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NFC will Come Out of the Trial Phase in 2013 as 285 Million Enabled Devices are Expected to be Shipped, Says ABI Research

NFC will Come Out of the Trial Phase in 2013 as 285 Million Enabled Devices are Expected to be Shipped, Says ABI Research<0> ABI ResearchChristine Gallen, +44.203.326.0142 </0>ABI Re    

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Apple applies for patent that scales content to match face distance, save us from squinting

Most software has to be designed around a presumed viewing distance, whether it's up close for a smartphone or the 10-foot interface of a home theater hub. Apple has been imagining a day when the exact dis    

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Google wants to change your reality with Ingress, a mobile game played out in real life

All the viral ads courtesy of Niantic Labs told us something was coming, and now its here -- an alternate reality game from Google called Ingress. The theme is one of worldwide mind control, and it'll be p    

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LTE: fast, global, silenced by a $650 radio jammer

Oh gosh, we haven't been so panicked since our phones were hypothetically possessed by demons. And come to think of it, this is theoretically far, far worse. A research group at Virginia Tech is claiming t    

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Worldwide sales of mobile phones decline 3% in 3Q12, while smartphone sees 47% increase, says Gartner

Worldwide sales of mobile phones to end users reached almost 428 million units in the third quarter of 2012, a 3.1% decline from the third quarter of 2011, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales accounted for 3    

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Texas Instruments to cut 1,700 jobs as part of its shift away from mobile

Texas Instruments signaled its intentions to back away from the volatile mobile market as the summer came to a close. Unfortunately, we're now learning that the shift comes at a price -- as part of a wider    

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Intel Thunderbolt suffers low penetration in the PC market

Intel's Thunderbolt technology is facing difficulty penetrating the PC market. Currently only about 10% of notebooks and motherboards adopt the technology due to high costs, according to sources from the u    

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Tablet and smartphone penetration rates expected to increase in 2013

The IEK of Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) expects tablet shipments to surpass 30 million units in 2013, which will produce double-digit output value and an on-year increase of 50%    

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Commentary: Will Apple soften its stance against Samsung after reaching peace deal with HTC?

The announcement of a comprehensive settlement of patent lawsuits between Apple and HTC comes as a surprise to the smartphone industry, given Apple's previous hostile attitude against alleged patent violat    

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Apple could get $6 to $8 for every smartphone HTC sells

A new 10 year patent licensing deal came in effect two days ago between Apple and HTC. However details on what the benefits for either side might be weren't given at the time. Shaw Wu, analyst at Stern    

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