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http://news.yahoo.com/wireless/ Get the latest wireless news headlines from Yahoo! News. Find breaking wireless news, including analysis and opinion on top wireless stories, photos and more.en-USCopyright (c) 2013 Yahoo! Inc. All rights reservedThu, 18 Jul 2013 15:10:16 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/wireless/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifGoogle was expected to unveil an updated version of its Android platform during the recent Google I/O conference, but the show came and went without any sign of the new OS. With Google?s Sundar Pichai hosting a press event on July 24th, however, rumors of an Android 4.3 debut are once again swirling. Google?s next-generation Nexus 7 tablet leaked on video earlier this week, and reports suggest the slate will be unveiled during Google?s event next week. Since Android 4.3 is expected to be on board, it stands to reason that Google?s Jelly Bean update will be unveiled as well. Further supporting that notion is a leaked Nexus 4 backup file posted by an xda-developers forum member, which seemingly proveshttp://news.yahoo.com/leak-shows-android-4-3-running-google-nexus-191016801.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 15:10:16 -0400BGR Newsleak-shows-android-4-3-running-google-nexus-191016801<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-expected-release-nexus-7-tablet-android-4-183200127--abc-news-topstories.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B0vq3JzVCrRb6qyVW6KBAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ap_google_nexus_7_tablet_ll_120627_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google Expected to Release New Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.3 Next Week" align="left" title="Google Expected to Release New Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.3 Next Week" border="0" /></a>At an Event Next Week, Google is Expected to Announce a New Tablet</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-expected-release-nexus-7-tablet-android-4-183200127--abc-news-topstories.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 14:32:00 -0400ABC Newsgoogle-expected-release-nexus-7-tablet-android-4-183200127--abc-news-topstories<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-expected-release-nexus-7-tablet-android-4-183200127--abc-news-topstories.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/B0vq3JzVCrRb6qyVW6KBAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ap_google_nexus_7_tablet_ll_120627_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google Expected to Release New Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.3 Next Week" align="left" title="Google Expected to Release New Nexus 7 Tablet, Android 4.3 Next Week" border="0" /></a>At an Event Next Week, Google is Expected to Announce a New Tablet</p><br clear="all"/>So Nokia missed its smartphone volume expectation by about 10%. BlackBerry missed its BlackBerry 10 volume consensus by about 15%. And HTC missed its earnings consensus by about 35% (HTC updates its revenue numbers every month, so it never misses quarterly sales numbers by much). The?autumn outlook?is gruesome for these second-tier vendors for many, many reasons. First, they all?ramped up their key models during the spring with the Nokia Lumia 520, the BlackBerry Q10 and Z10, and the HTC One. This was not just any old quarter. This was a quarter when all three had major new models shipping?pretty?much?throughout the quarter. By autumn, all of these new models will start losing their pricing power. A slow start is bad newshttp://news.yahoo.com/gather-darkness-smartphone-market-witching-hour-near-180022910.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 14:00:22 -0400BGR Newsgather-darkness-smartphone-market-witching-hour-near-180022910Google is hosting a press event on July 24th and while the company hasn?t given any indication of what plans to reveal next week, a recent leak suggests rumors of a refreshed Nexus 7 tablet are likely accurate. Android Central published a video of what it claims to be Google?s second-generation 7-inch slate alongside purported specs. The blog says Google?s next Nexus 7 features a?Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor, 4GB of RAM, a 5-megapixel rear camera, a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera, up to 32GB of storage and Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, a new version of Android that is also expected to be announced next week.?The specs are somewhat in line with earlier reports, though 4GB of RAM would be a surprise,http://news.yahoo.com/video-google-second-gen-nexus-7-tablet-shown-161505869.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 12:15:05 -0400BGR Newsvideo-google-second-gen-nexus-7-tablet-shown-161505869<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nokia-sells-fewer-handsets-expected-second-quarter-102348083.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1P4zQwKQyXFD.2WwAB30Rw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T153106Z_2_CBRE96H0SVX00_RTROPTP_2_NOKIA-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman poses with a Nokia Lumia smartphone in this photo illustration in the central Bosnian town of Zenica" align="left" title="A woman poses with a Nokia Lumia smartphone in this photo illustration in the central Bosnian town of Zenica" border="0" /></a>By Ritsuko Ando HELSINKI (Reuters) - Weak quarterly sales of Nokia smartphones raised the heat on CEO Stephen Elop, whose decision to adopt Microsoft&#039;s untested Windows Phone software has yet to deliver the recovery in the company&#039;s fortunes he was hired to achieve. Nokia has pinned its hopes on its Lumia smartphones to close the yawning lead of the market frontrunners Samsung and Apple, but progress has disappointed many investors and analysts. Nokia shares fell as much as 6 percent on Thursday after the company said it shipped 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nokia-sells-fewer-handsets-expected-second-quarter-102348083.