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Satellite TV provider Dish desperately wants to get into the wireless industry by acquiring Sprint, but comments by its CEO and a new nationalistic smear campaign are embarrassing those efforts. Is this the Sprint of the future? Read the full story here.

Samsung has already sold 10 million units of the Galaxy S 4, and the Korean manufacturer will soon add to that tally with the release of a new color option on one major U.S. carrier and the general release on another. Read the full story here.

Following indifferent reviews and poor customer reception in its U.S. launch, Facebook has decided to delay the release of the HTC First in Europe so it has more time to make Facebook Home more appealing. Read the full story here.

Samsung today announced that it has shipped more than 10 million units of the Galaxy S 4 less than one month after its global release on April 27. Co-CEO Shin Jong-kyun last week said that Samsung would hit the 10 million mark, and the company confirmed that…

Despite supply line issues that forced HTC to delay the release of the HTC One in some markets, the Taiwanese company has sold more than 5 million units of its 2013 flagship smartphone. Read the full story here.

Most security apps are not effective if a thief uninstalls the app or simply resets the phone. With LoJack for Android, which is embedded in the Samsung Galaxy S 4 firmware, tracking down a stolen phone will still be possible. Read the full story here.

Verizon Wireless today announced that it will be the exclusive distributor of a new carrier named Viva Movil that specifically targets, markets to, and serves the growing Latino population in the United States. Read the full story here.

The Nokia Lumia 925 is the Lumia that you really want. That much is clear to almost anyone who holds the device, so what's different from the last must-have Windows Phone, the Nokia Lumia 920? Read the full story here.

Google Drive for Android has undergone a big reconstruction to add several new features, including the ability to scan a document by taking a picture and having words on paper converted to text that can be stored online or edited. Read the full story here.

HTC has struggled to improve its standing in the smartphone market since 2011, and key employees tasked with aiding that turnaround have left the company because of clashes with headquarters in Taiwan. Read the full story here.

Apple iOS 7 is rumored to be a dramatic departure from its current version. According to a report published by 9to5Mac, Apple is set to introduce new connections with photo-sharing service Flickr and high-quality video sharing site Vimeo.…

The Cat brand is associated with tough, durable, lunch-pail-steel-resolve-kind-of-rugged products. That same mentality is being brought to the new Android-powered Cat B15. Read the full story here.

Verizon, AT&T, Sprint, or T-Mobile: which is the best carrier? A new app called CellMaps provides a highly-detailed answer to the growing question of which carrier offers the best wireless service in a given area. Read the full story here.

Sprint has raised its bid to acquire Clearwire to $3.40 per share, but early reports from some investors suggests that the company may have to offer even more money in order to ensure that it obtains complete ownership of the struggling wireless provider.…

Kyocera built the Torque to be incredibly strong, but it was also thick as thieves. The new Kyocera Hydro XTRM is also meant to be resistant to life's challenges, but it does it in a thinner chassis with a bit more style. Read the full story here.

The Kyocera Hydro introduced Boost Mobile to a waterproof Android 4.0 device that brought durability on a budget. The soon-to-launch Kyocera Hydro Edge coming to Sprint and Boost do the same, but not much has changed in the power and packaging of the new…

Photo-hosting and sharing service Flickr today unveiled a brand new design that lets users store and share full resolution photos. Storing large, high-quality photos can quickly eat up the 1 to 5 GB of data typically offered by free photo-sharing services, but…

AT&T doesn't have the best reputation when it comes to "blocking" video calling apps, and the discovery last week that Hangouts requires a Wi-Fi connection on AT&T's network didn't help matters. The carrier today issued a statement explaining the lack of…

Despite initial disappointment that Google Voice was not included in the announcement of Hangouts, Google's unified messaging and video calling application, Google today confirmed that phone calls will be added soon. Read the full story here.

The Android f-word, fragmentation, has been a thorn in Google's side since the introduction of Android 2.0 left a generation of devices unable to receive the latest software. Google has yet to solve the problem, but the company says it is taking steps to…

During last week's Google I/O keynote, Google SVP Vic Gundotra highlighted a number of new photo enhancements made for the Google+ web app. Those features are now available for Android devices, along with new options for locations and related streams.…

Android currently has an all-or-nothing approach to permission requests for user data, but Google is open to the idea of letting users maintain more privacy by picking and choosing which requests they will allow. Read the full story here.

Sprint today announced that it has purchased Handmark and its subsidiary OneLouder, the company that manages Twitter client Tweetcaster and Reddit app BaconReader. Sprint purchased the companies as a way to improve its advertising and publishing business. Both…

After months of showing off its Meego-inspired operating system that also supports Android apps, Jolla today announced the first Sailfish OS smartphone set to go on sale later this year. Read the full story here.

Samsung is rumored to be developing several smartphones that use the Galaxy S 4 as a foundation to make adjustments and appeal to a wider audience. Earlier today, the company may have unintentionally confirmed the existence of two such devices.…

Tumblr, the popular blogging platform and haven of animated GIFs, has been purchased by Yahoo! for $1.1 billion. Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer today announced the deal in a newly-created Tumblr blog and outlined how the companies will work together.…

Many expressed disappointment that Google failed to unveil a new Nexus smartphone at Google I/O, but a white Nexus 4 has appeared at the show. Here's a collection of photos and one video showcasing the new white Nexus. Read the full story here.

Smartphones routinely have 5-inch screens and larger bodies, and the LG Optimus G Pro is a grand device that makes quite an impression. Is this yet another trailing device, or has LG managed to make this new phone for AT&T standout for more than its size?…

No one would be surprised to hear that Samsung, the world's largest smartphone producer, expects its flagship product to see a strong wave of early sales. However, few would have expected to see so many sales so soon. Read the full story here.

At a crucial time when HTC faces stiff competition and less-than-optimal production levels, the Taiwanese manufacturer appears to have found a way to rapidly increase the number of smartphones its able to build and sell. Read the full story here.