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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 reservedFri, 04 Jan 2013 18:08:58 -05005http://news.yahoo.com/wireless/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gif<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/salute-first-baby-senator-230858210.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8FzzU_MKaKEbHLMAPhZ0JA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/We_Salute_the_First_Baby-39dfdbd4c25d191c62716a2407413627" width="130" height="86" alt="We Salute the First Baby Senator" align="left" title="We Salute the First Baby Senator" border="0" /></a>We realize there&#039;s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/salute-first-baby-senator-230858210.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 18:08:58 -0500The Atlantic Wiresalute-first-baby-senator-230858210<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/salute-first-baby-senator-230858210.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/8FzzU_MKaKEbHLMAPhZ0JA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/We_Salute_the_First_Baby-39dfdbd4c25d191c62716a2407413627" width="130" height="86" alt="We Salute the First Baby Senator" align="left" title="We Salute the First Baby Senator" border="0" /></a>We realize there&#039;s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today:</p><br clear="all"/>TAILORED FOR TABLETS: Izik is billed as the first search designed especially for iPads and tablet computers running on Google Inc.'s Android software. Free Izik apps for those devices were released Friday.CAPSULE ...http://news.yahoo.com/news-summary-tablet-tailored-search-212423532.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 16:24:23 -0500Associated Pressnews-summary-tablet-tailored-search-212423532HTC (2498) had a bad year?in 2012. Despite releasing a number of high-end smartphones, the manufacturer posted reduced profits in each quarter last year. Samsung (006930) and Apple (AAPL), meanwhile, continued to see record sales and increased market share. HTC CEO Peter Chou revealed to?The Wall Street Journal that the company didn?t market its products aggressively enough and he vowed to win consumers back with more innovative devices in the coming year. ?The worst for HTC has probably passed. 2013 will not be too bad,? Chou said. ?Our competitors were too strong and very resourceful, pouring in lots of money into marketing. We haven?t done enough on the marketing front.? The executive declined to give specifics on the company?s turnaroundhttp://news.yahoo.com/htc-ceo-says-company-smaller-marketing-budget-top-205205331.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 15:52:05 -0500BGR Newshtc-ceo-says-company-smaller-marketing-budget-top-205205331<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ces-2013-5-things-expect-194035150--abc-news-topstories.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EpkgW2UpZ1yb9PG_MvvbBg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.gma.com/gty_ces_dm_120109_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="CES 2013: 5 Things to Expect" align="left" title="CES 2013: 5 Things to Expect" border="0" /></a>Ultra HDTVs, Smart Watches, Self-Driving Cars. Just a Few Things to Expect at CES 2013</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ces-2013-5-things-expect-194035150--abc-news-topstories.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 14:40:35 -0500Good Morning Americaces-2013-5-things-expect-194035150--abc-news-topstories<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ces-2013-5-things-expect-194035150--abc-news-topstories.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/EpkgW2UpZ1yb9PG_MvvbBg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.gma.com/gty_ces_dm_120109_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="CES 2013: 5 Things to Expect" align="left" title="CES 2013: 5 Things to Expect" border="0" /></a>Ultra HDTVs, Smart Watches, Self-Driving Cars. Just a Few Things to Expect at CES 2013</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/5-predictions-mobile-tech-2013-192741474.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/c354UB2n1TsvSm4ZbhxpMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/nokia-808-pureview.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="5 Predictions for Mobile Tech in 2013" align="left" title="5 Predictions for Mobile Tech in 2013" border="0" /></a>If denial isn&#039;t just a river in Egypt, then mobile isn&#039;t just a city in Alabama. And if 2012 proved one thing, it&#039;s that there&#039;s no denying mobile is the present and future of technology.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/5-predictions-mobile-tech-2013-192741474.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 14:27:41 -0500Mashable5-predictions-mobile-tech-2013-192741474<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/5-predictions-mobile-tech-2013-192741474.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/c354UB2n1TsvSm4ZbhxpMQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/mashable/nokia-808-pureview.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="5 Predictions for Mobile Tech in 2013" align="left" title="5 Predictions for Mobile Tech in 2013" border="0" /></a>If denial isn&#039;t just a river in Egypt, then mobile isn&#039;t just a city in Alabama. And if 2012 proved one thing, it&#039;s that there&#039;s no denying mobile is the present and future of technology.