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Mobile Companies Open the Floodgates to Allow Text Message-Based Donations

Obopay and Benevity partner up to allow any registered charity to receive text message-based donations.READ»

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Smartphones Make More Money From Streaming Music Than Downloads: Study

According to a new study, mobile operators should quit pushing their own music download stores on users and instead partner with music streaming services to increase revenues. READ»

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Windows Phone 7: This Name Does Not Sing to Me

Windows Phone 7 asks: Are operating system names going to steal the cell phone spotlight?READ»

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Forget Advertising: In-App Purchasing Is Where the Dollars Are At

New data demonstrates that consumers are happy to make purchases within an app they've already bought. Indeed, that revenue is starting to dwarf advertising income.READ»

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Nokia Reported Rapidly Losing Market Share in India, Apple Poised to Steal More

How the mighty have fallen: A new study from IDC says Nokia's rapidly losing market share in the massive Indian cell phone market. Nokia says "humbug" and suggests it's all fine. But with Apple rumored to be sweeping in, Nokia's woes seem poised to worsen.READ»

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How the iPhone 5 Can Stay Ahead of the Pack

Apple looks set to shun the next-generation 4G technology, LTE, for its first year in the U.S. Can it still retain its title as the most advanced smartphone, in the face of strong competition from Windows 7 and Android phones?READ»

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Oxfam and Nokia Partner for Mobile Donations App

Could a mobile app save the NGO world from a desperate reliance on endless, hands-on fundraising?READ»

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SMS Education: Poll Everywhere Is Making the Mobile Pop Quiz More Affordable

Mobile Messenger and Poll Everywhere are rolling out a new initiative to reach students where they spend a large chunk of their time anyway--on cell phones.READ»

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Credit Cards Will Go Electronic, Then Disappear Into iPhone 5

Two bits of news chart the evolution and demise of that dumb piece of plastic in your wallet. First, it will get very intelligent. Second, it will be replaced by your phone. READ»

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iFive: iPad Sales, Skype for Android, Palm Smartphone, Facebook Rumors, Nokia MeeGo Chief Resigns

Welcome to Tuesday. Pull up a chair at the breakfast bar, and cast your eyes over today's early news:READ»

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Smartphone Smackdown: Microsoft Sues Motorola Over Android Handsets

In a sneaky late Friday legal filing, Microsoft hit Motorola with a lawsuit over the latter company's line of Google software-based Android smartphones, which Microsoft claims are in violation of nine patents. Could this be the first of many Android-based suits?READ»

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Stanford University's Unique Economic Engine

Sixty next year, Stanford Research Park is, more than ever, the innovative heart of Silicon Valley.READ»

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A Generation of Emerging Designers Who Design With Purpose

This emerging generation of designers wants to do more than create handsome and functional products. It’s out to protect the environment, improve health, reform education, and empower communities.READ»

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iFive: Spycam-Twitter Suicide, Net-Savvy Shoppers, Microsoft Fights Patents, Government Adopts Future Net Code, iPad Tethering

It's Thursday, it's early, and it's time to read today's first bits of news:READ»

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Panicky Nokia Execs Talk Smack About iPhone, Android

The handset maker's top minds call the iPhone "badly designed" and describe Android as "like a boy peeing his pants." Why the potty mouth? Because they're in a blind panic about the future of their business -- and Apple is eating their lunch.READ»

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Visa's “Wave to Pay” Offers Transit Purchases via iPhone Swipe

Paying for your subway ride may soon require just a wave of your iPhone rather than a swipe of a metro card.READ»

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iFive: LG's Cell Phone Woes, Best Buy's iPad Sales, China's Car Extortion, Foursquare for Unis, Groupon's Sketchiness

Today's news, newly minted, and polished up bright as a new pin for your delectation.READ»

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BlackBerry Earnings Jump 68%, Reports of Death Greatly Exaggerated

Despite consistent negative chatter from tech journos and analysts, RIM (BlackBerry) put up some crazy-strong numbers this quarter, with a 68% jump in profit.READ»

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Nokia World Kickoff Shines a Light on Smartphone Future of Embattled Company

It's the opening day of Nokia World, but trumpet its successes as it will, the cell phone giant is in trouble. It needs to reinvigorate its smartphone business, but can the first clutch of new phones in this market actually help?READ»

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iFive: Hurricane Igor, Obama's Solar Snub, Nokia's Brain Drain, Google Quicksee, Facebook's Page Discoverer

While you laid down in bed, the rest of the world didn't rest its head. Here's what went on instead:READ»

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Character Study: Nokia's New Chief vs. the Old vs. Steve Jobs

Embittered Nokia has just ousted well-known figure Olli Pekka-Kallasvuo and replaced him with Stephen Elop. It's a business decision, but who these guys are matters: Will the new CEO's character bring Nokia back to life in its industry?READ»

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iFive: Nokia Chief Changed, Remote Controlled Troops, Gamers Holidays, Sex Movie Virus, Newspaper Social Net

While you dreamed, the other denizens of Earth labored away, here's how. READ»

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What Special Nokia Phone Is Riling Up Analysts and Why?

Despite leading the cell phone world for years, the giant Nokia seemed to have stumbled over planning for the smartphone future. Today some analysts think its future is brighter and have bumped up their Nokia predictions. What's going on?READ»

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Samsung's B+ Mentality: Find a Successful Product, Copy It Adequately

Samsung's new Galaxy Tablet is the answer to Apple's iPad, but it's barely competent--which is precisely how Samsung rolls. A history of merely satisfactory products proves the point.READ»

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Huawei Pulls a Nokia With "World's Most Affordable" Smartphone: Ideos

Huawei, famous mainly for 3G computing peripherals, is trying its hand at smartphones, and it's latest effort is pretty distinctive: It's trying to bring the smartphone to entry-level markets. READ»