Justice Department Poised to Clear Google-Motorola Deal

The U.S. Justice Department is poised to clear Google Inc.’s $12.5 billion acquisition of Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. as early as next week, according to people familiar with the matter, giving Google a powerful armory of technology patents to deploy in the smartphone wars.

You Know Who Really Loves Smartphones? Divorce Lawyers.

Data from smartphones — everything from text messages and email to GPS data and Internet search history — is increasingly being used as evidence in divorce court.
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Mobile Highlighted as Key Risk Factor (and Opportunity) in Facebook Filing

The company mentions the word mobile more than 120 times in its filing to go public, noting that despite a huge mobile presence, it gets very little money from that part of its business.
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Motorola Mobility Posts Q4 Loss on Merger Costs

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. swung to the red in the fourth quarter as costs tied to its pending acquisition by Google Inc. offset higher revenue from handsets.

HTC to Give Up on Quantity and Try Quality

HTC currently offers 51 phones. And that’s way too many.
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Eye-Fi Eyes a Fight Over Wireless SD Cards

Would new standards for wireless SD cards offer more options to camera consumers, or just confuse them? Eye-Fi’s CEO says the latter is the case.
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China’s ZTE Quietly Becoming a Force in Global, U.S. Smartphone Markets

The world’s No. 4 cellphone maker has made inroads into the U.S. by catering to the needs of carriers and putting their brands first.
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Hot-Button Topic: Do Women Buy More Consumer Tech Than Men?

Women spend more than men on consumer electronics. And men spend more than women on consumer electronics. Confused yet? Here’s a different way of looking at it.
In the 1986 movie "Ferris Bueller's Day Off", Ferris got a computer, while Jeannie got a car.

CES Hangover: What You Might Have Missed

We came, we saw, we conquered … but we couldn’t possibly write about every one of the more than 20,000 products showcased in Las Vegas last week. Here’s a quick catch-up.
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Another OS Bites the Dust: Samsung to Fold Bada Into Smartphone Linux Project

In an interview with Forbes, the Korean electronics firm says it plans to merge bada with Tizen, the latest multicompany effort to bring Linux to smartphones.
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