</p><br clear="all"/>When the Ouya game console (scheduled to launch in April) made headlines last year, it was for three reasons. One, its size and price -- the $99 box, which plugs into a TV, is the size of a Rubik's cube. Two, its choice of operating system -- it runs the same Android OS which powers smartphones and tablets. And three -- its rise to fame on Kickstarter, where it shattered records and received millions of dollars in funding not from venture capitalists, but from gamers who wanted to see it made.http://news.yahoo.com/gamestick-size-usb-memory-stick-plug-tv-190300176.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 14:03:00 -0500Yahoo! Contributor Networkgamestick-size-usb-memory-stick-plug-tv-190300176Smartphone market share surveys from IDC and Kantar have shown for a long time that the Android phone volume surge is leaving the iPhone in the dust in major growth markets from Brazil to India. But one thing that Apple has had on its side has been the propensity of iPhone owners to consume far more content than Android phone owners. One argument has been that it does not matter if iPhone has a 5% share vs. Android?s 40% share if Apple (AAPL) still dominates in? app revenue generation and browsing volume. Content is king. Another argument is that it does not matter who moves the most units, since only hardware margins count. Here Apple reigns supreme. In the longhttp://news.yahoo.com/android-explosive-content-consumption-growth-threatens-apple-180107238.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 13:01:07 -0500BGR Newsandroid-explosive-content-consumption-growth-threatens-apple-180107238It?s a good thing that companies don?t normally let software engineers produce marketing materials. Exhibit A is Android engineer Dan Morrill, who posted pictures on his Google+ page this week showing his original stand-in concept art for Google?s (GOOG) Android logo that he prepared for a presentation. In short, Morrill?s sketches are terrifying. Instead of the cute little green ?bug man? Android logo that we?ve all come to love over the past few years, Morrill depicted a menacing, crazy-eyed deathbot that looks as though it was found drawn on the walls of a remote Siberian Soviet-era insane asylum. It?s hard to pinpoint the most disturbing aspect of Morrill?s doodle: The robot?s multicolored spiral eyes, its ladder mouth or the wayhttp://news.yahoo.com/google-original-android-mascot-given-children-everywhere-horrible-170600989.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 12:06:00 -0500BGR Newsgoogle-original-android-mascot-given-children-everywhere-horrible-170600989If Samsung (005930) really does plan to move away from Android, then it makes sense for Google (GOOG) to move Android away from Samsung. Over at Unwired View, Brian S. Hall writes that the ?X Phone? that Google and Motorola are reportedly working on is much more of a shot across Samsung?s bow than the iPhone?s. Hall reasons that Google?s intention to create a phone with Motorola signals that the company wants to exert more direct influence over its Nexus smartphone brand since Google would have ?complete control over the development, distribution and marketing? of any device produced with a company that it owns. Google?s reasons for wanting to produce its own in-house Android phone with Motorola also boil downhttp://news.yahoo.com/google-rumored-x-phone-could-attack-samsung-162235373.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 11:22:35 -0500BGR Newsgoogle-rumored-x-phone-could-attack-samsung-162235373<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ces-2013-giant-tech-show-losing-steam-155501406--abc-news-topstories.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_TEhFaMSQyqsS6QyHzjPdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.gma.com/gty_consumer_electronics_show_thg_130104_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="CES 2013: Giant Tech Show Losing Steam?" align="left" title="CES 2013: Giant Tech Show Losing Steam?" border="0" /></a>Without Microsoft and Others, Can Consumer Electronics Show Excite the Way It Used To?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/ces-2013-giant-tech-show-losing-steam-155501406--abc-news-topstories.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 10:55:01 -0500Good Morning Americaces-2013-giant-tech-show-losing-steam-155501406--abc-news-topstories<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/ces-2013-giant-tech-show-losing-steam-155501406--abc-news-topstories.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/_TEhFaMSQyqsS6QyHzjPdg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/gma/us.abcnews.gma.com/gty_consumer_electronics_show_thg_130104_wmain.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="CES 2013: Giant Tech Show Losing Steam?" align="left" title="CES 2013: Giant Tech Show Losing Steam?" border="0" /></a>Without Microsoft and Others, Can Consumer Electronics Show Excite the Way It Used To?