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"Google's dominance in mobile advertising and Apple's growing iAd platform on iOS convinced Samsung to launch its own rival advertising platform called "Samsung AdHub Market." The Wall Street Journal reported the company officially announced the platform on Tuesday, which uses technology from OpenX Technologies Inc. According to the report, the company will allow advertisers to buy space within apps through developers and Samsung. The ads are expected to appear on Samsung phones and tablets sometime in last half of the year."

"North Korea is well known for being a technology backwater where, among many things, the open Internet is heavily restricted and kept away from the public. However, as we highlighted in November, things are beginning to change and the country has just hit one million mobile subscribers."

"The Future Lounge area at this year's Nokia World 2011 event acted as a platform for the Finnish mobile manufacturer to showcase some futuristic innovations and gave us a taste of what direction mobile technology could take in the not too distant future."

"Today's smartphones perform a number of functions for users. They can be used to surf the net, send messages, and keep updated with social media and for gaming. More and more these devices are being relied upon to serve as gaming tools. Smartphones can easily have apps installed on them which are games. In fact, some of today's most popular games began as a mobile phone game app. Revenue data is showing that more games are being purchased for mobile phones such as the iPHone or Android phones than for handheld games such as the Nintendo DS and Sony PSP."

"London will begin to switch on 4G high-speed mobile internet with the launch of the first large-scale public trial in Britain."

"Reports suggest that Apple could be working in partnership with Toshiba and Sharp to use the Japanese pairing's in-cell technology in the new iPhone."

"Mobile phone giant Nokia are working on a Windows Phone model that incorporates NFC technology to allows the device to connect to external accessories and wirelessly charge, according to the company's design chief, Marko Ahtisaari."

"O2 has been accused of exposing the phone numbers of customers who browse the internet using its mobile data."

Lenovo Group and Qualcomm Incorporated announces the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet will now offer Qualcomm's Gobi™ 3000 technology, making it the first Android tablet that gives enterprise customers a single mobile platform for use throughout the world.

"Mobile shopping has hit the bigtime, with major stores - both online and on the high street - embracing handheld technology to boost sales figures in the post-Christmas rush."

"Poor old phone thieves. All the new GPS, cloud-based, facial recognition technology these days means it's getting harder and harder to get away with stealing someone's mobile."

"Software developers and technology fans alike are set for an exciting, and busy, June this year, as Microsoft has announced it'll be holding the Windows Phone Developer Summit between 20 - 21 of the month."

"The biggest auction of space on the British airwaves is to be held at the end of 2012, when telecoms companies will bid to acquire the spectrum they need to enable an explosion in the use of bandwidth-hungry smartphones and tablets."

"Technology to allow smartphones to scan their users' fingerprints through their screens as an identity check has been patented by Sony."

"Apple and Nokia have proposed conflicting designs for a new nano-SIM technology which could see a move away from previous SIM and micro-SIM formats."

"There are few things more exciting in the world of technology than an Apple event, and if the rumours are true, the very first one of 2012 could be coming at the end of this month."

"The European Commission announced this week that it plans to open an investigation on the methods Samsung Electronics have been using to license its technology patents."

"Rumours are swirling that RIM, maker of the BlackBerry phones, has cancelled two of the three planned handsets that it was to introduce this year - including one showcasing its new BlackBerry 10 operating system"

"Samsung and Apple are responsible for almost a 60% worldwide market share of smartphone shipments, according to recently released figures."

"It looks like Nokia could be set for its best Marty McFly impression by going 'Back to the Future' and launching a new Symbian smartphone, despite having ditched the platform in favour of Windows Phone technology."