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:41:31 -0400Reutersnokia-sells-fewer-handsets-expected-second-quarter-102348083<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nokia-sells-fewer-handsets-expected-second-quarter-102348083.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/1P4zQwKQyXFD.2WwAB30Rw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-18T153106Z_2_CBRE96H0SVX00_RTROPTP_2_NOKIA-RESULTS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A woman poses with a Nokia Lumia smartphone in this photo illustration in the central Bosnian town of Zenica" align="left" title="A woman poses with a Nokia Lumia smartphone in this photo illustration in the central Bosnian town of Zenica" border="0" /></a>By Ritsuko Ando HELSINKI (Reuters) - Weak quarterly sales of Nokia smartphones raised the heat on CEO Stephen Elop, whose decision to adopt Microsoft&#039;s untested Windows Phone software has yet to deliver the recovery in the company&#039;s fortunes he was hired to achieve. Nokia has pinned its hopes on its Lumia smartphones to close the yawning lead of the market frontrunners Samsung and Apple, but progress has disappointed many investors and analysts. Nokia shares fell as much as 6 percent on Thursday after the company said it shipped 7. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/review-pebble-watch-great-way-160141797.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/geCrXVgVqj_HfJi.t.03FQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/95d9a9c0e9ddd917370f6a706700badb_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Review: Pebble watch is a great way to be bugged" align="left" title="Review: Pebble watch is a great way to be bugged" border="0" /></a>You have a cellphone, maybe a tablet. Sometimes you lug around a laptop. Do you really need one more gadget on you? Yes, you do. You need a smart watch. At least, that&#039;s what I learned after I got the ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/review-pebble-watch-great-way-160141797.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:22:42 -0400Associated Pressreview-pebble-watch-great-way-160141797<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/review-pebble-watch-great-way-160141797.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/geCrXVgVqj_HfJi.t.03FQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://globalfinance.zenfs.com/images/US_AHTTP_AP_FINANCIALTIMES/95d9a9c0e9ddd917370f6a706700badb_original.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Review: Pebble watch is a great way to be bugged" align="left" title="Review: Pebble watch is a great way to be bugged" border="0" /></a>You have a cellphone, maybe a tablet. Sometimes you lug around a laptop. Do you really need one more gadget on you? Yes, you do. You need a smart watch. At least, that&#039;s what I learned after I got the ...</p><br clear="all"/>Every single time Nokia unveils a new smartphone or reports numbers of any kind, a familiar question is raised: What if Nokia had switched to Android?instead of Windows Phone? What if? This was a fun game to play for a few months after Nokia first announced it would dump Symbian and MeeGo in favor of Microsoft?s mobile platform, but now that ship has sailed. Revisiting that tired old question repeatedly is indeed typically boring, but it turns out that doing so for the umpteenth time finally got us a candid explanation straight from the horse?s mouth of exactly why Nokia opted for Windows Phone over the world?s top smartphone platform. In a recent interview, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop finally admittedhttp://news.yahoo.com/elop-finally-admits-why-nokia-didn-t-switch-150508513.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 11:05:08 -0400BGR Newselop-finally-admits-why-nokia-didn-t-switch-150508513Investors sent Nokia shares sliding on Thursday after the vendor posted less-than-stellar results for the second quarter this year. Nokia narrowed its loss substantially in the second quarter to -$151 million, but handset sales plummeted 27% to 61.1 million units and average selling prices fell off a cliff. But amid all the gloom, Nokia?s global Lumia shipments climbed to a record 7.4 million units on the back of the Lumia 520, and an important milestone was achieved: Lumia shipments in the second quarter outnumbered BlackBerry smartphone shipments in BlackBerry?s most recent fiscal quarter, which totaled just 6.8 million units. The bloody battle for No.3 is far from over but as bad as things have been for Nokia, they?re looking evenhttp://news.yahoo.com/good-news-amid-gloom-lumia-sales-now-outnumber-133050038.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 09:30:50 -0400BGR Newsgood-news-amid-gloom-lumia-sales-now-outnumber-133050038Google's second-quarter earnings report Thursday could result in the search leader's stock exceeding $1,000 for the first time. The report, due out after the stock market closes, comes as positive sentiment ...http://news.yahoo.com/ahead-bell-googles-2q-report-101154407.