</p><br clear="all"/>Two years ago, comScore pegged Motorola?s share of United States smartphome subscribers as 17%, down 1.8 percentage points in three months. That slide has pretty much continued ever since and yesterday?s survey found Motorola?s share dropping another 0.8 percentage points to 10.4%. It may seem that LG (066570) has suffered a wipe-out in the U.S. market over the past years, but LG?s share has actually slid just 3.4 points since November 2010. Motorola?s share has crashed by 6.6 points. It?s not hard to pinpoint the two main reasons for the plunge, and the biggest problem is AT&T (T). Two years ago, Motorola still had fairly ambitious product launches for AT&T. In January 2011, Motorola announced the Atrix with great fanfare,http://news.yahoo.com/motorola-road-oblivion-154044799.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 10:40:44 -0500BGR Newsmotorola-road-oblivion-154044799<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/googles-big-antitrust-victory-ftcs-decision-means-140500889.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pwtSNo3E9LKZnM2ApTlsMA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theweek/federal-trade-commission-chairman-job-leibowitz-announces-that-google-didnt-violate-antitrust-laws.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Federal Trade Commission Chairman Job Leibowitz announces that Google didn&#039;t violate antitrust laws." align="left" title="Federal Trade Commission Chairman Job Leibowitz announces that Google didn&#039;t violate antitrust laws." border="0" /></a>An investigation into whether the search giant was unfairly burying competitive sites in its search results ends with Google emerging unscathed</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/googles-big-antitrust-victory-ftcs-decision-means-140500889.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 09:05:00 -0500The Weekgoogles-big-antitrust-victory-ftcs-decision-means-140500889<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/googles-big-antitrust-victory-ftcs-decision-means-140500889.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/pwtSNo3E9LKZnM2ApTlsMA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theweek/federal-trade-commission-chairman-job-leibowitz-announces-that-google-didnt-violate-antitrust-laws.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Federal Trade Commission Chairman Job Leibowitz announces that Google didn&#039;t violate antitrust laws." align="left" title="Federal Trade Commission Chairman Job Leibowitz announces that Google didn&#039;t violate antitrust laws." border="0" /></a>An investigation into whether the search giant was unfairly burying competitive sites in its search results ends with Google emerging unscathed</p><br clear="all"/>It?s taken a while, but it looks as though Android 2.3 Gingerbread?s days as the dominant version of Android are numbered. The latest numbers from Google?s (GOOG) Android Developers page show that Gingerbread?s share of all Android devices has finally dropped below the 50% threshold as Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and Android 4.1/4.2 Jelly Bean have at last started to catch on. According to Google, 29% of Android devices use Ice Cream Sandwich while 10% use some variation of Jelly Bean. Even so, the fact that Gingerbread is still the most widely used version of Android more than two years after its debut shows that fragmentation is still a significant issue for the world?s most popular mobile operating system.http://news.yahoo.com/jelly-bean-adoption-rate-hits-double-digits-gingerbread-135631248.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 08:56:31 -0500BGR Newsjelly-bean-adoption-rate-hits-double-digits-gingerbread-135631248<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-emerges-ftc-probe-relatively-unscathed-225539020--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b85uGLfHzZ3B6fcQzBITvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3174bd7660d99300250f6a706700fadd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz gestures as he speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" align="left" title="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz gestures as he speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its Internet search engine, the world&#039;s most influential gateway to digital information and commerce.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-emerges-ftc-probe-relatively-unscathed-225539020--finance.htmlFri, 04 Jan 2013 07:46:28 -0500Associated Pressgoogle-emerges-ftc-probe-relatively-unscathed-225539020--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-emerges-ftc-probe-relatively-unscathed-225539020--finance.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/b85uGLfHzZ3B6fcQzBITvQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/3174bd7660d99300250f6a706700fadd.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz gestures as he speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" align="left" title="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz gestures as he speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Google has settled a U.S. government probe into its business practices without making any major concessions on how the company runs its Internet search engine, the world&#039;s most influential gateway to digital information and commerce.