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  • Starbucks mobile payments perk past 26M transactions

    Starbucks said 26 million smartphone transactions were made to buy its coffee and other products in less than a year since it started using a mobile payment app, making it the nation's largest mobile payment program.

  • Lookout releases free Carrier IQ detection app

    A mobile security software company last Friday released a tool that detects Carrier IQ, the software embedded in numerous smartphones that has raised questions from users, privacy advocates and even Congress.

  • New SIM Card Will Lead to Thinner Phones

    A new SIM card, dubbed nano-SIM, will free up room in phones for additional memory and larger batteries, allowing manufacturers to create thinner devices, German card maker Giesecke & Devrient claimed.

  • Windows Tablets Get Quad-Core Chips

    Qualcomm has promised that its quad-core Snapdragon chips, designed to run Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 operating system, will appear in tablets in the second half of next year.

  • Kindle Fire places second behind iPad

    Amazon's Kindle Fire is expected to take nearly 14% of the global tablet market in the fourth quarter, placing it second behind Apple's iPad with its 65 per cent share, according to an analysis by market research firm IHS.

  • Galaxy Nexus arrives in Canada on Dec. 7; no U.S. ship date yet

    Samsung's Galaxy Nexus, the first smartphone running Android 4.0 (also known as Ice Cream Sandwich) will be available through Canadian wireless carriers starting Dec. 7 and is already shipping <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9222002/Samsung_Galaxy_Nexus_on_sale_in_U.K._with_new_video_ad">in the U.K.</a> . Verizon Wireless still hasn't announced a release date for the device in U.S.

  • The Nook Tablet's design element: A faux carabiner clip

    The $249 Nook Tablet from Barnes &amp; Noble costs $50 more than the Amazon Kindle Fire and has about double the storage and memory. But there's also something else about the Nook that caught the eye of teardown experts at iFixit: A metal loop at the lower left corner of the metal cover.

  • After iPad, Kindle Fire clear second choice

    Amazon.com's Kindle Fire tablet will leapfrog most competitive offerings to quickly become number two in the market behind Apple's iPad, according to a survey conducted by ChangeWave Research.

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