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Skype CEO Tony Bates and Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg pose after a news conference in Palo Alto, California

How Facebook and Skype are Changing Social Media

The partnership between Facebook and Skype is a natural, and it will likely change social media in a very big way -- integrating phone calls and video conferencing seamlessly into Facebook's social network.
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LG cuts smartphone, handset targets, launches 3D phone

LG Electronics Inc, the world's No.3 handset maker, cut its 2011 smartphone and handset targets on Thursday because its Optimus series has failed to stop the runaway success of Apple's iPhone and Samsung's Galaxy S.
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UK lawmakers to debate phone-hacking scandal

British lawmakers will hold an emergency debate on Wednesday over a phone-hacking scandal at a top-selling newspaper that has prompted calls for the resignation of a well-connected Rupert Murdoch executive and provoked a public outcry that could damage the paper's sales.
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Evidence increasingly against phone cancer risk

Despite a recent move to classify mobile phones as possibly carcinogenic, the scientific evidence increasingly points away from a link between their use and brain tumors, according to a new study on Saturday.
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Mobile Phone Cancer Link: True or False?

Since the dawning of cellular phones researchers have pondered whether there existed a link between usage and brain cancer, but evidence for both sides always emerges.
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Osama bin Laden cell phone contacts raise more suspicions

A cell phone found on the body of Osama bin Laden's trusted courier contained contact information to members of Harakat-ul-Mujahedeen, a Pakistani Islamic military group believed to have ties to both Al-Qaeda and the Pakistani intelligence.
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Apple iOS 5 stole the WWDC show (and ideas from Android, BlackBerry and Windows Phone 7)

Apple, well-known for creating proprietary software, is probably running out of ideas these days as people have pointed out that many features in the new version of its mobile operating system - iOS 5 - launched earlier this month at the Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) 2011 were borrowed from other mobile OS such as Android, BlackBerry and even Windows Phone 7.
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Nokia to launch Windows phone later this year

Ailing Finnish cellphone maker Nokia will launch its first smartphone using the Microsoft Windows platform later this year, and will begin to ship the models in volume in 2012, Chief Executive Stephen Elop said on Tuesday.
Android 4.0 loaded Google Nexus 4G :  This “monster” could chomp down Apple

Android Nexus 4G beast phone: Can it beat iPhone 5?

The Apple iPhone 5 rumors have kept users waiting in anticipation for a new smartphone with high speed performance and new features. Google is fully aware of this and will be giving Apple competition with the release of its most powerful Android smartphone on the market, the Nexus 4G.

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