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 06:11:54 -0400Associated Pressahead-bell-googles-2q-report-101154407HTC on Thursday unveiled the HTC One mini, a smaller version of its critically acclaimed HTC One?flagship Android phone. The handset features a design that is strikingly similar to the original, but scaled down both in size as well as refinement. Whereas the currently available flagship HTC One is easily one of the most impressive smartphones the world has ever seen in terms of design, materials and build quality, the HTC One mini dials things back in order to address the mid-range smartphone market. Getting the phone?s price down was?HTC?s priority here and pumping the brakes on the hardware was clearly necessary, but was the flagship One?s allure lost in translation? When BGR reviewed the original HTC One, we calledhttp://news.yahoo.com/htc-one-mini-preview-htc-gorgeous-flagship-phone-090149500.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 05:01:49 -0400BGR Newshtc-one-mini-preview-htc-gorgeous-flagship-phone-090149500Any rival computing platform trying to break through 10 years ago faced a daunting challenge since Microsoft?s Windows was by far the most widely used desktop operating system in the world. So instead of taking on Windows directly on its home turf, Apple decided to create brand new turf to work from with iOS. As Google quickly followed suit, Microsoft saw its once-impenetrable dominance of the computing platform market evaporate. Business Insider has posted three charts ? two of its own making and one from Asymco ? showing the dramatic decline and fall of the Windows empire that really started to snowball in the first quarter of 2009. Ever since the start of 2009, shipments of Windows-based PCs have peakedhttp://news.yahoo.com/not-windows-world-anymore-043017387.htmlThu, 18 Jul 2013 00:30:17 -0400BGR Newsnot-windows-world-anymore-043017387A new report claims that shipments of smartphones could grow substantially over the next few years. According to IHS, per CNET, worldwide smartphone shipments are expected to reach 1.5 billion units by 2017. Earlier reports had suggested that Android shipments would account for 1 billion units in the same year. The research firm estimates that worldwide smartphone shipments will reach nearly 900 million units by the end of 2013, with Apple accounting for 150 million units, a slight increase from 134 million in 2012. IHS senior analyst Wayne Lam noted that the ?possible slowing growth of the iPhone,? along with ?the rapid pace of competitive smartphone releases speak to the ferocious nature of the handset business.? He added that whilehttp://news.yahoo.com/smartphone-shipments-could-reach-1-5-billion-2017-004514235.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 20:45:14 -0400BGR Newssmartphone-shipments-could-reach-1-5-billion-2017-004514235What could be next for Samsung, the company that single-handily conquered the Android market with its Galaxy smartphones and tablets. How about the rebirth of the flip phone? According to Korean website Digital Daily, Samsung is preparing to release an Android-powered Galaxy flip phone in the coming weeks. The handset will reportedly be called the Galaxy Folder and will feature a 800 x 480 pixel-display, a dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, LTE connectivity and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean. Samsung is the biggest smartphone and feature phone vendor in the world, and perhaps the only company that could be able to successfully market an Android-powered flip phone to consumers. The Galaxy Folder is reportedly slated to launch in South Korean sometime nexthttp://news.yahoo.com/samsung-trying-bring-back-flip-phone-233018758.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 19:30:18 -0400BGR Newssamsung-trying-bring-back-flip-phone-233018758<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-maps-updated-summer-travels-incident-traffic-alerts-194528963--abc-news-tech.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RcU6sjNv_ctC8V8kG1l5AQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ht_google_maps_ll_130717_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google Maps Updated for Summer Travels With Incident and Traffic Alerts" align="left" title="Google Maps Updated for Summer Travels With Incident and Traffic Alerts" border="0" /></a>Google Maps for iOS and Android Devices Update With a Host of New Features</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-maps-updated-summer-travels-incident-traffic-alerts-194528963--abc-news-tech.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 17:35:13 -0400ABC Newsgoogle-maps-updated-summer-travels-incident-traffic-alerts-194528963--abc-news-tech<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-maps-updated-summer-travels-incident-traffic-alerts-194528963--abc-news-tech.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/RcU6sjNv_ctC8V8kG1l5AQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.go.com/ht_google_maps_ll_130717_16x9_992.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Google Maps Updated for Summer Travels With Incident and Traffic Alerts" align="left" title="Google Maps Updated for Summer Travels With Incident and Traffic Alerts" border="0" /></a>Google Maps for iOS and Android Devices Update With a Host of New Features</p><br clear="all"/>Although we were disappointed that Google didn?t unveil the newest version of its Android mobile operating system at Google I/O earlier this year, the company looks set to make some Android-related news next week. Per AndroidCentral, Google has scheduled an early morning press event on July 24th with?Sundar Pichai, who earlier this year became the chief of both Google?s Chrome and Android divisions. Although Google doesn?t provide any details about what Pichai will be discussing, it?s most likely that he?ll have some news on the next version of Android, even if it?s just the latest version of Jelly Bean and not the eagerly awaited Key Lime Pie that?s rumored to launch this fall. AndroidCentral also speculates that Google will unveilhttp://news.yahoo.com/google-reveal-next-android-july-24th-193547151.