Goodbye MetroPCS; Hello Metro by T-Mobile

  • MetroPCS will soon be called Metro by T-Mobile.
  • The new brand name coincides with a new logo and new plans.
  • Metro by T-Mobile will offer new unlimited plans that come with free perks, including Google One and Amazon Prime.

T-Mobile CEO John Legere took to YouTube today to announce big changes for its prepaid MetroPCS brand. The biggest change is a new name: Metro by T-Mobile.

In the YouTube clip above, Legere explains his frustration with people’s incorrect perceptions regarding prepaid services like Metro by T-Mobile. He says that customer surveys refer to prepaid services as “crappy” or “only for flip phones,” which in his eyes is totally incorrect.

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With the new rebrand of MetroPCS, Legere hopes people will drop some of those negative assumptions of prepaid services and see that Metro by T-Mobile is for budget-conscious users who refuse to compromise on services and features.

Along with the new name, Metro by T-Mobile is also offering new plans. Check the chart below:

A chart showing the most recent updates to the Metro by T-Mobile plans, as of September 24, 2018. T-Mobile

As you can see, there is a slight update to one of the existing plans and then two new unlimited plans on offer. The slight change to the existing $40 plan is that LTE data was doubled from 5GB per month to 10GB per month.

The two new plans offer unlimited LTE data as well as a few extra perks. The first plan is $50 for one line and gets you unlimited LTE data, 5GB of LTE hotspot data per month, and access to Google One. This is the first time Google One has been bundled with any wireless service.

The second unlimited plan becomes Metro by T-Mobile’s most premium offering. For $60 per month, you get unlimited LTE, 15GB of LTE hotspot, a Google One subscription, and an Amazon Prime subscription.

No joke: these are amazing deals. However, as usual, there are some caveats.

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The biggest caveat is that your LTE data is a lower priority than some T-Mobile customers, which means you will likely see slower service speeds than you would if you were a postpaid T-Mobile subscriber. However, this is no different than how MetroPCS operated in the past, so current MetroPCS customers will likely see no difference there.

Another caveat is that you will see even slower speeds if you use more than 35GB of LTE data in a 30-day period. You also are limited to streaming video at only 480p quality.

Finally, it is not clear how the two bundled services in the most premium plan will work. The fine print says that the Amazon Prime deal is only valid for new Amazon Prime members — does that mean you must create a new account to get the bundled service, or can you migrate your existing Amazon account? Also, it’s not clear which Google One plan is bundled up here. We’ve reached out to T-Mobile to clarify.

Metro by T-Mobile will take over starting in October.

What do you think? Do these new plans and features seem tempting enough to switch to Metro by T-Mobile? Sound off in the comments!

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How to Add a Glossary or Dictionary Section in Your WordPress Site

Do you want to add a glossary or dictionary section in your WordPress site? A glossary section has all the terms and abbreviations related to your business, so you can easily explain industry topics to your customers. This helps you earn trust and position yourself as an industry leader. In this article, we will show you how to add a glossary or dictionary section to your WordPress site.

Adding a glossary in WordPress

What is a Glossary or Dictionary?

A glossary or dictionary has definitions of terms listed in the alphabetical order on a specific subject. It shows keyword and explanation like a general dictionary which helps users find the meaning of a specific term, phrase, or abbreviation.

You can refer to WPBeginner’s WordPress Glossary to get an idea of how a typical glossary or dictionary looks like.

WordPress glossary

With that said, let’s take a look on how to easily add a glossary or dictionary section on your WordPress site.

Adding a Glossary or Dictionary on your WordPress Site

The first thing you need to do is to install and activate the CM Tooltip Glossary plugin. For more details, see our step by step guide on how to install a WordPress plugin.

Upon activation, you’ll be automatically redirected to the plugin’s settings page.

Under the ‘General Settings’ tab, you can select a page to display glossary terms, set glossary page URL, and manage the highlighting options for glossary terms. You can also enable the case sensitive option for your glossary.

Glossary settings

If your site doesn’t have a glossary page, then you can enable the ‘Generate Page for Glossary Index’ option to create a new page for your glossary. By default, the glossary page URL will be ‘yoursite.com/glossary’.

If you change the glossary permalink settings on this page, then you can use your new slug (keyword) to view the glossary page.

Once you are done, click on the ‘Save Changes’ button to store these settings.