</p><br clear="all"/>Despite its attempts to attract new customers with high-end phones, Huawei (002502) remains relatively unknown to U.S. consumers. The company is looking to change that and on Thursday announced the availability of the Ascend P1 smartphone. The Android-powered device is equipped with a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 1GB of RAM and an 8-megapixel rear camera. The handset is also one of the thinnest smartphones on the market, measuring in at 7.6 millimeters. BGR reviewed the Ascend P1 earlier this year and found it to be a decent smartphone. Huawei is offering the device carrier-unlocked through Amazon (AMZN) for $449.99. Read more for Huawei?s press release. Huawei?s Ascend P1 Launches in U.S. Super thin Huawei Ascend P1http://news.yahoo.com/huawei-launches-ascend-p1-u-450-amazon-045955675.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 23:59:55 -0500BGR Newshuawei-launches-ascend-p1-u-450-amazon-045955675Facebook (FB) on Thursday released an update to its Messenger app on Android and iOS that will help the company further compete with services like Google Voice and Skype. The update allows users to send short voice messages, up to a minute in length, to one another using the application, similar to popular apps Voxer and HeyTell. Additionally, Facebook is allowing Canadian iOS users to make free calls using the application with a Wi-Fi or cellular data connection, The Verge reported. It is speculated that if testing goes well, the company may bring the feature to Europe and the United States.http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-updates-messenger-app-support-voice-messages-233621417.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 18:36:21 -0500BGR Newsfacebook-updates-messenger-app-support-voice-messages-233621417Google Inc. has settled an U.S. antitrust probe that largely leaves its search practices alone. In a major win for Google, the Federal Trade Commission unanimously concluded that there is not enough evidence to support complaints from rivals that the company shows unfair bias in its search results toward its own products.http://news.yahoo.com/6-takeaways-googles-antitrust-settlement-us-regulators-230028520.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 18:00:28 -0500Associated Press6-takeaways-googles-antitrust-settlement-us-regulators-230028520<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/anderson-cooper-bird-poop-face-224157432.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4LirEZXNiIWc4mbJ0iktQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/This_Is_Anderson_Cooper_with-2754b7c39de90e3150445881d8760e3d" width="130" height="86" alt="This Is Anderson Cooper with Bird Poop on His Face" align="left" title="This Is Anderson Cooper with Bird Poop on His Face" border="0" /></a>We realize there&#039;s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: ?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/anderson-cooper-bird-poop-face-224157432.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 17:41:57 -0500The Atlantic Wireanderson-cooper-bird-poop-face-224157432<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/anderson-cooper-bird-poop-face-224157432.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/4LirEZXNiIWc4mbJ0iktQg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/This_Is_Anderson_Cooper_with-2754b7c39de90e3150445881d8760e3d" width="130" height="86" alt="This Is Anderson Cooper with Bird Poop on His Face" align="left" title="This Is Anderson Cooper with Bird Poop on His Face" border="0" /></a>We realize there&#039;s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: ?</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/6-takeaways-googles-antitrust-settlement-214218985.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/US6DzrJxsmv.wpjtDKMowg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/397155dc60dc9300250f6a706700bc13.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" align="left" title="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" border="0" /></a>Google Inc. has settled an U.S. antitrust probe that largely leaves its search practices alone. In a major win for Google, the Federal Trade Commission unanimously concluded that there is not enough evidence to support complaints from rivals that the company shows unfair bias in its search results toward its own products.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/6-takeaways-googles-antitrust-settlement-214218985.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 17:37:45 -0500Associated Press6-takeaways-googles-antitrust-settlement-214218985<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/6-takeaways-googles-antitrust-settlement-214218985.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/US6DzrJxsmv.wpjtDKMowg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/397155dc60dc9300250f6a706700bc13.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" align="left" title="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" border="0" /></a>Google Inc. has settled an U.S. antitrust probe that largely leaves its search practices alone. In a major win for Google, the Federal Trade Commission unanimously concluded that there is not enough evidence to support complaints from rivals that the company shows unfair bias in its search results toward its own products.