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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, 02 Aug 2013 12:50:46 -04005http://news.yahoo.com/wireless/ http://l.yimg.com/a/i/us/nws/th/main_142c.gifMEXICO CITY (AP) ? Mexico City prison authorities say they have quashed an attempt to smuggle a prohibited cell phone into a city prison in the coffin of an inmate's mother.http://news.yahoo.com/mexican-bid-smuggle-phone-prison-coffin-165046182.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 12:50:46 -0400Associated Pressmexican-bid-smuggle-phone-prison-coffin-165046182Early impressions of the Moto X have been decidedly mixed so far. While early previews generally say that the phone looks great and feels terrific to use, many are questioning why Motorola is selling a phone with mid-range specs for a high-end $200 on-contract price. Computerworld has talked with several analysts who are similarly skeptical, although one analyst points out that Motorola has a big advantage that other struggling smartphone vendors such as Nokia, BlackBerry and HTC don?t have: An enormous marketing budget courtesy of parent company Google. Patrick Moorhead, an analyst at Moor Insights & Strategy, tells Computerworld that Google?s planned $500 million marketing spend on the Moto X could go a long way toward making up for somehttp://news.yahoo.com/google-marketing-war-chest-gives-motorola-shot-being-153034754.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 11:30:34 -0400BGR Newsgoogle-marketing-war-chest-gives-motorola-shot-being-153034754Anyone worried about being tracked by law enforcement officials really ought to think twice before buying an Android phone. The Wall Street Journal reports that the Federal Bureau of Investigation can now ?remotely activate the microphones in phones running Google?s?Android software to record conversations? and that it can also ?do the same to microphones in laptops without the user knowing.? The FBI is now able to perform these feats because it?s invested heavily in recruiting hackers to help it improve its surveillance capabilities, the Journal?writes. The Journal?s report suggests that federal officials do need to get a warrant before employing such tactics, which means that the FBI isn?t just casting a wide dragnet as the National Security Agency has beenhttp://news.yahoo.com/wsj-fbi-remotely-flip-android-phone-mics-record-144549719.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 10:45:49 -0400BGR Newswsj-fbi-remotely-flip-android-phone-mics-record-144549719<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x-finally-android-humans-121600894.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Iy41vgjdtpCvsE3beS1tbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theweek/the-moto-x-allows-users-to-customize-its-plastic-back-panel-with-designs-like-this-cozy-one-right.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Moto X allows users to customize its plastic back panel with designs like this cozy one (right) called &quot;Dad&#039;s chair.&quot;" align="left" title="The Moto X allows users to customize its plastic back panel with designs like this cozy one (right) called &quot;Dad&#039;s chair.&quot;" border="0" /></a>The Google Phone doesn&#039;t dazzle, and that&#039;s what&#039;s great about it</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x-finally-android-humans-121600894.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 08:16:00 -0400The Weekmoto-x-finally-android-humans-121600894<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x-finally-android-humans-121600894.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/Iy41vgjdtpCvsE3beS1tbQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theweek/the-moto-x-allows-users-to-customize-its-plastic-back-panel-with-designs-like-this-cozy-one-right.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Moto X allows users to customize its plastic back panel with designs like this cozy one (right) called &quot;Dad&#039;s chair.&quot;" align="left" title="The Moto X allows users to customize its plastic back panel with designs like this cozy one (right) called &quot;Dad&#039;s chair.&quot;" border="0" /></a>The Google Phone doesn&#039;t dazzle, and that&#039;s what&#039;s great about it</p><br clear="all"/>Samsung may be gearing up for yet another of its Broadway-style productions to unveil its Galaxy Note III phablet and its first smartwatch. Unnamed sources tell Korean publication Asiae.co.kr that Samsung is planning to launch both new devices on September 4th, which would give them a little time to gain momentum before Apple launches its iPhone 5S and fifth-generation iPad later in the fall. The Galaxy Note III is expected to feature a 5.7-inch full-HD display with a resolution of?1,080 x 1,920-pixels,?3GB of RAM, a 13-megapixel camera, Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and improved S Pen support.http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-galaxy-note-iii-smartwatch-launch-rumored-september-115009863.htmlFri, 02 Aug 2013 07:50:09 -0400BGR Newssamsung-galaxy-note-iii-smartwatch-launch-rumored-september-115009863<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x-custom-design-and-dj-wangsta-231754968.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JZuEL2Vk20e8jnH3.dL4tA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f91c82caba0d4519390f6a7067007240.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Motorola Moto X smartphones, using Google&#039;s Android software, are shown, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at a press preview in New York. The back of the phone is available in 18 colors. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" align="left" title="Motorola Moto X smartphones, using Google&#039;s Android software, are shown, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at a press preview in New York. The back of the phone is available in 18 colors. