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Verizon CFO: Arrival of Shared Data Plans This Summer Is a Game Changer

The move to shared data plans could lure more consumers to go for a cellular-equipped tablet, but could also be bad news for those clinging to unlimited data plans.
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Samsung Rides Android Past Nokia to Take Sales Lead

A two percent decline in mobile phone shipments during the first quarter of 2012 may have hurt some handset vendors, but it did little to slow Samsung.
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iPhone Engineer and Gmail Designer Team Up on Electric Imp to Connect Devices

A new start-up called Electric Imp promises to turn almost any product into a connected device with the addition of a tiny card in a slot.
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Sprint’s Hesse: We’ll Make Money on the iPhone … Eventually

“Carrying the iPhone will be quite profitable,” says Sprint CEO Dan Hesse, for the umpteenth time.
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Dominant in China, UCWeb Brings Its Mobile Browser to Silicon Valley

With 50 percent of the mobile browser market in its home market of China, UCWeb is now looking across the Pacific.
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Apple Moves Toward Larger iPhone Screens

Apple Inc., which is expected to launch its next-generation iPhone later this year, has ordered screens from its Asian suppliers that are bigger than the ones used in iPhones since they debuted in 2007, people familiar with the situation said.

China Mobile Confirms Talks With Apple on iPhone

The comments, made at a shareholder meeting on Wednesday, follow what sources say was a meeting earlier this year between China Mobile and Apple CEO Tim Cook.
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Shipments of HTC One X, Evo 4G LTE Delayed Over Customs Concerns

Availability is being pushed back for two of HTC’s latest smartphones, as U.S. Customs ensures the phones aren’t in violation of an International Trade Commission exclusion order.
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Quote-Saving App Banters to Shut Down; Founders Jump to Betaworks

After struggling to attract a significant user base over the past year, conversation-saving app Banters is closing up shop, co-founder Lauren Leto announced via company blog on Tuesday. Leto and partner Patrick Moberg had raised an undisclosed amount of seed funding from the likes of Chris Dixon, Khosla Ventures and SV Angel. The two will join Betaworks — Leto as general manager of the firm’s Findings product and Moberg as a “hacker-in-residence.”

PayPal to Unveil Newest Retail Partners for In-Store Payments Next Week

PayPal is hosting a media event next week where it will unveil the next batch of mega-retailers that are adopting the company’s online payment network at the register.
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