</p><br clear="all"/>The duopoly of the U.S. mobile market intensified dramatically in 2012. Despite increased efforts from Motorola, LG (066570), HTC (2498), Nokia (NOK) and Microsoft (MSFT) to gain market share, Samsung (005930) and Apple (AAPL) continue to steal customers away from every other company. During a three-month period ending in November, comScore found that Samsung?s lead in the U.S. smartphone market increased 1.2 percentage points for a controlling 26.9% share. Apple?s smartphone market share grew from 17.1% to 18.5%, gaining 1.4 points following the launch of the iPhone 5. Rounding out the top-five were LG, Motorola and HTC, all of which saw their market shares decrease from August. LG fell 0.7 points to 17.5%, Motorola dropped 0.8 points to 10.4% andhttp://news.yahoo.com/samsung-apple-still-only-winners-mobile-market-204559642.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 15:45:59 -0500BGR Newssamsung-apple-still-only-winners-mobile-market-204559642<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-settles-patents-other-antitrust-claims-192431177--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6tnd9GYmX76wMvni1.o9iQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7d42de3560d99300250f6a70670025b3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" align="left" title="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Google is pledging to license hundreds of key patents to mobile computing rivals under more reasonable terms and to curb the use of snippets from other websites in Internet search results in a settlement that ends a high-profile antitrust probe.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-settles-patents-other-antitrust-claims-192431177--finance.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 15:21:06 -0500Associated Pressgoogle-settles-patents-other-antitrust-claims-192431177--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-settles-patents-other-antitrust-claims-192431177--finance.html"><img src="http://l2.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/6tnd9GYmX76wMvni1.o9iQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7d42de3560d99300250f6a70670025b3.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" align="left" title="Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairman Jon Leibowitz speaks during a news conference at FTC in Washington, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2013, to announce that Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation in the search leader&#039;s business practices. ( AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ? Google is pledging to license hundreds of key patents to mobile computing rivals under more reasonable terms and to curb the use of snippets from other websites in Internet search results in a settlement that ends a high-profile antitrust probe.</p><br clear="all"/>Google?s (GOOG) has had trouble keeping latest Nexus-branded smartphone, the LG (066570)-built Nexus 4, in stock as hordes of Android fans would swarm Google?s website each time more units became available. According to new estimates however, the Nexus 4 stock-outs were due entirely to inventory issues rather than immense demand. The xda-developers community has done some calculations based on data gleaned from device serial numbers. They have been able to determine where and when their Nexus 4 handsets were built, and they were also able to estimate the total number of units sold to date: 375,000. While the figure is hardly precise, it appears as though sound logic was used to calculate the figure and it likely represents a goodhttp://news.yahoo.com/despite-repeated-sellouts-nexus-4-sales-estimated-total-191440639.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 14:14:40 -0500BGR Newsdespite-repeated-sellouts-nexus-4-sales-estimated-total-191440639WASHINGTON (AP) ? Google is agreeing to license certain patents to mobile phone rivals and stop a practice of including snippets from other websites in its search results as part of a settlement to end a 19-month investigation into the search leader's business practices, the Federal Trade Commission said Thursday.http://news.yahoo.com/ftc-google-license-patents-antitrust-case-181937798--finance.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 13:34:57 -0500Associated Pressftc-google-license-patents-antitrust-case-181937798--financeMillions of people have tried out Ubuntu, a free operating system for desktop and notebook PCs. Like Android, Ubuntu is open-source and based on Linux, and while it's mostly seen as an OS for hobbyists here in the U.S., hardware manufacturers like Dell and HP make Ubuntu PCs for markets like mainland China.http://news.yahoo.com/ubuntu-phones-turns-smartphones-desktop-pcs-173200405.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 12:32:00 -0500Yahoo! Contributor Networkubuntu-phones-turns-smartphones-desktop-pcs-173200405We?ve long known what RIM?s (RIMM) first BlackBerry 10 smartphone will look like, but now we can get a better idea of its overall size thanks to new pictures published by Business Insider. An unnamed source sent Business Insider pictures of the BlackBerry Z10 placed side-by-side with the iPhone 4S to show that the Z10 has a significantly larger display and a slightly thicker casing than?Apple?s?