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Motorola pulls its ITC lawsuit against Apple

Motorola today pulled its lawsuit against Apple, just weeks after filing against the Cupertino-based company.  Initially centered around seven alleged patent violations, Motorola did not ...

X Tablet review

What we liked:  The stock Android 4.0 experience is always nice as it keeps us from too much bloatware or extra software touches that sometimes ...

Google withdraws recent ITC complaint in Motorola v. Apple case

Well, here's a bit of a surprise in the ongoing spate of Apple-focused patent disputes. Google's Motorola Mobility subsidiary has now formally withdrawn ...

Deutsche Telekom mulling T-Mobile / MetroPCS marriage

Well, turns out that rumors of a MetroPCS and T-Mobile merger weren't completely off base. While we wouldn't expect Deutsche Telekom to announce ...

Editorial: Square gets the attention, but credit cards rule

Lower Manhattan, Pearl Street, the Financial District. A Starbucks with broad windows, great for people watching. Sipping my $5 flavored coffee, I watched ...

Apple’s app search engine goes dark, Chomp joins Ping in obsolescence

Ping wasn't the only Apple service to go offline at the tail end of September. Chomp, an app search engine purchased by Cook ...

Deutsche Telekom confirms intent to merge with MetroPCS

T-Mobile USA’s parent company, Deutsche Telekom, has confirmed that they do hope to finalize a deal that will see them merging with/buying out MetroPCS.  Advising ...

LinkedIn branches out with new blogging and ‘following’ features for select group

LinkedIn has always been based on the notion of "connections" rather than "followers," but the social network has made a bit of a ...

ComScore: iPhone grew to 34 percent US share in a pre-iPhone 5 world, Android still on top at 52 percent

Apple is all too used to the rumor cycle affecting its sales: the company just saw a dip in sequential iPhone shipments this ...

OverDrive app lets NOOK owners borrow eBooks and MP3 audiobooks

Thinking about picking up one of those new NOOK HD devices for yourself? Or maybe you’ve got a student in the house who might appreciate ...

Microbial music: Using sound to represent data from the deep blue sea

Science and music, many would say opposite sides of the same coin. Unless you're DOE biologist Peter Larsen at the Argonne National Laboratory, ...

Lenovo building PC production facility in North Carolina

North Carolina is fast becoming a haven for tech behemoths, with Chinese giant Lenovo becoming the latest to plant its flag in the ...

comScore: Android inches to 52.6 percent market share in U.S.

The latest comScore figures are out and seem to suggest that not a lot has changed over the last three months.  As expected, Android is ...

New York Times releases ‘experimental’ HTML5 iPad app, puts Twitter trends front and center

The New York Times isn't beyond a little "experimentation" -- not when it comes to iPad apps, at least. The old gray lady ...

T-Mobile and MetroPCS rumored for merger

T-Mobile and MetroPCS are being tied to rumors this week that suggest the two carriers will merge to create a larger, fourth place wireless provider. ...

Jolla resuscitates MeeGo with ‘Sailfish’ OS, plans to show off new device this November

If competition breeds innovation, then there's plenty promise in this latest mobile development from Jolla. The Finnish company, comprised of former Nokia employees, ...

Rohm 5Wh hydrogen fuel cells power up smartphones, ready for the trash after one charge

Rohm's hydrogen fuel cells are meant to power smartphones and other mobile devices, but unlike other juicing-up solutions, the cells are only good ...

HTC One XV gallery

AT&T locks down HTC One X+ as U.S. exclusive; will offer One VX as well Be sure to follow AndroidGuys on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube! ...

Smartphones for audiophiles: is the iPhone 5 more musical than its rivals?

Related reviews Apple iPhone 5 Samsung Galaxy S III ...

Oregon Scientific debuts $150 MEEP! Tablet for kids

Oregon Scientific today introduced a new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich tablet designed specifically with kids in mind. Called the MEEP! Tablet, it’s a 7-inch ...

Nokia launches Belle Feature Pack 2 firmware OTA, Pureview 808 gets extra imaging goodies

Like the proverbial groundhog, Nokia's Feature Pack 2 for Symbian Belle peeked out a bit too early last month and had to withdraw ...

NTT DoCoMo translation app converts languages in real time (hands-on video)

Last year at CEATEC, we saw NTT DoCoMo demo its translation app, which made life easier by translating a Japanese menu into English ...

AT&T locks down HTC One X+ as U.S. exclusive; will offer One VX as well

AT&T has done it again, locking down the exclusive rights to the U.S. version of the HTC One X+. As was the case with its ...

Google patents smart watch with flip-up display that could reveal everyday objects’ secrets

It looks like Google has considered transferring ideas from Project Glass over to your wrist by patenting a smart watch with a transparent, ...

MoviePass launches iPhone app and card combo, takes unlimited viewing to all US theaters

While MoviePass was in early beta, it got more than a small amount of pushback from theaters that didn't like someone changing the ...

AT&T adds HTC One X+ and One VX to its future lineup, will arrive in the ‘coming months’

HTC decided to reveal the oft-rumored One X+ earlier this morning, and it didn't take long for AT&T to announce its intent to ...

Visa lets iPhone-toting NatWest and RBS customers pay with NFC cases, join the future

Two can play at the UK-banks-with-NFC-payments game. RBS (and by extension, NatWest) is partnering with Visa Europe to roll out TouchPay, a mobile ...

Samsung alleges iPhone 5 violates eight patents; hearing set for 2014

Samsung, in its ongoing war with Apple, has asked to include the iPhone 5 on a list of devices they claim violates its own patents.  According to ...

NTT DoCoMo’s i beam tablet prototype is driven by your eyes (video)

Another prototype from DoCoMo aimed at Nihon's commuters, the i beam concept tablet forgoes any touch at all, allowing the user (once they're ...

Ice Cream Sandwich now powers nearly 1 in 4 Android devices

It’s a new month and that means it’s time for some Android figures.  As often is our wont, we take a look at what versions ...

NTT DoCoMo hands-free videophone prototype replaces that off-center webcam stare with your digital doppelganger (video)

In a sort of reverse-Project Glass, one of DoCoMo's latest prototypes flips its cameras back at the wearer. This hands-free videophone headset ties ...

Motorola’s RAZR i arrives in the UK at Phones4U

Motorola's RAZR i has landed on British shores, and is available today from Phones4U. The handset, the first born of a union 'twixt ...