs across all of your Xbox Music devices. [The Verge]
• Introducing Pocket for Publishers: A New Way to Embrace ?Save for Later' Today Pocket launched Pocket for Publishers, a free tool for developers built for analytics and integrating Pocket into their products. Included is a new "Save to Pocket" button for web sites and support for paying customers of paywalled sites to access content through Pocket. [Pocket]

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