(AAPL) classic smartphone model. Business Insider?s source said he or she was generally impressed with the Z10 so far, including the back cover that ?feels rubbery and snaps on sort of like the back cover on Samsung?s (005930)?Galaxy S III? and the display that ?looks great.? The source also said RIM?s new Web browser ishttp://news.yahoo.com/more-leaked-blackberry-z10-pictures-emerge-along-details-162055681.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 11:20:55 -0500BGR Newsmore-leaked-blackberry-z10-pictures-emerge-along-details-162055681Google?s (GOOG) white-hot Android operating system will be the center of Samsung?s (005930) business for years to come. For the Samsung we know today, Android is a perfect match. It provides a solid foundation and a host of terrific functions, and it gives Samsung the freedom to drop its own software and solutions on top. For the Samsung of the future, though, this might not be the best possible model. Samsung may be approaching a point where it wants to take more complete ownership of the mobile experience it offers customers. Today, Galaxy phones offer Samsung?s mobile experience combined with Google?s mobile experience. Tomorrow, the electronics giant might look to eliminate or at least change half of that equation. Onehttp://news.yahoo.com/samsung-confirms-plan-begin-inching-away-android-154514621.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 10:45:14 -0500BGR Newssamsung-confirms-plan-begin-inching-away-android-154514621Research In Motion (RIMM) on Thursday took the wraps off a brand new BlackBerry smartphone ? but it?s not the kind of smartphone BlackBerry fans have been waiting more than a year for. Instead, it?s a low-end BlackBerry Curve 9315 that will launch later this month on T-Mobile. The phone features the BlackBerry 7.1 operating system, a 3.2-megapixel camera, microSD memory expansion and a full QWERTY keyboard, and it will launch on January 23rd? just seven days before RIM unveils its first BlackBerry 10 phones. Pre-sales for the Curve 9315 begin on January 16th and the phone will cost?$49.99 out of pocket plus a $10 payment each month as part of?Equipment Installment Plan. T-Mobile?s full press release follows below. BlackBerryhttp://news.yahoo.com/rim-unveils-blackberry-phone-only-curve-t-mobile-135004895.htmlThu, 03 Jan 2013 08:50:04 -0500BGR Newsrim-unveils-blackberry-phone-only-curve-t-mobile-135004895As we?ve mentioned countless times, it?s a good thing that?RIM (RIMM) will release BlackBerry 10?soon, because otherwise Apple (AAPL) and Android will continue to?wreck its market share among enterprise users.?Benzinga reports that?Trip Chowdhry, a managing director at Global Equities Research, has put out a research note estimating that Apple sold between 3 million and 4 million iPhones to businesses over the past quarter, some of whom have switched over from BlackBerry. ?This figure emerges from a combination of new purchase of iPhones and users switching to iPhones from Blackberry,??Chowdhry writes. ?After the two-year contract expiration on Apple iPhone[s], [the] majority of the enterprises have replaced their employees? current phones with the new iPhone 5.? As for reasons why more companieshttp://news.yahoo.com/apple-may-sold-4-million-iphones-businesses-q4-043033927.htmlWed, 02 Jan 2013 23:30:33 -0500BGR Newsapple-may-sold-4-million-iphones-businesses-q4-043033927We didn?t have to wait very long to discover what 2013?s first big Kickstarter project would be. Via Ars Technica, we give you the GameStick, an Android-based two-inch long stick that plugs directly into a controller and acts as a highly portable gaming console. The GameStick team says that their goal with the new mini-console was to create ?a big screen games console that was so small you could pop it in your pocket??so you can take all your games with you to any TV you like.? As far as titles go, GameStick developers so far have ?identified 200 [Android] titles that will be great to play on GameStick? and are also ?working with our network of over 250 developershttp://news.yahoo.com/2013-first-hot-kickstarter-project-android-based-gaming-003000001.htmlWed, 02 Jan 2013 19:30:00 -0500BGR News2013-first-hot-kickstarter-project-android-based-gaming-003000001<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-acquires-start-id8-source-002919705--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Jm80CzR62cuExW9VBPGO4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-03T002958Z_1_CBRE90201D200_RTROPTP_2_MICROSOFT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The interior of a Microsoft retail store is seen in San Diego" align="left" title="The interior of a Microsoft retail store is seen in San Diego" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp bought start-up id8 Group R2 Studios Inc as it looks to expand further in technology focused on the home and entertainment, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. id8 Group R2 Studios was started in 2011 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Blake Krikorian. It recently launched a Google Android application to allow users to control home heating and lighting systems from smartphones. Krikorian&#039;s Sling Media - which was sold to EchoStar Communications in 2007 - made the &quot;Slingbox&quot; for watching TV on computers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-acquires-start-id8-source-002919705--finance.htmlWed, 02 Jan 2013 19:29:19 -0500Reutersmicrosoft-acquires-start-id8-source-002919705--finance<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-acquires-start-id8-source-002919705--finance.