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 15:35:47 -0400BGR Newsgoogle-reveal-next-android-july-24th-193547151Microsoft?s debut Surface RT tablet hasn?t been the runaway success the company was hoping for, so Microsoft recently slashed the price of the tablet ??just as we expected. The sleek Windows RT slate now starts at just $350, down 30% from the old $500 base price, but sales aren?t expected to pick up much despite the drastically reduced pricing. Digitimes? anonymous supply chain sources say that prices on Android tablets and touchscreen Windows laptops have also seen significant drops and as a result, third-quarter Surface RT sales aren?t expected to pick up much, if at all. Microsoft is expected to unveil a refreshed line of Surface tablets later this year or early next year.http://news.yahoo.com/huge-surface-rt-price-cuts-said-unlikely-boost-172502803.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 13:25:02 -0400BGR Newshuge-surface-rt-price-cuts-said-unlikely-boost-172502803Earlier reports have claimed that Google is preparing to release a sequel to its popular Nexus 7 tablet. It has also been suggested that the second-generation slate will be priced higher than its predecessor. According to an image of a supposed inventory list published by Android Central on Wednesday, the new Nexus 7 will be offered in 16GB and 32GB variants for $229 and $269 respectively. The latest rumors claim Google?s upcoming tablet will be equipped with an improved 7-inch 1980 x 1200-pixel display, a quad-core Snapdragon 600 processor, a 1.2-megapixel front-facing camera and a 5-megapixel camera on the back. The second-generation Nexus 7 is expected to be released later this month or in early August. The leaked image followshttp://news.yahoo.com/leak-may-confirm-higher-prices-second-gen-nexus-165002840.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 12:50:02 -0400BGR Newsleak-may-confirm-higher-prices-second-gen-nexus-165002840Nokia reports its spring quarter on Thursday ? and the stakes are very high, indeed. The?substantial spring?revenue weakness from?BlackBerry and HTC implies that many second-tier brands are now in serious trouble with their brand new product launches. Samsung?s earnings miss was a shocker because the South Korean giant was supposed to have a wide open shot at dominating spring sales, particularly?because Apple?s iPhone sales started slowing down significantly in the March quarter. The industry is now staring at the possibility of the entire high-end smartphone market slowing down much faster than expected.?But Nokia is not dependent on high-end smartphones to the extent that BlackBerry and HTC are ? and that makes Nokia?s spring report absolutely riveting. Nokia has two blackhttp://news.yahoo.com/moment-truth-nokia-161555981.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 12:15:55 -0400BGR Newsmoment-truth-nokia-161555981Given that everyone from Apple to Samsung to BlackBerry has posted disappointing sales for their flagship devices over the past year, it shouldn?t be surprising that smartphone buyers as a whole aren?t feeling the same excitement about new devices that they were just a few years ago. The Wall Street Journal reports that new research from UBS shows the rate of smartphone upgrades declined by 9% year-over-year in 2012 and is projected to decline by another 2% year-over-year in 2013. The Journal says one reason why many users are upgrading their smartphones less often is that they don?t see any compelling innovation in new iPhone or Galaxy models that make them want to trade up. Mobile carriers such as AT&Thttp://news.yahoo.com/thrill-gone-smartphone-buyers-135027572.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 09:50:27 -0400BGR Newsthrill-gone-smartphone-buyers-135027572<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q_COYuiuDxaGLLjYuZFF3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T110218Z_3_CBRE96F1F8H00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" align="left" title="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics company NEC Corp&#039;s talks with Lenovo Group Ltd over a mobile phone venture have stalled due to disagreements over majority ownership and patents, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Nikkei business newspaper reported that NEC planned to exit its loss-making smartphone business after a mobile phone deal with Lenovo, already a partner in the personal computer business, failed to materialize. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/nec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121.htmlWed, 17 Jul 2013 07:02:18 -0400Reutersnec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/nec-talks-lenovo-mobile-phone-venture-stalled-source-110218121.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Q_COYuiuDxaGLLjYuZFF3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-17T110218Z_3_CBRE96F1F8H00_RTROPTP_2_JAPAN.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" align="left" title="A logo of NEC Corp. is seen at Wireless Japan 2012 in Tokyo" border="0" /></a>TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese electronics company NEC Corp&#039;s talks with Lenovo Group Ltd over a mobile phone venture have stalled due to disagreements over majority ownership and patents, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. The Nikkei business newspaper reported that NEC planned to exit its loss-making smartphone business after a mobile phone deal with Lenovo, already a partner in the personal computer business, failed to materialize. ...