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>Let them make horrendous phones, Motorola!</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x-custom-design-and-dj-wangsta-231754968.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 19:45:57 -0400moto-x-custom-design-and-dj-wangsta-231754968<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x-custom-design-and-dj-wangsta-231754968.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/JZuEL2Vk20e8jnH3.dL4tA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/f91c82caba0d4519390f6a7067007240.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Motorola Moto X smartphones, using Google&#039;s Android software, are shown, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at a press preview in New York. The back of the phone is available in 18 colors. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" align="left" title="Motorola Moto X smartphones, using Google&#039;s Android software, are shown, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at a press preview in New York. The back of the phone is available in 18 colors. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>Let them make horrendous phones, Motorola!</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-bets-custom-colors-first-flagship-moto-x-191121064.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T.67JEXsAEvP2p78WrquAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T233055Z_3_CBRE9701HB200_RTROPTP_2_GOOGLE-MOTOROLA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Phones with wooden backs on them rest in a display at a launch event for Motorola&#039;s new Moto X phone in New York" align="left" title="Phones with wooden backs on them rest in a display at a launch event for Motorola&#039;s new Moto X phone in New York" border="0" /></a>By Sinead Carew and Alexei Oreskovic NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Motorola on Thursday unveiled a new smartphone that consumers can personalize with a choice of colors and materials, hoping to stand out in a crowded market and justify the $12.5 billion that Google Inc paid for the ailing handset maker. The highly anticipated &quot;Moto X&quot; marks the cellphone maker&#039;s first flagship device since Google bought the company in 2012, and is its latest attempt to break into a smartphone market dominated by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/google-bets-custom-colors-first-flagship-moto-x-191121064.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 19:30:55 -0400Reutersgoogle-bets-custom-colors-first-flagship-moto-x-191121064<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/google-bets-custom-colors-first-flagship-moto-x-191121064.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/T.67JEXsAEvP2p78WrquAA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-08-01T233055Z_3_CBRE9701HB200_RTROPTP_2_GOOGLE-MOTOROLA.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="Phones with wooden backs on them rest in a display at a launch event for Motorola&#039;s new Moto X phone in New York" align="left" title="Phones with wooden backs on them rest in a display at a launch event for Motorola&#039;s new Moto X phone in New York" border="0" /></a>By Sinead Carew and Alexei Oreskovic NEW YORK/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Motorola on Thursday unveiled a new smartphone that consumers can personalize with a choice of colors and materials, hoping to stand out in a crowded market and justify the $12.5 billion that Google Inc paid for the ailing handset maker. The highly anticipated &quot;Moto X&quot; marks the cellphone maker&#039;s first flagship device since Google bought the company in 2012, and is its latest attempt to break into a smartphone market dominated by Apple Inc and Samsung Electronics. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Could Sony have finally cracked the smartphone market? Per The New York Times, Sony?s latest earnings report showed that the company sold 9.6 million smartphones over the last quarter, a significant improvement over the 7.4 million it sold over the same quarter in 2012. Even more impressively, the company?s mobile division turned a $60 million profit after posting a loss of $28.1 million in the same quarter last year. Given the difficulties that vendors other than Apple and Samsung have had making money on smartphones, Sony?s profitable quarter in the mobile market is certainly an accomplishment. The company has gotten help this year from its new Xperia Z smartphone that reportedly experienced strong early sales and came out before Samsunghttp://news.yahoo.com/sony-smartphone-business-heats-9-6-million-sold-233007342.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 19:30:07 -0400BGR Newssony-smartphone-business-heats-9-6-million-sold-233007342<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/googles-moto-x-cleverly-appeals-individuality-215315078.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/grdtoxHaawDmVQtq4iSkWQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Google_s_Moto_X_Cleverly_Appeals-89a3e8e0223f60942d6d834b2783f818" width="130" height="86" alt="Google&#039;s Moto X Cleverly Appeals to Your Individuality" align="left" title="Google&#039;s Moto X Cleverly Appeals to Your Individuality" border="0" /></a>With its just-announced, much-anticipated Moto X phone, Google has decided to play up the vanity angle, understanding that consumers care as much, if not more, about personal style than substance ? a complete turn-around from Motorola&#039;s usual pitch to tech dorks. Moto X comes in?504 potential combinations?for any personality type or gender, with 18 available backplate covers, the choice of a black or white front panel, and seven different colors for the side buttons and the ring around the rear camera lens. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/googles-moto-x-cleverly-appeals-individuality-215315078.