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PayPal Here Takes On Square Register With New iPad Payments Appview story

http://techcrunch.com – After debuting its in-store mobile payments technology PayPal Here in the U.K. two weeks ago, the payments giant is announcing another set of news around the product: an iPad app. (IT news)

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With Q4 Earnings Two Weeks Out And Stock Dipping, BlackBerry Suddenly Announces Mystery Order Of 1M BB10 Handsetsview story

http://techcrunch.com – BlackBerry issued a press release today that amounts to little more than “Look! We’re selling handsets!” The four paragraph release hit the wire at 3:17 ET, and shares (which had been down on the day on the NASDAQ) shot up immediately afterwards. (IT news)

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How to backup apps and app data on your rooted or non-rooted Android phone or tabletview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – We’ve all been in a situation before where we needed to either factory reset our phone, send it in for a warranty replacement, etc. Not a big deal by itself, but you’ve got 3 stars on 80% of Angry Birds levels, and who would want to lose that accomplishment? You want to be able to keep that data forever. (IT news)

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Samsung prepping a $100 contract free 4G LTE smartphone for Indiaview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – High-end handsets will always be in demand, but so will the lower-end devices. The latest comes from the Times of India that reveal that Samsung is working on a RS 5,500 ($100) contract free 4G LTE smartphone for Reliance Communications in India. Let me repeat..that’s contract free. We have a number of $100 phones here in the U.S., but they are all with 2 year contracts. (IT news)

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ASUS Transformer AiO (all-in-one) to launch in Q2 for a starting price of $1,299view story

http://www.talkandroid.com – Do you remember that dual-boot Windows 8/Android beast that ASUS unveiled last June? Well it’s finally going to be released in North America during the second quarter for a starting price of $1,299. Sounds steep, but not when you consider what you’re getting for it. The Transformer AiO (all-in-one) is the Transformer of all Transformers. (IT news)

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Channel Partner Program Roundup: Adaptive, Tegile, Pacnetview story

http://www.thevarguy.com – We’re on another roundup! Welcome to this week’s Channel Partner Program Roundup, our regular look at what’s going on in the channel partner space. (IT news)

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Samsung tells everyone in Times Square to ‘Be Ready 4 The Next Galaxy’view story

http://www.talkandroid.com – When it comes to Android phones and marketing, Samsung is the reigning king. A lot of people are already aware of a certain event that Samsung has planned for next week, but for those that just aren’t in the know, Samsung wanted to make sure they do. (IT news)

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Latest ComScore report shows Apple is experiencing major growth, while Android is still the top OS… but slowly losing steamview story

http://www.talkandroid.com –   Should Android manufacturers finally have reason to worry about Android’s perceived growth as a mobile platform? (IT news)

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SmartAds aims to pay smartphone and tablet users to see ads on their devicesview story

http://www.talkandroid.com –   Want to watch an ad or two and get paid for it? Well the Indiegogo project for SmartAds may have an incentive for you. (IT news)

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Mark Shuttleworth Says He's Not Impressed by the Rolling Release Modelview story

http://news.softpedia.com – The rolling release model has been in the news for some time now, but the founder of Canonical, Mark Shuttleworth has stepped in and calmed the spirits by putting things into perspective. A part of the community, and quite a few developers, are pushing for an Ubuntu rolling release model. This would essentially... (read more) (IT news)