</p><br clear="all"/>A federal jury in Texas on Monday found that HTC, Sony, Ericsson and Alcatel-Lucent do not infringe Wi-Lan?s technology, The Wall Street Journal reported. Wi-Lan, a well-known patent troll that uses litigation to generate revenue, had accused the companies of infringing on four of its wireless patents. The company previously filed a similar lawsuit against BlackBerry in December. A Wi-Lan spokesperson told The Journal that the company was ?disappointed with the jury?s decision,? and it is now reviewing its options. Shares of Wi-Lan fell more than 30% to a three-year low of $3.27 on Monday, however they rebounded on Tuesday, jumping 13% to $3.70 per share.http://news.yahoo.com/htc-sony-defeat-patent-troll-013038591.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 21:30:38 -0400BGR Newshtc-sony-defeat-patent-troll-013038591Sony needs a device that will allow the company to stand out from the sea of Android smartphones currently flooding the market. Earlier reports had suggested that Sony is prepping a high-end smartphone with a 20-megapixel rear camera and now,?According to Chinese website ePrice, the company will soon launch the Xperia i1 equipped with a 5-inch full HD 1080p display and a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor. The selling point, however, will be its 20.7-megapixel rear camera with a 1/2.3-inch ExmorRS sensor, the same as the Galaxy Camera and other point-and-shoot cameras. By comparison, the iPhone 5 and brand new Lumia 1020 feature a 1/3.2-inch image sensor and a 1/1.5 inch sensor, respectively. The Xperia i1 will also include 2GBhttp://news.yahoo.com/sony-challenge-nokia-20-megapixel-xperia-i1-smartphone-223529197.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 18:35:29 -0400BGR Newssony-challenge-nokia-20-megapixel-xperia-i1-smartphone-223529197<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2MmtEpx7fuPCjjsV_Jo1tg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T185603Z_2_CBRE96F1FSX00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-APP-JOBS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" align="left" title="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - Finding a job is not easy but a range of smartphone and web apps are designed to customize employment searches and even provide information on the competition. Free apps such as SimplyHired, Indeed, and Monster, for iPhone and Android devices, provide job opportunities through a keyword search, and web-based apps, including TwitJobSearch and TweetMyJobs, will scour Twitter for opportunities and send job alerts through the social network. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/apps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 14:56:03 -0400Reutersapps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/apps-heavy-lifting-during-job-search-183843990.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/2MmtEpx7fuPCjjsV_Jo1tg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-16T185603Z_2_CBRE96F1FSX00_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-APP-JOBS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" align="left" title="Passerby photographs Apple store logo with his Samsung Galaxy phone in central Sydney" border="0" /></a>By Natasha Baker TORONTO (Reuters) - Finding a job is not easy but a range of smartphone and web apps are designed to customize employment searches and even provide information on the competition. Free apps such as SimplyHired, Indeed, and Monster, for iPhone and Android devices, provide job opportunities through a keyword search, and web-based apps, including TwitJobSearch and TweetMyJobs, will scour Twitter for opportunities and send job alerts through the social network. ...</p><br clear="all"/>A new leak provides more information about BlackBerry?s upcoming phablet. BGR last week exclusively reported early details alongside?the first ever photo of the BlackBerry A10 smartphone. We noted that the device will feature a 5-inch 720p display, a dual-core processor and 2GB of RAM. According to an image posted on the CrackBerry forums, the A10 will be equipped with a 1.7GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor and an 8-megapixel rear camera. The smartphone is also said to include 16GB of internal storage, LTE connectivity, a 2,800 mAh battery, NFC, a microSD slot, a 2-megapixel front-facing camera and the BlackBerry 10.2 operating system. The leak also suggests a slightly thicker version of the device?will arrive on Verizon. The BlackBerry A10 is expectedhttp://news.yahoo.com/leak-seemingly-reveals-full-blackberry-a10-specs-183051845.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 14:30:51 -0400BGR Newsleak-seemingly-reveals-full-blackberry-a10-specs-183051845Hewlett-Packard executive?Su-yin Yam recently insisted HP is working on a new smartphone that will offer truly compelling differentiation compared to the current crop of devices on the market. Yam didn?t give any indication as to when such a device might launch, however, and CEO Meg Whitman noted late last year that HP likely won?t debut a smartphone in 2013. A new image published by PhoneArena supposedly reveals a new Android smartphone in the works at HP, however, suggesting that a device might launch sooner than we thought. Not much can be gleaned from the leaked image beyond what looks to be stock Android and a design that looks suspiciously like an iPhone 5, but a subsequent post from the bloghttp://news.yahoo.com/leaked-image-specs-may-reveal-hp-first-android-164552400.