Is Google or PayPal Leading the Charge in Mobile Payments?

The results may surprise you.
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Carriers Willing to Live With High iPhone Subsidies for Now

If there’s a handset subsidy battle to be fought, it probably won’t happen until after the debut of the LTE iPhone.
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Google to Expand Mobile-Device Partnerships

Google Inc. plans to give multiple mobile-device makers — rather than just one partner — early access to new releases of its Android mobile operating system and to sell those devices directly to consumers, said people familiar with the matter.

Meet the 22-Year Old College Student Who Hopes to Shake Up the Cellphone Business

AllThingsD tracked down the entrepreneur behind Voyager Mobile, a virtual phone company set to announce its plans on Tuesday.
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Apple CEO: Enough of This iPhone Subsidy Silly Talk

Relax, people.
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Another Down Day for Apple Shares

The stock is off for the fifth straight session after hitting an all-time high.
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Carriers Band to Fight Cellphone Theft

The nation’s major wireless providers have agreed to a deal with the U.S. government to build a central database of stolen cellphones — part of a broad effort to tame an explosion of thefts nationwide.

Google Writes Check to Acquire Payments Technology Company TxVia

In an effort to make regain some momentum in the mobile payments industry, Google has acquired TxVia, a payments technology company.
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4G or Not 4G: A Guide to Cut Through All the “Fast” Talk

Walt cuts through all the confusion about 4G data networks.
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U.S. Proposes Sharing Airwaves

Obama administration officials proposed requiring the Defense Department and other federal agencies to share a chunk of the airwaves they currently use with wireless companies after concluding it could be too expensive and time-consuming to move the federal agencies to other airwaves.

Carrier IQ: How to Hack Back Your Phone

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