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 17:53:15 -0400The Atlantic Wiregoogles-moto-x-cleverly-appeals-individuality-215315078<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/googles-moto-x-cleverly-appeals-individuality-215315078.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/grdtoxHaawDmVQtq4iSkWQ--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/theatlanticwire/Google_s_Moto_X_Cleverly_Appeals-89a3e8e0223f60942d6d834b2783f818" width="130" height="86" alt="Google&#039;s Moto X Cleverly Appeals to Your Individuality" align="left" title="Google&#039;s Moto X Cleverly Appeals to Your Individuality" border="0" /></a>With its just-announced, much-anticipated Moto X phone, Google has decided to play up the vanity angle, understanding that consumers care as much, if not more, about personal style than substance ? a complete turn-around from Motorola&#039;s usual pitch to tech dorks. Moto X comes in?504 potential combinations?for any personality type or gender, with 18 available backplate covers, the choice of a black or white front panel, and seven different colors for the side buttons and the ring around the rear camera lens. ...</p><br clear="all"/><p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-factory-means-buyers-customize-google-phone-193308053.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AZDscYtpivvshtpsEiW_TA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7c7eb16dba2d4519390f6a70670073e9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Motorola Moto X smartphone, using Google&#039;s Android software, is shown, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at a press preview in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" align="left" title="The Motorola Moto X smartphone, using Google&#039;s Android software, is shown, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at a press preview in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? With its first smartphone designed completely in-house, Google is demonstrating one of the benefits of moving production from Asia to the U.S.: It&#039;s letting buyers customize phones to give them their own style.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/us-factory-means-buyers-customize-google-phone-193308053.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 17:46:14 -0400Associated Pressus-factory-means-buyers-customize-google-phone-193308053<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/us-factory-means-buyers-customize-google-phone-193308053.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/AZDscYtpivvshtpsEiW_TA--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3B4b2ZmPTUwO3B5b2ZmPTA7cT04NTt3PTEzMA--/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/7c7eb16dba2d4519390f6a70670073e9.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="The Motorola Moto X smartphone, using Google&#039;s Android software, is shown, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at a press preview in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" align="left" title="The Motorola Moto X smartphone, using Google&#039;s Android software, is shown, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2013 at a press preview in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? With its first smartphone designed completely in-house, Google is demonstrating one of the benefits of moving production from Asia to the U.S.: It&#039;s letting buyers customize phones to give them their own style.</p><br clear="all"/>Motorola?s back on the scene with a brand new handset called Moto X, the company?s first flagship since being acquired by Google. It?s a beautiful, thoughtful, innovative device that offers iterative features of other Android phones in the past, yet it brings them together under one unified umbrella. Starting off with the hardware, the phone sports a 4.7-inch display, though you might not notice it because of how small the bezels around and below the screen actually are. This lets normal consumers, the ones that don?t care about screen size, or tinkering (as much) experience a big and beautiful display, without sacrificing comfort. Speaking of comfort, the phone practically melts away in your hand. It?s curved, with rounded edges allhttp://news.yahoo.com/motorola-moto-x-preview-190154925.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 15:01:54 -0400BGR Newsmotorola-moto-x-preview-190154925Motorola?s newest flagship phone will arrive on all major carriers in the United States by the end of August for $199.99 with a two-year contract. The new Moto X will feature a?4.7-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (316 pixels per inch),?a Qualcomm Snapdragon S4?1.7GHz dual-core processor, a quad-core GPU, a 10-megapixel Clear Pixel rear-facing camera, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of memory and a 2200mAh battery. Custom Motorola hardware includes the?Motorola?X8 mobile computing system, a natural language processor and a contextual computing processor.?On the software side, the device will feature?Android 4.2.2.http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x-coming-major-u-carriers-august-199-190028411.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 15:00:28 -0400BGR Newsmoto-x-coming-major-u-carriers-august-199-190028411<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x--motorola-introduces-its-first-smartphone-made-after-the-google-acquisition-173750751.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UXbvoRtPW_FxPDB0kHqXrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-08-01/e5c71309-18d9-4274-87bd-43f5dc376fe9_IMAG0241.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Moto X" align="left" title="Moto X" border="0" /></a>With a smart camera and touchless controls, does Motorola&#039;s X mark the spot?