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 12:45:52 -0400BGR Newsleaked-image-specs-may-reveal-hp-first-android-164552400Hewlett-Packard executive?Su-yin Yam recently insisted HP is working on a new smartphone that will offer truly compelling differentiation compared to the current crop of devices on the market. Yam didn?t give any indication as to when such a device might launch, however, and CEO Meg Whitman noted late last year that HP likely won?t debut a smartphone in 2013. A new image published by PhoneArena supposedly reveals a new Android smartphone in the works at HP, however, suggesting that a device might launch sooner than we thought. Not much can be gleaned from the leaked image beyond what looks to be stock Android and a design that looks suspiciously like an iPhone 5, but a subsequent post from the bloghttp://news.yahoo.com/leaked-image-specs-may-reveal-hp-first-android-164552173.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 12:45:52 -0400BGR Newsleaked-image-specs-may-reveal-hp-first-android-164552173(Reuters) - Shares of Canadian patent licensing company WiLan Inc soared on Tuesday, shrugging off a court ruling that four of its patents had not been infringed. WiLan said on Monday a jury found Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc , Ericsson Inc , HTC Corp and Sony Mobile Communicationshttp://news.yahoo.com/wilan-shares-shrug-off-negative-court-ruling-patent-161830183.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 12:18:30 -0400Reuterswilan-shares-shrug-off-negative-court-ruling-patent-161830183BlackBerry posted fiscal first quarter results that missed analysts? estimates by a wide margin. The company?s surprise loss was obviously troubling, but even more so was the fact that BlackBerry 10 device shipments came in at 2.7 million units, missing consensus figures by a wide margin despite the fact that this was the Z10?s first full quarter of sales and the quarter in which the Q10 launched. Following the company?s results, Jefferies & Co. analyst Peter Misek is now reporting that BlackBerry has slashed combined Z10 and Q10 orders to 1 million units per month, a 50% cut from the 2 million units BlackBerry had on order each month. In a note picked up by Barron?s, Misek says he?s nothttp://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-reportedly-slashes-z10-q10-production-half-sales-161052805.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 12:10:52 -0400BGR Newsblackberry-reportedly-slashes-z10-q10-production-half-sales-161052805Last week, Bloomberg reported?that T-Mobile is about to announce the first quarter of contract subscriber growth since 2010. The timing of the Bloomberg bombshell was interesting, because just one day later?Sprint unveiled new contract pricing. Sprint brought down the price of its cheapest mobile plan featuring unlimited data from $110 to $80. This new contract is fairly similar to the $70 unlimited plan?T-Mobile launched last March. If T-Mobile has discovered new traction with its bargain plan ? and if Sprint is now feeling pressure to mimic the emphasis on budget customers ? it could be?a sign that the U.S. mobile market is in trouble. U.S. carriers are also introducing or?refining new plans?that allow consumers to upgrade their smartphones more frequently;http://news.yahoo.com/sprint-t-mobile-t-plans-signal-big-smartphone-153524695.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 11:35:24 -0400BGR Newssprint-t-mobile-t-plans-signal-big-smartphone-153524695With BlackBerry?s comeback momentum seemingly stalled, many analysts have started coming up with ideas for how the company can survive if its current plan to take on iOS and Android with BlackBerry 10 falls apart. Barron?s points us to a new research note from Nomura Equity Research analyst Stuart Jeffrey, who says that the company may have painted itself into an unprofitable corner because its longtime business model simply doesn?t give it the flexibility to remake itself. In particular, he says that BlackBerry?s current market share will never be enough to attract enough app developers and, unlike Microsoft, the company doesn?t have the resources to simply pay off developers en masse to bring over their apps. He also doesn?t thinkhttp://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-may-now-stuck-no-win-situation-150054812.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 11:00:54 -0400BGR Newsblackberry-may-now-stuck-no-win-situation-150054812Google's second-quarter earnings are likely to determine whether Internet search leader's stock extends a recent surge that has its price headed toward $1,000. WHAT TO LOOK FOR: The report, due out after ...http://news.yahoo.com/googles-2q-report-catapult-stock-112240035.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 07:22:40 -0400Associated Pressgoogles-2q-report-catapult-stock-112240035URBANA, Ill. (AP) ? Imagine this: Instead of throwing out your old cell phone, it will self destruct.http://news.yahoo.com/university-aims-build-vanishing-tech-gear-101350471.htmlTue, 16 Jul 2013 06:13:50 -0400Associated Pressuniversity-aims-build-vanishing-tech-gear-101350471Rovio on Monday announced yet another sequel to its immensely popular Angry Birds franchise. Angry Birds Star Wars 2 will continue the story of last year?s Angry Birds Star Wars?with?new levels, new powers and more than 30 playable characters. Rovio also announced ?Telepods,? a tie-in toy that allows gamers to physically transport characters into the game. Angry Birds Star Wars 2 will be available for mobile devices and computers on September 19th. The company did not announce specific platforms, however the original game is available on Android, iOS, Windows Phone, BlackBerry, and Mac and Windows computers. The Angry Birds Star Wars 2 trailer follows below.http://news.yahoo.com/video-angry-birds-star-wars-2-launches-september-013053920.