Every week new things happen in the technology world, from innovative products being released to announcements in the tech business world.
To help keep Tech Times readers up on the latest, here's a look at some big stories and news we expect to hit the headlines:
Sony Saga Continues
Sony Pictures is having a rough few months. The company was first hacked on November 24 and in the following weeks the hackers leaked unreleased movies, emails of top Sony executives and even social security numbers of thousands of past Sony employees, including the likes of Sylvester Stallone.
Just Friday the FBI formally accused North Korea of being behind the hack, saying the government hacked Sony because of The Interview, a movie starring James Franco and Seth Rogen who play journalistsasked by the CIA to assassinate North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.
In the wake of hackers' threats to initiate a 9/11 tragedy Sony pulled the release of the movie which drew criticism from President Barack Obama. North Korean officially denied the hack and is asking to be part of the U.S. investigation into the cybersecurity incident.
So what's to happen this week for Sony? It's highly likely developments will continue to be made as to who the hackers really were, whether it was actually North Korea, or someone else.
Carriers to Fire Back at T-Mobile
While it may not happen right away, AT&T, Sprint and Verizon are all due to shoot back at T-Mobile after the company announced Uncarrier 8.0, meaning users can now roll over their unused data to the next month. Data can be kept for up to a year.
T-Mobile has been shaking up the industry a lot, making competitors a little nervous. The company is likely to have taken over Sprint in terms of the number of customers that it has, although official numbers are yet to be announced for Q4.
T-Mobile has shown it is forward thinking and at least partially thinking about the consumer. The other companies have to step up in order to compete. T-Mobile is small, but it's growing faster than any of the others, and this is likely to continue if the others don't do something about it.
Big Week Ahead in Shopping
Have yet to buy gifts for some of your loved ones this Christmas? You had better head to the mall quick, because its likely that quite a few other people will have done the same thing. The good news is that several major retailers are open 24 hours through Christmas Eve. Though the employees at those retailers likely aren't celebrating such a business move.
Holiday sales accounted for a whopping $602 billion in the U.S. alone in 2013, with an average of $730 spent on food, drinks, gifts, decorations and so on during the Christmas season.
Conclusion
The holiday season may be a little quiet in terms of product releases, but that doesn't mean nothing at all is happening. The new Lumia smartphone is debuting on Dec. 23 and Tech Times will have insight on the latest mobile device. There will also be several articles relating to CES readers shouldn't miss.