</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x--motorola-introduces-its-first-smartphone-made-after-the-google-acquisition-173750751.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 14:59:46 -0400moto-x--motorola-introduces-its-first-smartphone-made-after-the-google-acquisition-173750751<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/moto-x--motorola-introduces-its-first-smartphone-made-after-the-google-acquisition-173750751.html"><img src="http://l.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/UXbvoRtPW_FxPDB0kHqXrg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://l.yimg.com/os/publish-images/news/2013-08-01/e5c71309-18d9-4274-87bd-43f5dc376fe9_IMAG0241.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="Moto X" align="left" title="Moto X" border="0" /></a>With a smart camera and touchless controls, does Motorola&#039;s X mark the spot?</p><br clear="all"/>Last March, a low-end Android phone called Xolo Q800?debuted in Asia. The model?remains almost unknown in the Western markets, but it is a perfect specimen of a new class of Android smartphones that are rocking?both smartphone and mobile application markets in 2013. It is the Q800 and its brethren that actually explain a variety of?recent industry surprises, ranging from unexpected profit slumps of?high-end phone vendors?to Google Play?s sudden surge to ?take the lead over iOS in terms of overall mobile app downloads. Here is why?the Xolo Q800 is now setting the Asian handset markets on fire: It offers a quad-core 1.2 GHz CPU, an 8 megapixel rear camera and a 4.5-inch display with a resolution of 225 pixels per inch,http://news.yahoo.com/engine-destruction-anatomy-low-end-android-phone-171501630.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 13:15:01 -0400BGR Newsengine-destruction-anatomy-low-end-android-phone-171501630Apple posted a 20% profit decline?in its spring quarter. Personal navigation device (PND) vendor Garmin just?delivered a comparatively mild?7% earnings decline. If anyone had forecast this outcome two years ago, he would have been branded as a lunatic. Or possibly a dark prophet of apocalypse: ?And when he had opened the?third seal, I heard the?third beast say, Come and see; And I beheld, and lo a PND vendor that was supposed to be dead outperformed the most profitable smartphone vendor in history in annualized profit trend comparison.? So Garmin?s share price went up 7% on its spring earnings report. Over the past three months, Garmin?s shares have moved up by more than 15%, outpacing Apple with sinuous ease. Both BlackBerryhttp://news.yahoo.com/zombie-apocalypse-supposedly-dead-garmin-outperforms-leading-smartphone-163019261.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 12:30:19 -0400BGR Newszombie-apocalypse-supposedly-dead-garmin-outperforms-leading-smartphone-163019261Aug 1 (Reuters) - Olympic silver medallist Rigoberto Uran has left Team Sky to join Omega Pharma-Quick Step, the Belgian team said on Thursday. The 26-year-old Colombian, who finished second in the road race at last year's London Games, was also runner-up in this year's Giro D'Italia after taking over the team leader's role from Bradley Wiggins. "Rigoberto's arrival reinforces our team as far as the major tours are concerned," team manager Patrick Lefevere said in a statement. "Uran is a top rider and his talent on climbs goes without saying. ...http://news.yahoo.com/cycling-uran-renshaw-join-omega-pharma-quick-step-135804208.htmlThu, 01 Aug 2013 09:58:04 -0400Reuterscycling-uran-renshaw-join-omega-pharma-quick-step-135804208Let?s hope you weren?t betting on the courts to rein in the government?s expansive surveillance powers. IDG News?reports that the United States?Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit has decided that the government doesn?t need to get a search warrant before tracking citizens? location data on mobile phones. Specifically, the court ruled that the Constitution?s Fourth Amendment ?protects only reasonable expectations of privacy,? which it says don?t include cell phone location data because ?a cell phone user makes a choice to get a phone, to select a particular service provider, and to make a call, and because? he voluntarily conveys his cell site data each time he makes a call.? The government?s warrantless tracking of cell phone metadata is justhttp://news.yahoo.com/appeals-court-says-feds-don-t-warrant-track-234525118.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 19:45:25 -0400BGR Newsappeals-court-says-feds-don-t-warrant-track-234525118Sony is about to give the world something it desperately needs: Another massive Android phablet. AndroidCentral has spotted a preorder form on the website of retailer Unlocked Mobiles that suggests Sony?s upcoming Xperia Z Ultra smartphone will launch on September 12th. The Xperia Z Ultra is just the latest attempt by smartphone OEMs to up the ante against Samsung to create the world?s largest phablet. The new device will have a massive 6.44-inch display and is also rumored to feature?a 2.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD slot and an 8-megapixel rear camera.http://news.yahoo.com/sony-massive-6-44-inch-phablet-reportedly-launching-223028157.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 18:30:28 -0400BGR Newssony-massive-6-44-inch-phablet-reportedly-launching-223028157You might not remember it at this point since it launched about 10 years ago in smartphone time, but HTC makes a gorgeous flagship smartphone called the HTC One and at some point, it will be made available to Verizon Wireless?subscribers. Earlier rumors pointed to an August 1st release date for Verizon?s One, but a new report from Droid-Life claims that the phone?s launch has been pushed back to August 15th. The site published what it claims to be an internal document that notes the new launch date, but Verizon hasn?t confirmed anything at this point. All we know for certain is that the HTC One first launched in April in the U.S.?and by the time it hits Verizon storehttp://news.yahoo.com/verizon-htc-one-launch-reportedly-delayed-until-august-203520999.