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Microsoft adds Foxconn parent to list of Android patent deal scalps

Read this Nikon signs patent deal with Microsoft for Android-based cameras Read more Microsoft has finally convinced Foxconn’s parent company Hon Hai to agree to its Android licensing deal, joining the already sizeable li...
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Benchmarks: HTC One, Sony Xperia Z, Google/LG Nexus 4

The HTC One has a beautiful design, a quality feel and an excellent 4.7-inch display. If you’re looking for an Android smartphone and are willing to part with £529.99 (inc. VAT; £441.66 ex. VAT), it’s well worth c...
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Xamarin opens its Test Cloud beta; buys Calabash framework maker

Xamarin — the company enabling developers to use Microsoft’s C# and Visual Studio to write native mobile apps for iOS and Android — is expanding into the testing realm. On April 16, Xamarin announced it had pu...
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Tax refund smartphone buying guide: Gallery

Previous | Next Image 1 of 10 (Image: HTC) 1. HTC One It has been a few years since I put together a tax refund special. Yesterday was tax day, and with the current fantastic smartphone lineup, changing carrier landscape, and...
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Alibaba reboots push for its cloud-based mobile OS

Alibaba has reboots its efforts to popularize its homegrown mobile phone operating system, by leveraging its popular shopping portal and boostings its ecosystem. The new push for its fledgling mobile OS comes seven months afte...
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Good Android apps for the Galaxy S4, Note 2, and other big screens

Summary: You can never have enough apps and good ones are the best. The apps in this collection work beautifully on the large screen of the Galaxy Note 2 as they should on the newest Galaxy S4. By James Kendrick for Mobile News...
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Facebook Home on the Note II, Galaxy Note 8.0, T-Mobile (MobileTechRoundup show #294)

Summary: Facebook Home is available now on some Android phones, and we both have it installed. Kevin also has the Galaxy Note 8.0, and I may need to go take a look at one soon. By Matthew Miller for Smartphones and Cell Phones ...
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Facebook Home moves into Google Play app store

Just a week after being unveiled to the world, Facebook is rolling out its new Home to Google Play. To recall, Facebook Home is a user interface (or “family of apps”) for Android smartphones that integrates the soc...
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Facebook Home on the Samsung Galaxy Note II (screenshot gallery)

Previous | Next Image 1 of 19 Enable Facebook Home from within updated Facebook app Rachel was at the Facebook Home launch event last week and posted some first impressions on the HTC First. Today we see that handset launchin...
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