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 21:30:53 -0400BGR Newsvideo-angry-birds-star-wars-2-launches-september-013053920<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/magnetic-ceo-alibaba-jackpot-rejuvenate-yahoo-213906373.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J4C_w2HbkY7gQOVyhv4DgQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9ef8bc9cac83ac17370f6a7067009356.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, May 20, 2013, file photo, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during a news conference in New York. Not much had been going right for Yahoo until it lured Marissa Mayer away from Google to become its CEO last summer. The move is shaping up as the best thing to happen to Yahoo since 2005 when it invested $1 billion in Alibaba, a then little-known Internet company in China. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, May 20, 2013, file photo, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during a news conference in New York. Not much had been going right for Yahoo until it lured Marissa Mayer away from Google to become its CEO last summer. The move is shaping up as the best thing to happen to Yahoo since 2005 when it invested $1 billion in Alibaba, a then little-known Internet company in China. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Not much had been going right for Yahoo until it lured Marissa Mayer away from Google to become its CEO last summer. The move is shaping up as the best thing to happen to Yahoo since 2005 when it invested $1 billion in what was then a little-known Internet company in China, Alibaba.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/magnetic-ceo-alibaba-jackpot-rejuvenate-yahoo-213906373.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 17:58:51 -0400Associated Pressmagnetic-ceo-alibaba-jackpot-rejuvenate-yahoo-213906373<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/magnetic-ceo-alibaba-jackpot-rejuvenate-yahoo-213906373.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J4C_w2HbkY7gQOVyhv4DgQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/9ef8bc9cac83ac17370f6a7067009356.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="FILE - In this Monday, May 20, 2013, file photo, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during a news conference in New York. Not much had been going right for Yahoo until it lured Marissa Mayer away from Google to become its CEO last summer. The move is shaping up as the best thing to happen to Yahoo since 2005 when it invested $1 billion in Alibaba, a then little-known Internet company in China. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" align="left" title="FILE - In this Monday, May 20, 2013, file photo, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer speaks during a news conference in New York. Not much had been going right for Yahoo until it lured Marissa Mayer away from Google to become its CEO last summer. The move is shaping up as the best thing to happen to Yahoo since 2005 when it invested $1 billion in Alibaba, a then little-known Internet company in China. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Not much had been going right for Yahoo until it lured Marissa Mayer away from Google to become its CEO last summer. The move is shaping up as the best thing to happen to Yahoo since 2005 when it invested $1 billion in what was then a little-known Internet company in China, Alibaba.</p><br clear="all"/>A new report may reveal the specs for the rumored HTC One mini smartphone. According to AndroidNext, the handset will be equipped with a 4.3-inch 720p display, 1.4GHz dual-core Snapdragon 400 processor and an Ultrapixel rear camera with a 4.1-megapixel sensor. Earlier rumors had claimed the smartphone would feature 2GB of RAM, however this is said to be untrue. The HTC One mini will reportedly only include 1GB of RAM, in addition to 16GB of internal storage, a 1.6-megapixel front-facing camera and Sense 5 atop Android 4.2.2. The device also features an all-metal body and front-facing BoomSound speakers, and is said to be around 0.4 inches shorter than the full-sized HTC One. The latest rumors suggest the HTC One minihttp://news.yahoo.com/htc-one-mini-pictured-again-said-dual-core-211557794.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 17:15:57 -0400BGR Newshtc-one-mini-pictured-again-said-dual-core-211557794LG thinks it has a winner on its hands with the upcoming G2 smartphone. The handset is shaping up to be one of the most impressive devices of the year, at least on paper. The latest rumors suggest the G2 will be equipped with a 5.2-inch full HD 1080p display, a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM and a 13-megapixel rear camera. LG?sold more than 10 million smartphones worldwide last quarter, and company executives believe the G2 will give sales an extra boost in the second half of the year. ?Whereas our previous concerns mainly revolved around hardware and user experience, with the G2, we tried to concentrate on design and the brand image,? an unnamed LG executive?told thehttp://news.yahoo.com/lg-g2-finally-compete-apple-samsung-193051463.