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Android and Apple extend smartphone dominance Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 08:39 AM PST WASHINGTON: Android-powered smartphones and Apple's rival iPhone have extended their near duopoly with a whopping 91 percent of the global market in the fourth quarter, a survey showed Thursday. Kickstarter acknowledges that you shop from your phone with an iOS app of its own Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 08:31 AM PST With 40 billion App Store downloads and counting, if you haven't already carved out your own little piece of mobile magic, it's time to get crackin'. Kickstarter , the biggest name in crowdfunding, might be a bit late to the game, but its lack of presence in Apple's mobile shop ends today, with Kickstarter for iPhone. As you might expect, the smartphone-native version of the popular site's ... Hackers sock smartphone earpiece star Jawbone Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 08:23 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 14 â€" Jawbone yesterday warned users of its earpieces and Jambox speakers that hackers stole names, email addresses and encrypted passwords from accounts used to make the wireless devices smarter. The San Francisco-based company did not disclose how many MyTalk website accounts were affected, saying that the number was “limited” ... Vertu debuts $9,600 Android phone Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 08:21 AM PST If you've got nearly $10,000 to spare, Vertu has one expensive smartphone for you. (Source: CNN) (CNN) - If you've got nearly $10,000 to spare, then what may be the ultimate smartphone could be yours. HP Working On Android Tablet: Reports Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 08:18 AM PST NEW YORK (TheStreet) - Hewlett Packard's reportedly hard at work creating a new Android tablet computer to call its own. This, according to the ReadWrite blog. There's even a rumor that HP might be planning an Android smartphone to follow. The report, which has been backed up by The Verge, goes on to say that the new high-end tablet running on Google's Android OS could also be one of the first ... Android, Apple extend smartphone dominance Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 08:03 AM PST WASHINGTON - Android-powered smartphones and Apple's rival iPhone have extended their near duopoly with a whopping 91 percent of the global market in the fourth quarter, a survey showed Thursday. Canada Stocks Fall Amid Earnings as BlackBerry Tumbles Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 07:48 AM PST Canadian stocks fell for a second day after a former BlackBerry co-chief executive cut his stake in the smartphone maker and investors weighed earnings from companies including Encana Corp. and Barrick Gold Corp. Apple seeks patent to eliminate lousy photos Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 07:40 AM PST (Credit: CNET) Snapping bad pictures with your iPhone could become a problem of the past if a new Apple patent ever sees the light of day. Published today by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, the patent application dubbed "Image Capturing Device Having Continuous Image Capture" envisions a process in which your smartphone camera captures and processes a sequence of quick images of the same ... BlackBerry shares slip after former CEO Balsillie sells stake Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 07:34 AM PST TORONTO (Reuters) - Shares of Blackberry slipped on Thursday, after the company's former Co-Chief Executive Officer Jim Balsillie disclosed that he had sold his once-sizable stake in the embattled smartphone maker. Samsung to unveil smartwatch? Thu, 14 Feb, 2013 07:30 AM PST Samsung's next flagship smartphone will launch in two sizes and could be supported by a smartwatch.

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