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• Nokia Siemens unveils tools to boost mobile video performance

  By Stephen Lawson | 21 May, 2013 04:28

  Mobile network builder Nokia Siemens Networks unveiled tools to optimize video performance on mobile devices on Monday, just in time for the CTIA Wireless trade show that begins Tuesday in Las Vegas.

• Corning taps into optical fiber for better indoor wireless

  By Stephen Lawson | 20 May, 2013 12:34

  Bringing wireless indoors, which was once just a matter of antennas carrying a few cellular bands so people could get phone calls, has grown far more complex and demanding in the age of Wi-Fi, multiple radio bands and more powerful antennas.

• Jolla announces first Sailfish-based smartphone

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 20 May, 2013 10:59

  Finnish startup Jolla has announced its first smartphone, which shows off its Sailfish OS on a 4.5-inch screen.

• Canadian Tire forgoes BYOD, issues BlackBerries to workers

  By Matt Hamblen | 20 May, 2013 10:14

  Canadian Tire began issuing thousands of BlackBerry Q10 smartphones to corporate employees in Toronto after rolling out Z10 models weeks earlier.

• Microsoft's $300M Nook investment hasn't paid off -- yet

  By Gregg Keizer | 20 May, 2013 10:14

  Microsoft has gotten next to nothing from its $300 million investment in Barnes & Noble, analysts said, but it may reap some rewards as it prepares to ship smaller tablets.

• Samsung launches $800,000 app contest for Galaxy S4

  By Jay Alabaster | 20 May, 2013 05:39

  Samsung will host a US$800,000 contest for developers that build apps for the Galaxy S4 using the company's peer-to-peer software interface.

• Samsung launches $US800,000 app contest for Galaxy S4

  By Jay Alabaster | 20 May, 2013 05:39

  Samsung will host a $US800,000 contest for developers that build apps for the Galaxy S4 using the company's peer-to-peer software interface.

• US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks

  By John Ribeiro | 20 May, 2013 04:46

  Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems.

• At Google I/O, developer services hogged the spotlight

  By Zach Miners | 17 May, 2013 23:37

  Forget Glass, self-driving cars or a smartwatch. Developers, not physical consumer products, were Google's darlings at the company's annual I/O conference this week.

• T-Mobile drops challenge to FCC's net neutrality rules

  By Grant Gross | 17 May, 2013 20:02

  T-Mobile USA has dropped a pending challenge to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission's net neutrality rules.

• Twitter, Facebook and Tumblr try out social networking apps for Glass

  By Zach Miners | 16 May, 2013 19:25

  While Google promotes its Glass head-mounted display as a new way for people to receive and document information on the fly, several social networking companies including Facebook, Twitter and Tumblr now want a piece of the action, by offering social applications on the device.

• Google eases Android app development with a new IDE

  By Joab Jackson | 16 May, 2013 19:10

  Google has introduced an IDE (integrated developer environment) aimed at easing development of Android apps.

• Google to boost speed, cut data use on mobile devices

  By Zach Miners | 15 May, 2013 23:45

  Google has shown off new features that can reduce data consumption and improve Web performance on Android-powered mobile devices, drawing partly from capabilities already supported in the Chrome desktop OS.

• Google CEO on innovation: 'We're at one per cent of what's possible'

  By Sharon Gaudin | 15 May, 2013 20:08

  Google CEO Larry Page took the stage today to wrap up a nearly four-hour long keynote that kicked off the Google I/O developers conference in San Francisco.

• Google launches multiplayer Android gaming API

  By Zach Miners | 15 May, 2013 17:09

  Google has introduced new APIs to help developers build better games for its Android OS.