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 15:30:51 -0400BGR Newslg-g2-finally-compete-apple-samsung-193051463HTC?s Sense user interface offers more functionality and features than stock Android, but some people love the simplicity and customization options that define Google?s stock mobile operating system. The HTC One is offered running either Sense 5 or a stock version of Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean, but not both ? until now. A new custom ROM from MoDaCo allows rooted HTC One owners to seamlessly switch between Sense 5 and stock Android. The MoDaCo.Switch ROM contains a ?Switch? feature that lets users choose which software they would like to run. Each switch is followed by a mandatory reboot, however data is shared between the two operating systems, meaning users won?t have to reinstall apps when switching between Sense 5 andhttp://news.yahoo.com/video-sense-stock-android-soon-able-run-same-185547264.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 14:55:47 -0400BGR Newsvideo-sense-stock-android-soon-able-run-same-185547264It looks like Samsung?s upcoming Galaxy Note III could have more competition than we thought this fall. HTC is reportedly getting ready to launch a brand new phablet called the HTC One Max. The device had already been mentioned?alongside a handful of other unannounced smartphones, but a new report from Mobile Geeks claims to reveal the phone?s specs. Among them are a massive 6-inch display with full HD 1080p resolution, a quad-core 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, up to 64GB of storage, 2GB of RAM and a 3,200 mAh battery. The report also reiterates earlier rumors that the upcoming HTC One mini will feature a 4-inch 720p display and a dual-core 1.4GHz processor.http://news.yahoo.com/htc-one-max-said-feature-massive-6-inch-182025178.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 14:20:25 -0400BGR Newshtc-one-max-said-feature-massive-6-inch-182025178<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/canadas-harper-names-moore-industry-minister-143735963.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L9qx03ZtVExE46oFBMhq3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T143735Z_1_CBRE96E14MQ00_RTROPTP_2_CANADA-US-POLITICS-INDUSTRY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Canada&#039;s Heritage Minister Moore speaks during Question Period in House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa" align="left" title="Canada&#039;s Heritage Minister Moore speaks during Question Period in House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa" border="0" /></a>OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government brought in a rising political star to handle the sensitive issues of telecommunications policy and foreign takeovers on Monday, naming James Moore as industry minister as part of a wider cabinet shuffle. Moore, 37, will be the Conservative government&#039;s point person on whether to allow foreign enterprises to buy domestic companies. This would give him a crucial role if outsiders were try to take over smartphone maker BlackBerry, a Canadian innovation success story now fallen on hard times. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/canadas-harper-names-moore-industry-minister-143735963.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 13:49:04 -0400Reuterscanadas-harper-names-moore-industry-minister-143735963<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/canadas-harper-names-moore-industry-minister-143735963.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/L9qx03ZtVExE46oFBMhq3Q--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-15T143735Z_1_CBRE96E14MQ00_RTROPTP_2_CANADA-US-POLITICS-INDUSTRY.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Canada&#039;s Heritage Minister Moore speaks during Question Period in House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa" align="left" title="Canada&#039;s Heritage Minister Moore speaks during Question Period in House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa" border="0" /></a>OTTAWA (Reuters) - The Canadian government brought in a rising political star to handle the sensitive issues of telecommunications policy and foreign takeovers on Monday, naming James Moore as industry minister as part of a wider cabinet shuffle. Moore, 37, will be the Conservative government&#039;s point person on whether to allow foreign enterprises to buy domestic companies. This would give him a crucial role if outsiders were try to take over smartphone maker BlackBerry, a Canadian innovation success story now fallen on hard times. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Tired of seeing?Apple and Samsung dominate the mobile market place? Well too bad ? it looks like they?re going to keep crushing the competition through at least 2014. CNET looks at some recent data from both Gartner and Asymco and concludes that Apple and Samsung are likely to keep?their stranglehold on the mobile industry for the?foreseeable?future. Essentially, Gartner?s projected market share for 2014 shows iOS and Android maintaining their dominance of the smartphone market while Asymco?s data shows that Apple and Samsung will likely remain the only two consistently profitable smartphone vendors. Taken together, CNET says that ?it appears that Apple and Samsung will continue their complicated duopoly, carving up the majority of profit and a growing portion of sales.?http://news.yahoo.com/apple-samsung-mobile-industry-stranglehold-not-seen-ending-170545117.htmlMon, 15 Jul 2013 13:05:45 -0400BGR Newsapple-samsung-mobile-industry-stranglehold-not-seen-ending-170545117

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