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Jm80CzR62cuExW9VBPGO4g--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-01-03T002958Z_1_CBRE90201D200_RTROPTP_2_MICROSOFT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="The interior of a Microsoft retail store is seen in San Diego" align="left" title="The interior of a Microsoft retail store is seen in San Diego" border="0" /></a>SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp bought start-up id8 Group R2 Studios Inc as it looks to expand further in technology focused on the home and entertainment, a person familiar with the situation said on Wednesday. id8 Group R2 Studios was started in 2011 by Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor Blake Krikorian. It recently launched a Google Android application to allow users to control home heating and lighting systems from smartphones. Krikorian&#039;s Sling Media - which was sold to EchoStar Communications in 2007 - made the &quot;Slingbox&quot; for watching TV on computers. ...</p><br clear="all"/>HTC (2498) will?reportedly?unveil a new flagship smartphone?code-named ?M7??at the Consumer Electronics Show next week. The rumor comes to us from XDA-Developers forum member ?Football,? who reported accurate information about unreleased?HTC?devices?in the past.?The phone is believed to the be the successor to the One X and could be equipped with a 4.7-inch full HD 1920 x 1080-pixel display, a 1.7GHz quad-core Snapdragon processor, a 13-megapixel rear camera, LTE and HSPA+ connectivity, Beats Audio, 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal memory and a 2,300 mAh battery. The M7 is also said to be HTC?s?first smartphone to utilize on-screen navigation keys in place of traditional hardware buttons.? The problem for HTC in the past has been the company?s ability to market its high-endhttp://news.yahoo.com/htc-rumored-debut-flagship-m7-smartphone-ces-214837184.htmlWed, 02 Jan 2013 16:48:37 -0500BGR Newshtc-rumored-debut-flagship-m7-smartphone-ces-214837184Less than a month after rumors of a potential TomTom acquisition swirled, Apple (AAPL) is now reportedly considering a buyout of social navigation startup Waze in an effort to improve its much-maligned Maps application. TechCrunch reported on Wednesday that ?there are rumours flying around that Apple is sniffing around Waze with a view to a possible acquisition,? though the source of the rumors is unclear. A similar report was published by Israeli news site NewsGeek. Waze, which currently provides some data to Apple for use in its iOS Maps app, utilizes user-submitted data to enhance its free navigation service available for iOS,?Android?and other platforms.?Waze CEO Noam Bardin has been vocal about the quality of Apple?s mapping solution in the past,http://news.yahoo.com/apple-reportedly-considering-waze-acquisition-help-fix-ios-183535052.htmlWed, 02 Jan 2013 13:35:35 -0500BGR Newsapple-reportedly-considering-waze-acquisition-help-fix-ios-183535052The latest numbers from analytics firm Flurry suggest that Android and iOS?flourished in the last week of the 2012. The firm previously estimated that roughly 17.4 million Android and iOS devices were activated on Christmas Day, leading to an estimated 1.76 billion mobile application downloads and more than 50 million activations for the full week.?The latest numbers represent the highest number of device activations and app downloads of any week in history, an increase from 20 million activations and 1.2 billion downloads during Christmas week in 2011. Flurry estimates that in 2013 the trend of one-billion app downloads per week will become more frequent and by next December, more than 2 billion apps will be downloaded in a single week.http://news.yahoo.com/50-million-android-ios-devices-activated-last-week-180023769.htmlWed, 02 Jan 2013 13:00:23 -0500BGR News50-million-android-ios-devices-activated-last-week-180023769It?s a simple request: I just want my online calendars to sync with my smartphone? is that too much to ask? It took some initial research and finesse, but I?ve discovered the best ways to get your Yahoo and Google calendars to appear on either an Android or Apple IOS mobile device. Google Calendar on [...]http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/upgrade-your-life/sync-calendars-onto-one-smartphone-171507161.htmlWed, 02 Jan 2013 12:15:07 -0500blogs/upgrade-your-life/sync-calendars-onto-one-smartphone-171507161Apple (AAPL) and HTC (2498) signed a 10-year licensing agreement in November that covered all current, pending and future patents and ended the ongoing litigation between the two companies. It has been estimated that the company will pay Apple between $6 and $8 for every Android device shipped, however HTC CEO Peter Chao refuted the claim. Regardless of how much is being spent, HTC China president Ray Yam believes the deal will begin to benefit the company in 2013. ?The settlement with Apple will start to pay off next year, and the fourth quarter of this year is still going at a set pace,? the executive said in an interview with the Economic Observer