Remains of the Day: Sprint Offers Its Own Extended Warranty to iPhone Users

Sprint finally offers iPhone users its extended warranty, Hipmunk now features flight deals, Bing gets even more social, and Yelp starts listing hygiene scores.

• Sprint offering Total Equipment Insurance for iPhone on January 25th An internal memo has leaked stating that Sprint will finally extend its Total Equipment Protection insurance service to iPhone owners on January 25th. Much like Apple Care, customers will have 30 days to to add TEP to their plan for $11/month. In lieu of an upfront charge, Sprint's TEP claims come with more expensive deductibles that can range from $150-$200. [Engadget]
• Hipmunk Now Listing Flight Deals Hipmunk, one of our favorite travel booking services, is now listing flight deals. Just click on the deals window on the Hipmunk home page for a list of deals from your home city for the next few weeks. You can also sign up for email alerts. [Hipmunk]
• Bing Social Updates Arrive Today: For Every Search, There is Someone Who Can Help Bing has updated its Social Sidebar to display more results from your Facebook friends relevant to your searches. You'll also be able to see your friends photos in the listing, and get results from Twitter, Quora, Foursquare, and other social networks. [Bing Search Blog]
• Now on Yelp: Restaurant Inspection Scores Yelp will now list restaurant hygiene scores to business pages via a new standard called LIVES (Local Inspector Value-entry Specification). LIVES will let municipalities display their hygiene scores as one of the attributes on a business' page. New York and San Francisco will be the first cities to make use of this new feature. [Yelp Blog]
• MediaFire Debuts for Android, Offers Users 50GB of Free Cloud Storage Yesterday cloud storage/file sharing service MediaFire released an Android version of its mobile app. Much like the iOS version, the MediaFire app comes with 50 GB of free storage (which can be upgraded starting at $1.50/month) and upload files directly to your account. However, it does not allow you to sync folders or batch upload?you'll have to upload everything manually. [CNET]

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