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British Chip Designer ARM Holdings Posts £89.4m Pre-Tax Q1 Profit
ARM Holdings benefits from continued demand for smartphones and tablets
ITC Dismisses Final Motorola Mobility Patent In Apple Lawsuit
Google once again fails to make the most of Motorola patents
Nokia Gets HTC One Microphone Component Banned In Holland
Nokia tells HTC to stop copying and think of its own ideas
Half A Million Download Facebook Home, With Mixed Reactions
Facebook Home has user rating of 2.2 after more than 500,000 downloads
Mobile Growth Drives Home Network Expansion, Says Gartner
Residential networks will increase in sophistication thanks to the growing use of connected devices within the home
Archos Platinum Range Of Smartphones Launches In May
Tablet maker branches out into unlocked Android smartphones
EE 4G To Stock CAT4 4G Huawei E5576 Mobile Wi-Fi Device
EE 4G says the Huawei E5576 Mobile Wi-Fi Device is the UK's first Category 4 LTE device
Nokia Lumia Sales Increase Fails To Prevent Q1 Loss
Sales of Nokia Lumia smartphones increase by 27 percent
Google Reveals Enhanced Mobile Search
Google has ported two desktop features to its mobile search to aid users in rapid web searches
First Jolla Sailfish OS Smartphone To Be Revealed In May
New smartphone will be shown off next month with Kickstarter-style pre-sale incentive programme
WhatsApp CEO Says It Is ‘Bigger Than Twitter’
WhatsApp says that it will never give in to the temptation of advertising
Amazon Appstore Expands To Nearly 200 Countries
Amazon Appstore for Android to be available in key markets and the Vatican City
Samsung Taiwan Accused Of Paying Students To Slate HTC
Samsung Taiwan advertising agency allegedly paid students to criticise HTC
Firefox OS To Launch In Five Countries This June But Not UK
Firefox OS will launch in a number of European and South American nations by the end of 2013
Ofcom Promises Clearer Charges For Business Phone Numbers
Ofcom wants to make the cost of calling 08.09 and 118 numbers clearer to consumers
Angry BlackBerry Cries Foul Over Z10 Returns Claim
BlackBerry demands an investigation into a 'false and misleading' claim that the Z10 is being returned at excessive rates
O2 Refresh Lets Users Upgrade Smartphones At Any Time
New O2 Refresh tariff sepearates the cost of price plan from the handset
Samsung Galaxy Mega Phablet Boasts Whopping 6.3 Inch Display
Samsung Galaxy Mega promises to fit in your pocket, but is also available with a 5.8 screen
ZTE Announces Intel-powered ZTE Geek Smartphone
Yes, it's actually called the ZTE Geek
Apple iMessage And FaceTime Outages Affect iOS Users
Apple confirms disruptions but cause remains a mystery
Google Play Android App Gets Redesign
New version of Google Play to rollout to smartphones and tablets running Android 2.2 Froyo or above
Apple Yahoo Talks Could Lead To Closer iPhone Integration
Apple and Yahoo reportedly explore the possibility of more mutually-beneficial partnerships
A Third Of TechWeek Readers Want A Samsung Galaxy S4
Our latest poll reveals that 37.1 percent of you want a shiny new Samsung
EE 4G Speeds And Capacity To Double In 10 Cities
CEO Olaf Swantee says EE 4G speeds could hit 120Mbps and can make the UK a world leader in mobile networks once again
Google Challenged In Europe Over ‘Predatory’ Android Practices
Competitors including Microsoft and Nokia file a complaint with the European Commission over Google's moves in the mobile market
Games Dominate Mobile App Lists
The top Google Play and BlackBerry apps are focused on communication, while Apple and Amazon users downloaded games
HTC One Delays Contribute To Record Low Profits
HTC profits and sales slump yet again in Q1
Google In Talks To Buy WhatsApp For $1bn – Report
Google is apparently in talks with WhatsApp to bolster its mobile messaging offering
Telefonica Given £170m BlackBerry Loan From Canadian Government
EDC lends Telefonica money to purchase BlackBerry smartphones and services