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 16:35:20 -0400BGR Newsverizon-htc-one-launch-reportedly-delayed-until-august-203520999<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-office-comes-android-not-tablets-145151834.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5BdQnX97YaWbKcPDPaoUZw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8f4f30a699d02619390f6a706700b88f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated image provided by Microsoft Corp., shows a Windows Store only at Best Buy . Microsoft announced Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2013, it is bringing a pared-down version of its Office software to Android phones, but it won?t work on Android tablets just as it doesn?t on iPads. (AP Photo/Microsoft Office)" align="left" title="This undated image provided by Microsoft Corp., shows a Windows Store only at Best Buy . Microsoft announced Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2013, it is bringing a pared-down version of its Office software to Android phones, but it won?t work on Android tablets just as it doesn?t on iPads. (AP Photo/Microsoft Office)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Microsoft is bringing a pared-down version of its Office software to Android phones, but it is keeping the app off Android tablets just as it isn&#039;t making a version for iPads.</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-office-comes-android-not-tablets-145151834.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 15:16:58 -0400Associated Pressmicrosoft-office-comes-android-not-tablets-145151834<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-office-comes-android-not-tablets-145151834.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/5BdQnX97YaWbKcPDPaoUZw--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/ap_webfeeds/8f4f30a699d02619390f6a706700b88f.jpg" width="130" height="86" alt="This undated image provided by Microsoft Corp., shows a Windows Store only at Best Buy . Microsoft announced Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2013, it is bringing a pared-down version of its Office software to Android phones, but it won?t work on Android tablets just as it doesn?t on iPads. (AP Photo/Microsoft Office)" align="left" title="This undated image provided by Microsoft Corp., shows a Windows Store only at Best Buy . Microsoft announced Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2013, it is bringing a pared-down version of its Office software to Android phones, but it won?t work on Android tablets just as it doesn?t on iPads. (AP Photo/Microsoft Office)" border="0" /></a>NEW YORK (AP) ? Microsoft is bringing a pared-down version of its Office software to Android phones, but it is keeping the app off Android tablets just as it isn&#039;t making a version for iPads.</p><br clear="all"/>At some point some vendor besides Apple or Samsung will make money selling smartphones? right? Business Insider points us to the latest numbers from Canaccord Genuity showing that Apple and Samsung now account for 103% of all smartphone industry profits. What this means is that every other major smartphone vendor ? from HTC to Nokia to BlackBerry to Motorola ? is either breaking even or losing money selling smartphones. This isn?t a new development, of course, but it?s an indication that Apple and Samsung?s rivals have been unable to gain any traction this year despite releasing a slew of new high-end devices such as the HTC One, the BlackBerry Z10 and the Nokia Lumia 1020. It?s also useful to rememberhttp://news.yahoo.com/apple-samsung-still-crushing-every-other-smartphone-vendor-174536168.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 13:45:36 -0400BGR Newsapple-samsung-still-crushing-every-other-smartphone-vendor-174536168Yes, many?Android phones have that tacky, plastic feel. No, Android vendors selling those sub-$200 phones are not making much money. Yes, Android is seriously fragmented. Nevertheless, Google?s strategy of flooding the world with nasty little budget phones is turning out to be a diabolically clever gambit. Consider this: Last October, iOS app revenue was 4x bigger than Google Play app revenue. But in?Q2 2013, the iOS market generated only 2.3x more revenue than Google Play. The revenue gap is closing at an astonishing speed. Why? Because even though Google Play is obviously an inferior market for mobile apps in many ways, it is swamping the iOS market in sheer volume. In the second quarter this year, Google Play passed thehttp://news.yahoo.com/why-android-cheap-nasty-strategy-huge-threat-ios-170003228.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 13:00:03 -0400BGR Newswhy-android-cheap-nasty-strategy-huge-threat-ios-170003228<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-china-team-seize-counterfeit-goods-joint-operation-163521858.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J8__RGGS_xDVcJut0S52qg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T171458Z_1_CBRE96U1BX000_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-CHINA-USA-COUNTERFEIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A seized counterfeit pair of Beats headphones are pictured in this handout photo courtesy of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection" align="left" title="A seized counterfeit pair of Beats headphones are pictured in this handout photo courtesy of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection" border="0" /></a>By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China have joined forces in a combined operation to crack down on counterfeit goods, seizing more than 243,000 fake electronics products, including popular consumer items made by Apple, Samsung, Dr Dre and Blackberry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the month-long operation was the biggest bilateral customs enforcement effort ever conducted by the United States. It focused on seizures of goods in ports as they were exported from China or imported into the United States. While the operation resulted in only one arrest, U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>http://news.yahoo.com/u-china-team-seize-counterfeit-goods-joint-operation-163521858.