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- Wi-Fi Alliance, WiGig to unite for certifying devices
The Wi-Fi Alliance has signed a memo of understanding with the WiGig Alliance to combine their operations and jointly certify devices equipped with the emerging ultra high-speed technologies by the end of 2013, they said Thursday. The group will work under the Wi-Fi Alliance name, and WiGig will effectively operate as a division within the merged unit. WiGig is an extremely short-range technology that links appliances and peripherals at speeds up to 6 gigabits per second. GigaOm
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- HTC chief admits miscues, vows to improve in 2013
With global market share slipping, HTC CEO Peter Chou said the Taiwanese smartphone maker would step up its marketing efforts and develop better, more innovative devices. "Our competitors were too strong and very resourceful, pouring in lots of money into marketing. We haven't done enough on the marketing front," he said in an interview today. Chou sounded an upbeat note, insisting that HTC hit bottom last year and will rebound in 2013. The Wall Street Journal
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- Sprint said to be prepping branded prepaid service
Sprint Nextel is expected to introduce a branded prepaid service Jan. 25, entering an arena the carrier had previously left to its Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile units by offering subscribers a contractless option, according to an Internet report. Sprint PAYGo will initially offer the service on the LG Optimus Elite and Samsung Victory smartphones. Rates are expected to be $70 for an unlimited smartphone plan and $50 for a feature phone package. Electronista
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- Facebook adds voice messages to Android, iOS apps
Facebook trotted out an update to its Messenger application for iOS and Android devices that lets users deliver brief voice messages to other subscribers, a move that brings the social network equal with Apple’s iMessage service and BlackBerry Messenger. Facebook also said that it will begin testing in Canada an Internet-based voice feature within iOS Messenger that will let users make peer-to-peer calls without using their plan's voice minutes -- although it will gobble up data allowances. All Things D
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- Corning will introduce tougher Gorilla Glass next week
Corning will unveil Gorilla Glass 3 at the International CES conference next week in Las Vegas as it works to toughen up its state-of-the-art material for smartphones and other devices. The new material, which an executive termed "another kind of glass" developed through studying bonding properties and atomic structure, will be less brittle and more scratch-resistant, according to the company. CNET
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- Samsung, Apple extend lead in U.S. cellphone market
Samsung Electronics drew 26.9% of the domestic cellphone market in the three months through November, a gain of 1.2 percentage points from the previous quarter as rival Apple picked up 1.4 points to garner a 18.5% share, according to comScore. LG Electronics, Motorola Mobility and HTC lost ground during the period. On the operating system front, Android reached a 53.7% share, a 1.1-point gain, while Apple's iOS grew slightly to 35% as the three other platforms fell back. CNET
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- Report: LTE users rely less on Wi-Fi, are data hungry
Early adopters to Long-Term Evolution services tend to rely less on Wi-Fi networks, according to a report from the Mobidia carrier software firm, which studied 4G users habits in the U.S., Japan and South Korea. LTE users gobbled up significantly more data but only up to a certain point -- saturation sets in at 3.2 gigabytes per month in the U.S. and 4.5 GB in the other countries. VentureBeat
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- Google agrees to concessions on standards-essential patents
Google's accord with the Federal Trade Commission over anti-trust issues includes a consent decree that limits the company's ability to block sales of rival devices that rely on technology that is considered standard across the industry. Google, which landed a huge trove of standards-essential patents with its purchase of Motorola Mobility, has fought with Microsoft and Apple over their licensing of the intellectual property. Bloomberg
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- Wireless Emergency Alerts on your mobile device
CTIA and wireless carriers representing nearly 97% of subscribers have partnered with the Federal Communications Commission and the Federal Emergency Management Agency to create a robust and reliable wireless emergency-alert system. Wireless Emergency Alerts is a national emergency-alert system that sends concise, textlike messages to users' WEA-capable mobile devices. Mobile users will not be charged for receiving these alerts and are automatically enrolled to receive them. Learn more about WEA on CTIA's website.
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