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HTC: 'Using widgets and constantly customising homescreens is so 2010' Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 08:06 AM PST HTC revamped its Sense UI after learning that most smartphone owners rarely use widgets and barely bother to customise their homescreens after the first month of tweaking. The Taiwanese company launched version 5 of its popular Sense UI last month, alongside the stunning HTC One handset, which offered a fresh new feel for the first time in a number of years. In a blog post entitled ' Redefining ... Samsung's $1B bill in Apple case reduced by $450M Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 08:06 AM PST SAN FRANCISCO â€" The two biggest â€" and bitterest â€" rivals in the smartphone market will have to endure another bruising trial after a federal judge ruled that jurors miscalculated nearly half the $1 billion in damages it found Samsung Electronics owed Apple Inc. for patent infringement. For Everyone But Apple And Samsung, It's A Sad Race To Third Place Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 07:52 AM PST This week, an executive from LG told me his company is aiming for a "strong third place" in the smartphone wars. I found that interesting. It's the third time in the last few months that I've heard a major smartphone maker say it's aiming for the slot below Apple and Samsung. Silly idea to control social media â€" The Malaysian Insider Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 07:36 AM PST MARCH 2 â€" One wonders where Datuk Maglin Dennis D’Cruz was on April 3, 2009 when Datuk Seri Najib Razak took office as Prime Minister and said “the days of government knows best is over”. One wonders where D’Cruz was during the Budget 2013 speech last year when Najib proposed a fund to give smartphone rebates for youths to enable them to access ... Apple iPhone 6 Targets China Mobile in Bid for Supremacy in Smartphone Wars Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 07:18 AM PST Apple's next smartphone could be partnered with China Mobile later this year, in a bold attempt to capitalise on the Chinese market of 500 million people. Hackathon's Goal: A Smartphone Game That Scores Points for Cancer Research Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 05:27 AM PST UK-based charity is sponsoring a weekend hackathon, but those invited won't be using their coding talents to advance any business causes. The 40 programmers, gamers, graphic designers and other specialists will spend the time designing a smartphone game that can let average users help with cancer research, Should BlackBerry make a new tablet? Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 05:08 AM PST After the launch of the Z10 smartphone, speculation turns to whether Research in Motion should offer a follow-up to its PlayBook slate, despite lackluster sales. Speed isn’t everything: Convenient new features coming to your next smartphone Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 04:51 AM PST New processors may help the next generation of smartphones handle more and more tasks, but the innovations Qualcomm showed off at Mobile World Congress 2013 emphasize that convenience is still key for consumers. Apple, Samsung and Google under fire at Mobile World Congress Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 04:29 AM PST Mobile World Congress showed that Apple, Samsung and Google are still the smartphone industry leaders, but upstart and would-be has-been companies are fighting back. Half of $1B Apple award from Samsung invalidated Sat, 02 Mar, 2013 04:22 AM PST A federal judge on Friday erased nearly half of the $1 billion in damages that a jury decided that Samsung Electronics should pay Apple in a high-profile trial over the smartphone and tablet computer patents.

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