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 12:35:21 -0400Reutersu-china-team-seize-counterfeit-goods-joint-operation-163521858<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/u-china-team-seize-counterfeit-goods-joint-operation-163521858.html"><img src="http://l1.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/J8__RGGS_xDVcJut0S52qg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9ODU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-07-31T171458Z_1_CBRE96U1BX000_RTROPTP_2_CTECH-US-CHINA-USA-COUNTERFEIT.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="A seized counterfeit pair of Beats headphones are pictured in this handout photo courtesy of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection" align="left" title="A seized counterfeit pair of Beats headphones are pictured in this handout photo courtesy of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection" border="0" /></a>By Deborah Charles WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The United States and China have joined forces in a combined operation to crack down on counterfeit goods, seizing more than 243,000 fake electronics products, including popular consumer items made by Apple, Samsung, Dr Dre and Blackberry. U.S. Customs and Border Protection said the month-long operation was the biggest bilateral customs enforcement effort ever conducted by the United States. It focused on seizures of goods in ports as they were exported from China or imported into the United States. While the operation resulted in only one arrest, U.S. ...</p><br clear="all"/>Devices running stock Android haven?t exactly been big sellers compared to vendor-customized devices, but a vocal minority continues to clamor for more pure Google experiences. What if users could have the best of both worlds? BGR recently covered custom HTC One software in development that would allow users to switch back and forth between stock Android and HTC?s Sense software at will on the One. Now, that software has been released by MoDaCo as a free public beta and it not only lets users switch back and forth, but it also can share data between the stock Android and Sense builds. This is a custom ROM that requires root access so it isn?t for casual users and installing the softwarehttp://news.yahoo.com/htc-one-tweak-lets-run-sense-stock-android-162530792.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 12:25:30 -0400BGR Newshtc-one-tweak-lets-run-sense-stock-android-162530792Now that Google is an ISP, it?s started to act more like one. Wired reports that Google has barred a ?potential??Google Fiber customer from attaching a server to its network, which the customer alleges is in violation of the Federal Communications Commission?s network neutrality guidelines. Google says that barring servers from its network is perfectly in line with reasonable network management practices and that users can run servers over Google Fiber if they get the company?s permission first. ?Your Google Fiber account is for your use and the reasonable use of your guests,? the company wrote to the Fiber customer.??Unless you have a written agreement with Google Fiber permitting you do so, you should not host any type of serverhttp://news.yahoo.com/did-google-change-stance-net-neutrality-updated-155009798.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 11:50:09 -0400BGR Newsdid-google-change-stance-net-neutrality-updated-155009798Now that Google is an ISP, it?s started to act more like one. Wired reports that Google has barred a Google Fiber customer from attaching a server to its network, which the customer alleges is in violation of the Federal Communications Commission?s network neutrality guidelines. Google says that barring servers from its network is perfectly in line with reasonable network management practices and that users can run servers over Google Fiber if they get the company?s permission first. ?Your Google Fiber account is for your use and the reasonable use of your guests,? the company wrote to the Fiber customer.??Unless you have a written agreement with Google Fiber permitting you do so, you should not host any type of serverhttp://news.yahoo.com/did-google-change-stance-net-neutrality-155009562.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 11:50:09 -0400BGR Newsdid-google-change-stance-net-neutrality-155009562If you?re noticing a recurring theme at the end of each quarter, you?re not alone. As contenders like Nokia, LG, BlackBerry and HTC battle for scraps in the global mobile handset market, Samsung and Apple continue to dominate by a massive margin. Samsung recently posted record results for the second quarter thanks to the launch of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone and Apple shocked Wall Street when it beat estimates due to iPhone sales that came in much higher than expected. And as illustrated in the chart from mobile analyst Benedict Evans that follows below, Apple and Samsung continued to absolutely trounce the competition when it comes to handset revenue. BlackBerry and Sony haven?t reported their most recent quarters yet,http://news.yahoo.com/samsung-apple-mobile-domination-illustrated-single-chart-151513422.