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Nokia keeps the lawyers well fed, returns to the ITC with fresh complaints about Apple

Like a desperate suitor unable to take "no" for an answer, Nokia's come back to the ITC with fresh allegations about Apple using its patented technologies without proper authorization. On Friday,    

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HTC to acquire 11.1% stake in KKBOX, says newspaper

Smartphone vendor HTC will invest US$10 million to buy new shares issued by KKBOX Taiwan for a 11.1% stake in the company, which operates of online streaming music services in the Taiwan and Hong Kong, accordin    

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Amazon Cloud Player goes live, streams music on your computer and Android

Oh snap! Look who just ate Apple and Google's lunch here? Minutes ago, Amazon rolled out its very own music streaming service which is conveniently dubbed the Amazon Cloud Player. Existing Amazon customers    

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China market: Local handset vendor G'Five aims at 30% market share in 3 years

G'Five International, a China-based vendor recording successful marketing of entry-level feature phones in India, Pakistan, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Africa under the own brand G&#    

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Taiwan market: Motorola announces pre-order for 10-inch Xoom

US-based handset brand Motorola has announced pre-order for 200 of its 10-inch Xoom tablet PC in Taiwan with the price of the 32GB model at NT$19,980 (US$678) and will start shipping on April 20.    

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Microsoft's SpecNet promises to seek out unused wireless spectrum

Microsoft's been toying around with hardware for so-called white space spectrum for some time now, and it's now back with another fairly ambitious scheme. Dubbed "SpecNet," the hardware in t    

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WSJ: Google teams with MasterCard and Citigroup for NFC payments, also files patent app

Ever since the Nexus S and its nifty little NFC chip hit the market, there's been speculation that El Goog was planning a foray into the mobile payment arena currently occupied by the likes of Charge Anywh    

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Nokia continues reinvention, details new fonts and branding

Nokia's current typeface -- Nokia Sans -- feels like one of the great constants in the consumer electronics industry, a design that instantly screams "Nokia" the moment you see it (for better or    

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CTIA 2011 wrap-up: EVO 3D, G2x, skinny new Galaxy Tabs, and more

We just got home from this little massive US mobile industry event you may have heard about called CTIA Wireless. It took place in Orlando this year (instead of Las Vegas as usual) and we can definitely say tha    

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Sprint critiques proposed AT&T / T-Mobile deal, says buyout would 'dramatically alter' telecom industry

This afternoon, AT&T and T-Mobile dedicated a twenty-eight page PDF to convincing regulators that their39 billion aquisition wouldn't violate antitrust law, using images like the one above. Well, a    

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