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• 09 May 2013

• News: Mozilla's Firefox OS will also appear on high-end phones

  The upcoming Firefox OS will appear on higher-end smartphones, and not just entry-level handsets, with Sony expected to release a premium device running the operating system, a Mozilla executive said.

• News: The Kwikset Kevo lock opens at your touch

  Those fancy entry locks with the touch-sensitive numeric keypads are so 2012. Kwikset's new Kevo deadbolt quizzes your iPhone to verify that you're authorized to enter, and then unlocks when you physically touch it.

• 08 May 2013

• News: T-Mobile sells 500,000 iPhone 5 units in three weeks

  It seems that the introduction of the iPhone to its roster of supported devices has been very good for T-Mobile.

• News: San Francisco axes cellphone warning law in settlement with CTIA

  San Francisco killed its cellphone radiation warning law on Tuesday by agreeing to settle a lawsuit by the mobile industry group CTIA.

• News: More support for Windows RT, this time from Nvidia

  Nvidia will stay on board with making Tegra ARM-based processors for Windows RT tablets despite sluggish early sales of the devices, making the same commitment that Qualcomm has made, an Nvidia executive said

• News: Google pushes out software update for Glass

  Google has pushed out an update to Glass, its upcoming futuristic, computerized eyeglasses.

• News: Internet back up in Syria after 20-hour outage

  Syria suffered another Internet and mobile communications outage that lasted for about 20 hours. Service was restored earlier today.

• News: Inside the i-mate Intelegent, the audacious phone that runs Windows 8

  Two months ago, everything about i-mate's Intelegent Windows 8 phone screamed vaporware. Today, the handset is back, with specs that suggest it's very much real. Shoot, PCWorld has even seen videos of it in action.

• News: Vodafone taps Cisco for 4G network analytics, traffic management

  Cisco will provide the mobile multimedia core platform for Vodafone Hutchison Australia's 4G LTE network, Cisco has announced.

• News: China's Xiaomi takes crowdsourced phone development model abroad

  Taiwan and Hong Kong may be only the beginning of Xiaomi's expansion outside China. The popular Chinese vendor of low-priced handsets is aiming at getting into five more markets next year.

• News: Nokia takes on Apple and Samsung with clip of Lumia 928's low-light video capabilities

  Nokia has posted a video comparing the camera on the Lumia 928 with the Galaxy S III and the iPhone 5, as it gets ready to launch the phone.

• News: Australian government misses $1 billion in Digital Dividend auction

  The government failed to sell one-third of the 700MHz spectrum—worth $1 billion—that was up for sale in the Digital Dividend auction. Total revenue for the auction made from 700MHz and 2.5GHz spectrum was $1.96 billion, below the government's expectations.

• 07 May 2013

• News: Caesars Palace deals Google Glass out of its game

  A year before Google's futuristic-looking, computerized eyeglasses are even expected to hit the market, they have been banned -- again.

• News: Canadian Tire CTO impressed with BlackBerry Q10's long battery life

  Canadian Tire began issuing thousands of BlackBerry Q10 smartphones to corporate employees in Toronto on Monday after rolling out Z10 models weeks earlier.

• News: China's Alibaba aims for big smartphone sales of its mobile OS

  Alibaba Group hopes to make a dent in Google's dominance of China's smartphone market, and has high hopes that handsets running the company's mobile OS will reach sales of 30 million units.

• News: Mobiles no risk to planes, automobiles: AMTA

  The mobile industry has reassured travellers that mobile phones don’t interfere with airplanes or ignite fires at automobile petrol stations.

• News: Evernote originally wanted to make 'egg-like' hardware

  Note-taking software provider Evernote originally wanted to delve into the hardware business as far back as 2007, with an egg-like device capable of recording conversations, the company's CEO said on Tuesday.

• News: Nokia teases Lumia 928 but still mum on launch date

  Nokia has confirmed the upcoming launch of the long-rumored Lumia 928, with a website that hints at advanced camera features.

• News: Nokia confirms Lumia 928 smartphone

  Nokia has launched a teaser page for its upcoming Lumia 928 smartphone.

• 06 May 2013

• News: Yahoo recruiting iOS developers to 'radically improve' Flickr

  Yahoo's Flickr mobile app may be getting a completely new look in the months to come, as the company seeks to hire multiple iOS engineers to "radically improve" the photo-sharing site's app and attract new users, the company said in a recent job notice.

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