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  • “Amazon of India” Partners with “Apple of China”

    Flipkart to Sell Xiaomi Phones and Own-Branded Tablets Can the Amazon of India outmanoeuvre Amazon in India? Indian e-commerce retailer Flipkart — a self-described "megastore with multi categories" — is ...

  • Five Easy Pieces

    Will the Modular Phone Concept Ever Come Together? Has mass production met a mighty foe in modularity? The modular phone concept is an intriguing idea: simply buy the hardware features ...

  • A Snapshot of Lifeloggers

    Wearable Cameras Aren't Picture-Perfect Anyone who knows me well knows that I take a lot of photographs. I wouldn't describe myself as an amateur photographer (no expensive DSLR for me) ...

  • The Next Step in Wearables: Shoes?

    This Could Be a Ground-Floor Opportunity This is just a heads-up: when it comes to wearables, shoes could be where the action's going next. In some ways this is where ...

  • One for All. A Tough Week for Feature Phones.

    Google and Microsoft Accelerate Smartphone Spread If it's not One thing with Google, it's another. Sales of feature phones have been fading fast, so it was no surprise that smartphone ...

  • Off the Map. Google’s Last Location Weakness.

    Google's Offline Maps Are OK. Is Better Coming? Google's otherwise impressive Google Maps for mobile falls behind competitors in one area: offline maps. Type "OK Maps" into your Google Maps ...

  • The Space Race. Storage Wars Heat Up.

    Microsoft Ups Free Cloud Gigabytes. What's the Limit? Some readers might remember the few measly megabytes of storage originally given by Microsoft's Hotmail and the stern warnings when that limit ...

  • The Incredible, Inevitable Number Three

    Is a Sprint–T-Mobile Combo Written in the Stars? It's time for US mobile market players to mentally prepare for a different set of dynamics — for an "un-carrier" to be ...

  • It’s Still Early for Smartphones in India

    Xiaomi Is Now Open for Business. Good Timing. Smartphone growth is decelerating fast in many markets, but sales in India are just getting hot. What makes this particularly exciting is ...

  • Is an Atom-Based Galaxy on the Horizon?

    The Samsung-Intel Relationship Deepens It's been a tough journey for Intel in mobile. Its track record in courting handset manufacturers has been rather rocky — and sometimes simply unlucky — ...