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Nokia to close down data access service Ovi Files (Reuters)

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Reuters – Nokia has decided to close down its Ovi Files service which allows consumers to access their computer data remotely, the world‘s top cellphone maker said in an e-mail to users of the service.

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Calif. rejects ban on plastic shopping bags (AP)

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AP – California lawmakers on Tuesday rejected a bill seeking to ban plastic shopping bags, after a contentious debate over whether the state was going too far in trying to regulate personal choice.

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Intel buys wireless chip tech in mobile-phone push (AP)

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AP – As the world‘s biggest maker of computer chips, Intel Corp. can’t afford to ignore its huge blind spot in mobile phones.

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FlightTrack Android app flies past its competitors (Appolicious)

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Appolicious – Whether you travel extensively, have family and friends who fly often, or you just need to track flight information, FlightTrack is a must-have app for your DROID.

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Three big-carrier, Android-packing Samsung Galaxy phones down, one to go (Ben Patterson)

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Ben Patterson – We’ve already got the Captivate for AT&T, the Epic 4G for Sprint, and the Vibrant for T-Mobile — all three of which come armed with eye-popping 4-inch displays, slim profiles, speedy 1GHz processors, and five-megapixel cameras — and now Samsung’s set to finish its lap of the four big U.S. carriers with [...]

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StumbleUpon leads Android Apps of the Week (Appolicious)

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Appolicious – Bloggers and social networkers will be pleased with the latest and greatest from the Android Market. StumbleUpon has launched an Android app, along with Trillian, while Tweetdeck continues to test its beta app. Here are the week‘s top Android apps.

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Virgin Mobile tees up $40/month unlimited broadband plan (Ben Patterson)

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Ben Patterson – Forty bucks a month for unlimited 3G data that you can share over Wi-Fi via the MiFi wireless hotspot? Where do I sign up — and how long before other carriers follow suit?

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Developers backing new phone OS (Investor’s Business Daily)

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Investor’s Business Daily – Mobile phone giant Nokia and chipmaker Intel (NMS:INTC) said developers are embracing their plans to create a new cell phone operating system called MeeGo. Nokia hopes MeeGo will help it in its battle vs. Apple‘s (NMS:AAPL) iPhone and Google‘s (NMS:GOOG) Android. Nokia‘s MeeGo is a merger of Nokia‘s Linux Maemo software [...]

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Nokia, Intel say MeeGo software off to good start (Reuters)

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Reuters – Top mobile phone maker Nokia and chip maker Intel said on Tuesday their software joint venture had got off to a solid start.

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Smartphones to make up over half of Asian sales by 2015 (AFP)

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AFP – Smartphones will make up over half of Asian mobile phone sales by 2015, with 477 million units likely to be sold, an industry report said Monday.

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