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• Gartner, Verizon, Sprint: News briefs

  August 12, 2011

  News briefs: Smartphone Q2 sales jump 74 pc: Gartner; Verizon improving user experience for V Cast Apps store; Sprint teams up with McAfee to offer mobile protection.

• Nokia, Groupon, Amazon: News briefs

  August 11, 2011

  News briefs: Nokia exits feature phone, Symbian business in U.S.; Groupon sold 32.5 million deals in Q2; Amazon launches HTML5 reading app in response to Apple fees.

• Visa, AT&T, Apple: News briefs

  August 10, 2011

  News briefs: Visa moves to accelerate mobile payment adoption; FCC combines review of AT&T’s T-Mobile, Qualcomm deals; HTC the focus of another Apple patent complaint

• Android, LinkedIn, Groupon: News briefs

  August 8, 2011

  News briefs: Android leading OS, Samsung top OEM: Comscore; LinkedIn mobile page views up 400 percent; Groupon builds engineering team with Obtiva buy

• T-Mobile, Isis, Google: News briefs

  August 5, 2011

  News briefs: T-Mobile loses 50,000 customers in second quarter; Isis using C-Sam’s NFC mobile wallet platform; Google calls out Apple, Microsoft for using patents as a weapon.

• Facebook, Microsoft, Twitter: News briefs

  August 4, 2011

  News briefs: Facebook acquires digital book publisher to enable richer sharing; Microsoft could pay $70 million in Alcatel-Lucent patent case; Twitter revamps iPad experience with HTML5.

• T-Mobile, Android, InMobi: News briefs

  August 3, 2011

  News briefs: T-Mobile enables carrier billing for digital purchases; Android leads global smartphone market: Canalys; InMobi makes HTML5 play, acquires Sprout

• AT&T, Amazon, Nielsen: News briefs

  August 2, 2011

  News briefs: AT&T curtails data for heaviest smartphone data users; Amazon locks out German app developers because of Apple suit; Mobile population grew in June: Nielsen.

• Groupon, Apple, IDC: News briefs

  August 1, 2011

  News briefs: Groupon, foursquare partner for instant local deals; Apple climbs, Nokia drops in Q2 smartphone shipments; Mobile phone market grew at a slower pace in Q2: IDC

• Research In Motion, Sprint, Alibaba: News briefs

  July 29, 2011

  News briefs: Research In Motion enables in-app chatting; Sprint adds more than 1M wireless subscribers in Q2; Alibaba introduces Web-based mobile OS.

• Apple, Verizon, IPC Media: News briefs

  July 28, 2011

  News briefs: Will HTC license Apple’s technology?; T-Mobile out, Verizon in at Radio Shack; IPC Media teams up with Amobee to drive advertising revenue

• AT&T, Mozilla, Angry Birds: News briefs

  July 27, 2011

  News briefs: AT&T updates Android devices with Gingerbread; Mozilla to develop Web-based mobile OS; Angry Birds makers get happy about mobile advertising.

• Groupon, Apple, AT&T: News briefs

  July 25, 2011

  News briefs: Groupon under scrutiny for its data collection practices; With video streaming growing, Apple considers Hulu bid; Can Verizon benefit from usage-based data pricing as AT&T has?

• Microsoft, ComScore, Jumptap: News briefs

  July 20, 2011

  News briefs: Microsoft outperforms AdMob for in-app advertising; Mobile map use grows 39pc in past 12 months: ComScore; Mobile auto site traffic growing faster than online: Jumptap.

• Google, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard: News briefs

  July 14, 2011

  News briefs: Google’s Android Market revamped to showcase apps, simplify purchasing; Facebook introduces app to reach feature phone users; Executive shuffle at Hewlett-Packard puts new webOS leadership in place.

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