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Yahoo Folds Up Livestand, Its Would-Be Flipboard Killer

Yahoo has pulled the plug on Livestand, its iPad/tablet news app. Yahoo rolled out the app last fall, and positioned it as competitor to apps like Flipboard and Zite. But the app never got any traction, and has been on the chopping block for much of 2012.

Mobile Devices Now Make Up About 20 Percent of U.S. Web Traffic

Old-fashioned PCs still make up the lion’s share of traffic, with phones and tablet Web use spiking in the evening hours.
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Google Hires Away HP’s webOS Enyo Team

Just what the team will do is not 100 percent clear, but something to do with Chrome OS seems like a good bet.

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My Other Phone Is a Phone

A new study from Forrester Research on technology adoption by urban Chinese consumers illustrates the ubiquitousness of the mobile Internet in China.
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With Licensing Deal, Apple Patent Lawsuit Simply Vanishes Into Thin Air

Avoiding a trial in a lawsuit, Apple has taken a license to patents held by Texas-based SimpleAir. Naturally, all of the interesting terms and details are being kept confidential.
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Google+ Android App All Dolled Up and Ready to Hangout

The Google+ app for Android finally gets an update, and it’s got a feature that might make iPhone users jealous.
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With Motorola Deal Closed, Microsoft Scores Its First Direct Patent Hit on Google

A court in Germany ruled that Motorola’s Android products are infringing on a Microsoft patent related to text messaging, but said that the Google unit is not infringing on another of Redmond’s patents.
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Game On! Google Adds In-App Subscriptions to Android.

Android developers can now charge for apps on a monthly or yearly subscription basis, with Google processing the payments.
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As Facebook Launches a Standalone Camera App, the Instagram Buy Comes Into Focus

Facebook launches a camera app, and it’s not Instagram.
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In Lead-Up to Launch, Obvious-Backed Lift Leaves Gamification Behind

In early tests, reality appears to be much more motivational than fantasy, according to Lift co-founder Tony Stubblebine.
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