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Microsoft to acquire Nokia's devices & services business for around $5 billion (Update: due early 2014)

Whoa. Big news from the middle of the night. According to Nokia, Microsoft will purchase "substantially" all of Nokia's device and service arms as well as licensing the phone maker's patents    

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IFA 2013 preview: what to expect

CES 2013 was a decidedly sleepy show by most accounts, but this year's IFA is shaping up to be anything but. Devices set for a reveal are still under proverbial lock and key, but chatter, teases and leaks    

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Large-screen smartphones overtake both tablet and portable PC shipments in Asia in 2Q13, says IDC

Smartphones with screen sizes of 5- to just under 7-inch, colloquially known as phablets, overtook shipments of each of the portable PC and tablet device categories in Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) in the seco    

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Samsung Galaxy Gear live photos leak prior to IFA

A prototype Samsung Galaxy Gear unit found itself in the hands of our colleagues from Venturebeat who got to spend some time with the smartwatch and spilled some beans about it along the way.So, here it is. Wha    

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Reuters: Verizon's $130 billion bid for Vodafone stake to be voted on this weekend (update: it's a done deal)

Vodafone and Verizon might finally be "resolving" their business relationship, according to Reuters: the pair are said to be striking a deal this weekend. The typical folks "familiar with the mat    

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