Next, you need to visit the ‘Glossary Index Page’ tab to configure your glossary display settings.

Each option has a question mark icon next to it. You can hover on this icon to see what each specific option does.

Index page settings

After that, you need to switch to the ‘Glossary Term’ tab to manage link settings for your glossary. You have the option to ‘Open glossary term page in a new window/tab’. While we don’t think it creates a good user experience, you can choose the settings that best fits your need.

Glossary term settings

Adding a New Glossary Term

Now that you have configured glossary settings, you are ready to start adding glossary terms and their definition.

Simply go to CM Tooltip Glossary » Add New page in your WordPress admin area to add a new glossary term.

First, you need to provide a title for your glossary term and then write the description in the text editor. Once you’re done writing the details, click on the ‘Publish’ button.

Add new glossary term

You can add as many glossary terms as you want, and they’ll be automatically arranged in the alphabetical order on your glossary page. It also allows you to start the glossary term title with numbers and display them before the alphabetical terms on the glossary page.

After adding a few terms, you can visit your WordPress site to see the glossary page in action.

Note: The glossary / dictionary page URL is the same that you created in the general settings above.

Glossary page

If you have hundreds of glossary terms, then your users can click on any alphabet or numerical value above to easily view the specific terms on the dictionary page.

That’s all. We hope this article helped you learn how to add a glossary or dictionary on your WordPress site. You may also want to see our ultimate step by step guide on how to start a WordPress blog for beginners.

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SiriusXM buys Pandora: What it means for you

  • SiriusXM just bought Pandora for $3.5 billion.
  • As of now, there are no expected changes to either subscription service — even the names will stay the same.
  • There are also no plans for cross-content features for people who are subscribed to both programs.

In a press release published today, SiriusXM announced that it is buying Pandora for $3.5 billion. The satellite radio company and the internet music streaming service will combine to create the world’s largest audio entertainment company.

When big mergers like this happen, there are almost always changes in store. As of right now, SiriusXM says that not much is changing at all, but companies will often say that at the beginning and then introduce changes later.

Below you’ll find answers to some common questions surrounding the just-announced acquisition which will hopefully shed some light on the situation!

Why did SiriusXM buy Pandora?

Although SiriusXM and Pandora joining forces seems to make a lot of sense, it’s also a questionable move. Pandora hasn’t been doing so well in 2018 — the company lost $200 million over the first two quarters of the year. Despite Pandora being around for nearly two decades, it is struggling to stay relevant while competitors like Spotify and Apple music dominate the music streaming industry.

SiriusXM might be buying Pandora to eventually merge the two services together, which is really the only logical thing to do. If a Pandora subscription also included access to satellite radio, that would certainly give Pandora a leg up over its competitors.

Will subscription pricing go up?

As of right now, SiriusXM says, “There will be no changes to any SiriusXM or Pandora subscriptions or services at this time.” The “at this time” part is the most important aspect of that sentence because it leaves the door open for pricing changes in the future.

However, it is unlikely that pricing will go up because of this merger. Rather, it is more likely that the two services will get combined which will launch new pricing structures for the new combo service.

Will there be name changes or service changes?

According to SiriusXM, there will be no changes at all for now. Pandora will continue to operate as Pandora with both ad-supported and paid options, and SiriusXM will continue to do business as usual. SiriusXM did clarify that “ad-free content has been and will continue to be a key differentiator for SiriusXM,” which suggests that SiriusXM subscribers don’t have to worry about ads coming to their satellite radio feeds for now.

What about T-Mobile’s free Pandora subscription?

As of now, T-Mobile hasn’t made any official statement on the SiriusXM/Pandora merger. However, since SiriusXM repeatedly states that nothing is changing when it comes to Pandora, it’s reasonable to assume that those T-Mobile subscribers who recently took advantage of the free year of Pandora will continue to see that service until the year is up.

What does this mean for people who currently subscribe to both services?

If you have both a SiriusXM and Pandora subscription, you will continue to pay for both services separately going forward. It is highly likely that eventually the services will be combined in some sort of fashion, which will probably mean cost savings for you since the bundled service will probably be cheaper than paying for both separately. However, that’s all speculation at this point, but we’d be very surprised if SiriusXM doesn’t intend to eventually package the two services together eventually.

How do you feel about this SiriusXM/Pandora merger? Let us know in the comments!

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