Google cheat code: unlimited free searches!

Google loves Easter eggs, this is not a new piece of information. Each new confectionary version of Android has an Easter egg hidden in the same place (so maybe "hidden" isn't quite the right word, and we've seen various Easter eggs in the Google Play Games app, as well as the Google Search app. Now, Google has another treat that has been added to Search.
We've seen Google use the Konami code before in Easter eggs for Google Play Games as well as the Chromebook Pixel, and now the Konami code (or at least part of it) can be used to get an Easter egg in Google Search. If you do a voice search for "up, up, down, down, left, right, left, right", Google will speak back "Cheat mode unlocked. Unlimited free Google searches."
Of course, Google searches are free (not counting ads and personal data) and unlimited anyway, but it is still a fun trick. The video below shows it being done in a desktop browser, but the egg is also available on mobile in Google Search for Android and iOS (Windows Phone doesn't speak back to you, so it doesn't exist there.)

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T-Mobile heats up the rate-plan race, more data, unlimited international texting

Team Magenta is heating things up with its Simple Choice Plans, adding more data for the money, enabling 4G/LTE tethering, more international roaming and unlimited international texting.

The current crop of rates from T-Mobile line up simply. $50 per month gets you 500MB of unthrottled data and unlimited talk and text along with the previously established international roaming just introduced.

Under the new rate schedule, that $50 per month buys you 1GB of data with tethering. Those that want more data used to have a 2.5GB option at $60 per month. That data allowance goes up to 3GB. All the plans still have

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T-Mobile's tweaked Simple Choice plans come with more data, unlimited international texting

T-Mobile's customer-friendly "Uncarrier" schtick seems to be changing people's minds about the country's 4th largest wireless provider, and it's not done fiddling with that formula just yet. The folks in magenta just announced a slew of tweaks to its Simple Choice plans that make them worth yet another look.

Here's the long and short of it: if you've got T-Mobile's $50 Simple Choice plan, your LTE data and tethering buckets will double in size from 500MB to 1GB (at no extra cost, mind you) starting on March 23. If you're more of a power user, you can shell out an additional $10 per month per line to bring those buckets up to 3GB a pop, and a new $30/month option grants you unlimited LTE data speeds and 5GB of tethering. This does come at a price though: the $20/month tier that gave you unlimited LTE data and 2.5GB of tethering has been rejiggered to provide 5GB of each. Sure, 5GB is a lot of data, but it doesn't hold a candle to what you used to get. Thankfully, if you've already got that plan, it's yours to keep.

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Canada's Wind Mobile offers unlimited US roaming for $15 extra per month

Canadians frequently have to pay through the nose to use their phones in the US; at best, they'll get a paltry 50MB of data per day. They won't have that problem for long, though, since Wind Mobile is launching an unlimited US roaming plan on February 3rd. For $15 extra per month, subscribers will get to use as much data, text messaging and voice as they like while visiting their American neighbors. This isn't as sweet a deal as T-Mobile USA's free basic data, but it's still a huge bargain for traveling Canucks who'd rather not deal with an outrageous phone bill when they get home.

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US Cellular offers $50 unlimited plan with throttled data as a catch

You won't have to endure data caps if you want cheap phone service at US Cellular. The carrier has just launched a promo plan that offers unlimited internet access, messaging and voice for $50 per month without a contract. There is a big gotcha, though -- US Cellular will start throttling data speeds after the first 500MB, which rules it out for movie fans and others who need a lot of bandwidth. Still, it's worth a look if you're keen to both lower your bill and avoid those dreaded overage fees.

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