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Apple has the most loyal mobile device users in the world, a report by Gfk Research found. The research company said that iPhone loyalty was one of the biggest competitive advantages Apple has, but that competitors still had a chance to change market share if they moved fast. (Read more…)

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Comedian Louis C.K. told Forbes that the next technology pioneer would be female. While his reasoning is typical C.K. comedy, there is plenty of merit to the sentiment, and to be frank, it would be good for the technology industry. (Read more…)

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HTC is re-evaluating its plans to acquire S3 Graphics off the heels of the graphics company lawsuit against Apple being thrown out this week. Though it seems bizarre to acquire a company solely on a litigious basis, HTC has gotten cold feet. (Read more…)

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The long-awaited Samsung Galaxy Nexus is finally available for purchase in some regions, and early reviews of the Android Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone have begun rolling in. Suffice it to say, the general sentiment across major tech publications is positive, with some calling the device their favourite Google Android handset released yet. Below are extracts from some reviews. (Read more…)

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The Nokia Windows Phone 7 handsets that are under pressure to save both Nokia’s handset business and Microsoft’s mobile OS platform have gotten off to a slow start, if a recent report by an analyst is anything to go by. Pacific Crest analyst James Faucette has slashed his estimations of how many of the handsets could sell by 75 per cent. (Read more…)

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eBay is acquiring online recommendation engine Hunch. The online retail giant says it will use the ‘taste graph’ to better recommend purchases to people who use the platform. (Read more…)

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On the heels of plenty of press, the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet PC is poised to become the second-biggest tablet PC before the year’s end. This is according to a survey conducted by ChangeWave, who also found that year-on-year tablet PC demand more than tripled, and that demand for Apple’s iPad remained very strong. (Read more…)

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With the demand for renewable energy solutions growing and the prices for these energy options falling, many tech companies over the next few years are expected to make a slow transition to these more sustainable energy models. Motorola Mobility last week pledged to start using wind power as an energy solution for their business, with aims to attain 25 per cent of all its power from wind sources. (Read more…)

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After getting off to a solid start, sales of RIM’s smartphones that run on BlackBerry OS 7 are beginning to slow. This is according to a report issued by Canaccord Genuinity, citing industry checks. (Read more…)

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Rumours that a quad-core HTC tablet PC called the HTC Quattro was in the works surfaced just a few days ago and they’ve gathered steam very fast, with Pocketnow reporting on the tablet, and outing an image of the device. The tablet device will be built on Nvidia’s recently announced Tegra 3 processor, with an impressive spec sheet to boot. (Read more…)

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A slightly tweaked version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 is scheduled for release in Germany a few short months after Apple won an injunction that prohibited the sale of the tablet PC in the nation. (Read more…)

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On the heels of rolling out the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet, the folks at Citigroup say that the online retail giant is working on a smartphone scheduled for release in 2012. If this is true, Amazon would be a full-fledged competitor in the highly lucrative mobile devices space currently dominated by manufacturers Apple and Samsung, and platform owner Google through Android OS. (Read more…)

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Windows Phone 7 has stuttered, and some believe that iOS and, in particular, Android are too far off in the distance for Microsoft’s mobile OS platform to catch up. Some disagree, and think that the struggling mobile OS platform may still have a chance yet to make a dent in the market. (Read more…)

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Google yesterday unveiled the new Google Music store. The experience is not dissimilar from what we’ve become accustomed to with iTunes and Amazon’s MP3 stores, but the service does have a few twists, including the ability to share music with your Google+ account, and how artists are able to upload and publish their music. (Read more…)

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Bethesda’s long-awaited The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim has proven a massive hit, getting off to an explosive start straight out the gates. Skyrim set the record for the most concurrent players ever to use Valve’s Steam service, as well as selling millions of units in its first two days of release. (Read more…)

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There is a new Netflix UI for the streaming service’s Android tablet application. In the press release announcing the new interface, the company also promised that a new UI for the iPad was scheduled to follow soon thereafter. (Read more…)

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