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AT&T to fold Aio into Leap Wireless if buyout pushes through Oct 21st 2013, 03:42, by Juan Carlos Torres If all goes according to AT&T‘s plan, new subscribers to its newly launched Aio Wireless prepaid service might see themselves shuttled off to a new company. According to an FCC filing, the carrier plans on merging its prepaid subsidiary with Leap Wireless’ business if the acquisition of the latter proves to be successful. Aio Wireless was launched just last May to provide no-contract prepaid plans under the AT&T network, ranging from basic voice-only options to tiered data plans. Initially available only in Tampa, Houston, and Orlando, Aio Wireless was scheduled to make a nationwide rollout sometime last month. In the meantime, however, AT&T also had other prepaid plans in motion. In July, it purchased Leap Wireless for a total of $1.19 billion. More popularly known as Cricket, the carrier is yet another prepaid service provider that has a bit more weight at least compared to newcomer Aio. It seems that AT&T has planned to merge it’s Aio Wireless business with Leap Wireless but will be keeping the more popular branding of Cricket. At the moment, it is still unclear what exactly AT&T plans to do with existing subscribers, operations, and employees of both companies. It is still too early, anyway, as Leap shareholders are yet to vote on the acquisition on Thursday and has to pass through the FCC and the Department of Justice. VIA: TalkAndroid Google Chromecast might be coming to other regions soon Oct 21st 2013, 03:12, by Juan Carlos Torres Don’t get your hopes up yet, but people outside of the US might be getting a real treat soon. If the Chromecast app is taken as an indicator, Google‘s streaming dongle might be available in the UK and Canada in the near future. Aside from a few services such as Hulu Plus and Netflix announcing support for the device, it has been quite a while since we’ve received any news or rumor about Google’s Chromecast dongle. The last software update was a good month ago and contained nothing really new. And while the device was put back in stock in September, the hype and furor around it has seemingly settled down. It remains to be seen if this new speculation will revive interest to previous levels, but it’s still some welcome news, at least if it all pans out. Apparently, the Chromecast app for Android and iOS has recently become available for installation in the UK and Canada. Of course, it might not be a telltale sign, but it gives a sliver of hope that the Chromecast device would soon be expanding its scope to countries outside the US. It’s all speculation, with a pinch of wishful thinking, for now. It would definitely be nice to have Chromecast officially available to more territories, but Google has so far been silent, if not vague, on its plans. Perhaps we’ll get a glimpse of what it has in mind at the mysterious Google Play event scheduled on October 24. VIA: Android Authority

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