of China, according to Focus Taiwan.http://news.yahoo.com/htc-says-licensing-agreement-apple-lead-better-devices-162558920.htmlWed, 02 Jan 2013 11:25:58 -0500BGR Newshtc-says-licensing-agreement-apple-lead-better-devices-162558920Although every app developer dreams of creating the next big mobile app, it seems that established applications are becoming more firmly entrenched at the top of the food chain. Per Reuters, year-end totals from the Apple (AAPL) App Store and Google (GOOG) Play show that stalwarts such as YouTube, Angry Birds,?Instagram?and Facebook (FB) ?continued to be among the most downloaded apps of the year,? which shouldn?t be too surprising considering that all four are now staples of the mobile computing experience. There were a few newcomers that soared up the charts for iOS and Android, however, including the make-your-own-art game?Draw Something, the Paper sketch pad app for the iPad and the?Songza music discovery app. Apps have become a more popularhttp://news.yahoo.com/no-surprise-youtube-angry-birds-instagram-facebook-among-150554865.htmlTue, 01 Jan 2013 10:05:54 -0500BGR Newsno-surprise-youtube-angry-birds-instagram-facebook-among-150554865<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2012-one-4-minute-video-220620063.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Kvc9zgG28Fw.pIl9t6Dvaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/All_of_2012_in_One-1d096769f09e6921728ec4d23e5dbcb7" width="130" height="86" alt="All of 2012 in One 4-Minute Video" align="left" title="All of 2012 in One 4-Minute Video" border="0" /></a>We realize there&#039;s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: ?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/2012-one-4-minute-video-220620063.htmlMon, 31 Dec 2012 17:06:20 -0500The Atlantic Wire2012-one-4-minute-video-220620063<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/2012-one-4-minute-video-220620063.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Kvc9zgG28Fw.pIl9t6Dvaw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/All_of_2012_in_One-1d096769f09e6921728ec4d23e5dbcb7" width="130" height="86" alt="All of 2012 in One 4-Minute Video" align="left" title="All of 2012 in One 4-Minute Video" border="0" /></a>We realize there&#039;s only so much time one can spend in a day watching new trailers, viral video clips, and shaky cell phone footage of people arguing on live television. This is why every day The Atlantic Wire highlights the videos that truly earn your five minutes (or less) of attention. Today: ?</p><br clear="all"/>LG?s (066570) first attempt at a large screen Galaxy Note competitor never really took off, however the company is said to be ready to try again. According to a report from GSMArena, LG is looking to make a splash at this year?s Consumer Electronics Show in January with a number of high-resolution displays. The company is said to be planning to debut a high-end Android smartphone with a 5.5-inch full HD 1920 x 1080 resolution display and a pixel density of 403 pixels-per-inch. The handset, which could come to market as the Optimus G2, is expected to compete with the DROID DNA by HTC (2498), Samsung?s (005930) Galaxy Note and Sony?s upcoming Xperia Z smartphone. LG is also rumored tohttp://news.yahoo.com/lg-rumored-debut-smartphone-edge-edge-display-full-210003770.htmlMon, 31 Dec 2012 16:00:03 -0500BGR Newslg-rumored-debut-smartphone-edge-edge-display-full-210003770Hang in there, American BlackBerry fans ? your wait for a new device is nearly over. Engadget reports that the Federal Communications Commission has granted approval to what looks like RIM?s (RIMM) BlackBerry Z10 smartphone for use on AT&T?s (T) LTE and HSPA networks. The Z10, which will be the first device released with the new BlackBerry 10 operating system, is rumored to include a?Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 1.5GHz dual core processor,?a 4.2-inch display with a resolution of 1,280 x 768 pixels,?2GB of RAM, up to 32GB expandable of storage and an 8-megapixel camera. RIM plans to unveil the BlackBerry Z10 along with the finished version of the BlackBerry 10 OS on January 30th.http://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-z10-t-compatible-lte-uncovered-ahead-january-191000005.htmlMon, 31 Dec 2012 14:10:00 -0500BGR Newsblackberry-z10-t-compatible-lte-uncovered-ahead-january-191000005Samsung (005930) is the world?s top Android smartphone vendor by a staggering margin. Aside from?LG (066570), which managed a small $20 million profit from its mobile division last quarter, no other global Android vendor can figure out how to make money selling Android phones. Meanwhile, Samsung posted a $6 billion profit on $47.6 billion in sales in the third quarter, thanks largely to record smartphone shipments and a massive marketing budget. Even as industry watchers turn sour on Apple, Samsung is seen steamrolling into 2013 and its stock is up nearly 50% on the year while?Apple?(AAPL)?shares continue to fall from a record high hit in September. As unstoppable as Samsung appears right now, one key question remains: Is Samsung drivinghttp://news.yahoo.com/samsung-survive-without-android-150043626.htmlMon, 31 Dec 2012 10:00:43 -0500BGR Newssamsung-survive-without-android-150043626

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