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• 05 June 2013

• News: Wikipad Android gaming tablet goes on sale June 11

  After months of delays and redesigns, the Wikipad Android gaming tablet will launch June 11 for $249.

• 04 June 2013

• News: ITC orders import ban on some iPhones, iPads in Samsung patent dispute

  Apple infringed a Samsung Electronics patent, the U.S. International Trade Commission said in a final judgment released Tuesday that bans import into the U.S. of certain AT&T iPhone and iPad models.

• News: IDC: No end in sight for rising smartphone sales

  Emerging markets and lower prices will push worldwide smartphone shipments close to the billion-unit level this year, according to the latest forecast by IDC.

• News: ARM chief executive explains his exit

  ARM Holdings has done well under CEO Warren East and there was no obvious reason for him to step aside. But by July 1, the new CEO, fellow ARM veteran Simon Segars, will be the new chief executive.

• News: HTC One finally coming to Verizon... before fall

  Verizon will finally be filling the curious HTC One-shaped hole in its smartphone roster.

• News: Samsung exec: Smartphone of the future is bringing a technical design revolution

  The smartphone of the future is going to require a "revolution" in thinking about technical design and "not enough people are prepared" for the challenges coming in here years, the president of Samsung Electronics said in his keynote at the Design Automation Conference (DAC) here today.

• News: New iPhone 5S, iPhone 6 release date

  Here's everything you need to know about Apple's iPhone 6 release date.

• News: Smartphone shipments surge as prices drop

  More smartphones will ship worldwide in 2013 than other so-called mobile 'feature' phones as the average price of smartphones drops, IDC said Tuesday.

• Bose introduces SoundLink Mini and QuietComfort 20

  Bose has unveiled its SoundLink Mini Bluetooth speaker and QuietComfort 20 headphones for use with smartphones and tablets.

• News: Tablet owners spend a lot more on apps

  Smartphone owners who also have a tablet spend three times as much on apps as those who only own smartphones, according to a survey by research and consulting firm Analysys Mason.

• Opinion: The Floome smartphone breathalyzer will tell you when it's time to call a cab

  It can be awkward to try and convince a friend that they shouldn't be driving, but it's a situation that many of us find ourselves in: It's late on a Friday night, you've been out with coworkers for a few hours, and then Steve from accounting unevenly rises and declares it's time for him to head home. "Are you okay to drive?" someone asks, and he says he's fine--but it also took him several minutes to find his keys in his jacket pocket. Maybe he's just tired, maybe he's past his limit, but there's no real way for you to determine whether or not you should insist on calling him a cab.

• News: Home sweet home: Free apps for apartment hunting

  Having recently been through the particular brand of torture that is apartment hunting in San Francisco, I was so very relieved to discover that other, smarter options exist beyond that tired old go-to, Craigslist. I will always love Craigslist for everything it has done for me, and the addition of a map view and photos in the search results list has only made the site even more useful. But I could do without all the gray hairs that incessant searches and countless lists of semi-complete listings have earned me.

• News: NFC forecast dims at Gartner

  Gartner today drastically lowered its forecast for the monetary payments that near field communication technology will provide in coming years, noting the struggles of Google Wallet and Isis mobile wallet services.

• News: Computerworld Honors 2013: Critical health data sent to rural Ghana via mobile

  The statistics are staggering: Worldwide in 2011, 6.9 million children died before their fifth birthday and nearly 300,000 women died during pregnancy or childbirth.

• News: Computerworld Honors 2013: Life-changing lessons via mobile device

  This may be the Information Age, but there are 750 million illiterate adults worldwide who can't take advantage of today's wealth of data to better their lives. In fact, illiteracy, poverty and a lack of electricity impede millions from learning and benefitting from the technology advances that have marked our era.

• News: Computerworld Honors 2013: Mobile tech expands banking in Kenya

  The Commercial Bank of Africa (CBA) wanted to reach millions of potential customers in Kenya, but most of those potential customers didn't have access to traditional brick-and-mortar banking facilities.

• News: Windows Phone claws its way to 5.6 percent of U.S. sales

  Microsoft's Windows Phone is still an underdog in the smartphone market, but it's starting to put up a decent fight.

• Opinion: Remains of the Day: Charge!

  Your iPhone may be getting more than just power from that charger. Elsewhere, the patent lawsuit is coming from inside the law firm and the iHernia of Mac portable concepts. The remainders for Monday, June 3, 2013 are large and in charge.

• News: Toshiba announces the first tablets to ship with Nvidia Tegra 4 processors

  Toshiba on Monday took the wraps off what it hopes will be the first tablet powered by Nvidia's latest Tegra 4 processor. Dubbed the Excite Pro, this $500 tablet runs Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean and has a 10.1-inch 2560 x 1600 pixel IPS display. For those of you counting pixels at home, that puts the Excite Pro at 300 pixels per inch (ppi)--more than what's currently offered on Apple's iPad with Retina display and its 264 pixels per inch.

• News: Intel working on low-power Thunderbolt for tablets, smartphones

  A low-power Thunderbolt interconnect for smartphones and tablets is in the works, but the wired technology may not thrive if consumers prefer products using the wireless WiGig specification for data transfers.

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