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 11:15:13 -0400BGR Newssamsung-apple-mobile-domination-illustrated-single-chart-151513422Why does HTC CEO Peter Chou still have a job? That?s the only question that comes to mind when looking over HTC?s latest earnings report, which shows the company is hurtling toward a meltdown not seen in the mobile world since BlackBerry circa 2011. Despite making one of the year?s best smartphones in the HTC One, the company on Tuesday reported that its operating margin had fallen to just 1.5% in Q2 while warning that its operating margin could further erode to -8% in Q3. What made these results so devastating for HTC was that much of the blame for its erosion in margins can be placed on the HTC One, the smartphone that the company was counting on tohttp://news.yahoo.com/htc-become-total-disaster-144016626.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 10:40:16 -0400BGR Newshtc-become-total-disaster-144016626Apple?s iPhone regularly finds itself at the top of customer satisfaction surveys, but a recent study found that the tide is turning. In?the American Customer Satisfaction Index?s first study of individual smartphone models, Apple?s iPhone lineup was topped by not one but two Samsung smartphones. The Galaxy S III and Galaxy Note II were the ACSI?s highest-rated smartphones with a score of 84 a piece, good enough to just edge out iPhone 5 and iPhone 4S, which each scored 82. Forbes noted that Apple?s iPhone 4 scored an 81 in the survey and Samsung?s Galaxy S4 had not yet launched when the study was conducted earlier this year. Also of note, two old BlackBerry lines managed to fight their wayhttp://news.yahoo.com/tide-turning-samsung-phones-top-iphone-satisfaction-survey-140529584.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 10:05:29 -0400BGR Newstide-turning-samsung-phones-top-iphone-satisfaction-survey-140529584Microsoft released Office Mobile for the iPhone last month and as the days and weeks passed, many began to wonder when Microsoft?s popular productivity software would finally arrive on Android. The answer: today. Microsoft on Wednesday announced the immediate availability of Office Mobile for Android, which is available at no additional cost for Office 365 subscribers. Office Mobile for Android offers an experience that is very similar to the iPhone app, with Word, Excel and PowerPoint document creation and basic editing on board. The experience is smooth, albeit limited, and the interface is extremely clean, just as we have come to expect from Microsoft apps.?Office Mobile for Android is available for download immediately in the Google Play store.http://news.yahoo.com/microsoft-office-mobile-finally-available-android-124734085.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 08:47:34 -0400BGR Newsmicrosoft-office-mobile-finally-available-android-124734085Many angry readers ask me why I yammer on endlessly?about messaging apps like LINE and Kakaotalk. Why would anybody care so much about this app market niche? Well, one reason to care is that these messaging apps are becoming game platforms?that?are starting to devour the global app market revenue base. The latest App Annie data?shows that in June 2013, no fewer than eight out of the top-10 games in Google Play listed by global revenue were apps linked to LINE or Kakao. The only independent apps on the top-grossing?game list were Candy Crush Saga by King and Puzzle & Dragons by GungHo. This trend has not emerged in American app market yet, because the U.S. messaging market is still dominatedhttp://news.yahoo.com/messaging-apps-now-dominate-android-app-market-revenue-123536646.htmlWed, 31 Jul 2013 08:35:36 -0400BGR Newsmessaging-apps-now-dominate-android-app-market-revenue-123536646Happy news for everyone who picked up a Chromecast dongle last week: You could soon use it to stream HBO GO?on your television. GIgaOM reports that HBO is in ongoing talks to ?bring the cable network?s online offering to Chromecast,? although there?s no timetable for when HBO GO will be available for Google?s new device that lets you stream content from Android, iOS and Chrome from your smartphone, tablet or computer directly to your television. Chromecast already supports mobile apps such as?Pandora, Google Music, YouTube and Netflix, so it?s not surprising that it?s working to bring HBO GO on board as well. GigaOM also says that both Vimeo and Redbox Instant will also soon support Chromecast.http://news.yahoo.com/chromecast-users-could-soon-access-hbo-020057455.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 22:00:57 -0400BGR Newschromecast-users-could-soon-access-hbo-020057455Nokia?s bets on camera quality haven?t paid off much in the past but the company has never tried anything nearly as ambitious as the 41-megapixel camera that comes with its new flagship Lumia 1020. While the new device and its camera have received accolades for innovation, it?s not yet clear whether smartphone buyers will switch over from Android and iOS just because of a high-quality camera, especially when the device it comes with carries an on-contract price of $300. FastCompany reports that Nokia seemingly doesn?t have much of a backup plan in place if its latest attempt at wooing smartphone buyers with an industry-best camera flops yet again. In particular, FastCompany?zeroes in on Nokia CEO Stephen Elop?s seeming incredulity duringhttp://news.yahoo.com/does-nokia-backup-plan-bet-camera-quality-falls-010537398.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 21:05:37 -0400BGR Newsdoes-nokia-backup-plan-bet-camera-quality-falls-010537398It?s not just consumers who are avoiding Windows RT these days. In an interview with AllThingsD,?Asus chairman?Jonney Shih said that his company has no current plans to release any more tablets based on Microsoft?s Windows RT platform because the results from earlier RT tablets have been ?not very promising.? While Shih didn?t rule out making a Windows RT device again at some point he said that for now Asus remains solely focused on creating Windows 8 devices that use Intel chips. Asus is just the latest Windows OEM to give Windows RT the cold shoulder as HTC had to cancel plans to release a Windows RT tablet earlier this year and Acer has said that it?s unsure if it willhttp://news.yahoo.com/asus-abandons-windows-rt-000019152.