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Smartphone Could Hold the Key to Your Room
2014-01-30 18:24:24| TechNewsWorld
Starwood Hotels & Resorts is rolling out a program in two of its hotels -- one in New York City's Harlem and one in Cupertino, Calif. -- that will allow customers to try a new lock system. Guests can download a mobile app that will allow them to virtually check in once they've arrived at the hotel. Then they'll be able to open their room door with the tap or wave of their smartphone.
Google sells Motorola to Lenovo for $3 billion, throws in the smartphone towel
2014-01-30 13:48:19| Extremetech
With everything on its plate, Google has decided to stop pouring billions into its Motorola smartphone products, selling the business to Lenovo in the hopes that the new owner can better serve the market.
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Smartphone Shipments Topped 1B in 2013 for First Time
2014-01-30 02:35:59| PC Magazine Cell Phones Product Guide
Smartphone makers around the world shipped a landmark one billion handsets for the first time in 2013, according to new data from IDC.
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Lenovo to buy Motorola smartphone division from Google for $2.91 billion
2014-01-30 00:53:05| InfoWorld: Top News
Lenovo Group is buying the Motorola smartphone and tablet division at Google for nearly $3 billion. Google confirmed the purchase in a statement released late this afternoon. In that statement, Google said it would retain ownership "of the vast majority of the Motorola Mobility patent portfolio, including current patent applications and invention disclosures. As part of its ongoing relationship with Google, Lenovo will receive a license to this rich portfolio of patents and other intellectual property."
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US, British Intelligence Scoop Data From Smartphone Apps
2014-01-28 18:58:58| TechNewsWorld
Don't get angry, but... U.S. and British intelligence agencies have long been mining data from smartphone apps such as the wildly popular Angry Birds. The National Security Agency and its British brethren at the Government Communications Headquarters reportedly have targeted the swell of data moving to and fro on mobile apps, based on previously secret documents leaked by Edward Snowden.
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