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 20:00:19 -0400BGR Newsasus-abandons-windows-rt-000019152Android is certainly a very fragmented mobile operating system, but is this an entirely bad thing? British network-testing firm?OpenSignal has posted a new chart showing that Google?s mobile platform is more fragmented than it?s ever been as it?s being used on nearly 12,000 distinct devices, or roughly triple the 4,000 distinct devices it appeared on last year. While this certainly has nightmarish implications for long-suffering app developers, OpenSignal says that fragmentation has actually been one of the reasons for Android?s success. ?For consumers, extreme fragmentation means that they can get exactly the phone they want ? big or small, cheap or expensive, with any number of different feature combinations,? OpenSignal notes. ?Too often [fragmentation] is treated as a problem withhttp://news.yahoo.com/android-fragmentation-blessing-curse-225517981.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 18:55:17 -0400BGR Newsandroid-fragmentation-blessing-curse-225517981The Lumia 1020 was a very bold move from Nokia. ?Bold,? as in ?astonishingly reckless.??After its?previous flagship?Lumia phone struggled in America at $100, Nokia and AT&T decided to price the 1020?at $300 with a two-year contract. On Monday, the?Lumia 1020?was?the 13th most popular?AT&T phone at Amazon. On Tuesday, it was the 25th most popular AT&T phone. On Amazon?s combined chart of the best-selling contract phones across all U.S. carriers, the Lumia 1020 didn?t even crack the top-50. This is very unusual for a flagship phone that launched less than a week ago. The 1020 is not sold out ? it has been in stock at Amazon in recent days. It just isn?t selling.?It is lagging?behind the Lumia 920 and thehttp://news.yahoo.com/early-signs-don-t-bode-well-nokia-lumia-191057699.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 15:10:57 -0400BGR Newsearly-signs-don-t-bode-well-nokia-lumia-191057699The second calendar quarter marked the first in which BlackBerry?s debut BlackBerry 10 smartphone, the Z10, was on store shelves for the entire quarter. It was also the launch quarter of the vendor?s new BlackBerry Q10, its first next-generation handset with a full QWERTY keyboard. But during the second quarter, new data from market research firm Kantar Worldpanel suggests that BlackBerry?s U.S. market share tumbled to just 1.1% from 4% in the same quarter last year. Meanwhile, the firm says Apple?s share of U.S. smartphone sales grew to 42.5% from 39.2% in the same quarter last year despite the fact that no new iPhone has launched since last September, and Android?s share of smartphone sales fell to 51.5% from 52.6%http://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-u-market-share-plummets-just-1-q2-180059078.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 14:00:59 -0400BGR Newsblackberry-u-market-share-plummets-just-1-q2-180059078Samsung?s flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone might be a jack of all trades, master of just one, but we have to give Samsung credit for owning it. In its latest Galaxy S4 ad, Samsung highlights a number of its custom Android features that some call bells and whistles but other enjoy quite a bit. While using his Galaxy S4 on an airplane, a man draws attention thanks to features like Easy Mode, Smart Switch, the Galaxy S4?s big bright 5-inch display and its ability to pause video when the watcher looks away from the screen. And of course Samsung can?t resist the urge to jab Apple?s iPhone, so the annoying iPhone owner who loved his Apple smartphone at the beginning ofhttp://news.yahoo.com/video-samsung-smacks-iphone-skimping-features-latest-ad-171552449.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 13:15:52 -0400BGR Newsvideo-samsung-smacks-iphone-skimping-features-latest-ad-171552449The first step on the road to recovery is admitting that one has a problem. While BlackBerry CEO Thorsten Heins hasn?t been shy in making clear that BlackBerry is in the midst of rebuilding as the company does its best to recover, some of Heins?s executives are apparently still experiencing some degree of denial. BlackBerry shares plummeted 17% late last month after the company posted a surprise loss. Several noted industry watchers have stated repeatedly that the company desperately needs low-end smartphones to compete in key emerging markets, but the mid-range BlackBerry Q5 is the closest it will come in 2013 ? a recent BGR exclusive report revealed that the only additional BlackBerry 10 phone set to launch this yearhttp://news.yahoo.com/blackberry-exec-blackberry-not-trouble-154517439.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 11:45:17 -0400BGR Newsblackberry-exec-blackberry-not-trouble-154517439It seems that Facebook really doesn?t want Windows Phone users uploading photos onto Instagram. The Verge reports that Facebook seems to be deleting all Instagram photos uploaded through Instance, a third-party app that lets Windows Phone users put their pictures on the popular photo-sharing network. Although Instance users can upload their pictures to Instagram, The Verge says that ?after just seconds, the photos disappear from an Instagram account and the URLs to access them no longer work.? Instagram CEO Kevin Systrom recently said that Instagram wouldn?t be coming to Windows Phone or BlackBerry ?anytime soon? and the company appears very determined to keep unauthorized platforms from enjoying its services.http://news.yahoo.com/instagram-very-determined-keep-windows-phone-users-away-130535297.htmlTue, 30 Jul 2013 09:05:35 -0400BGR Newsinstagram-very-determined-keep-windows-phone-users-away-130535297

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