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Friday May 18, 2012
LG Upgrades Flagship Smartphone To Revive Fortunes
South Korean handset maker LG Electronics has upgraded its flagship smartphone model with a faster Qualcomm Snapdragon chip and a longer battery life, hoping to regain ground lost to more nimble rivals.

Nice Problem: Customers Clog Panera's Free Wi-Fi
Restaurant giant Panera Bread made a big business bet eight years ago to offer free Wi-Fi to its customers as a way to boost sales. The experiment worked, but now meeting the Wi-Fi demand is a challenge.

Phones in the Sky: Virgin Atlantic Allows Calls
The phrase "Can you hear me now" has entered the jet age. Passengers on certain Virgin Atlantic flights are now able to use their cell phones to make and receive phone calls at 35,000 feet, the airline said.

Verizon CFO: 3G Is Unlimited, 4G Not So Much
Verizon Wireless customers are up in arms about an apparent move to end unlimited data plans for users who want to access Verizon's faster 4G LTE network. Some are even taking to Twitter.

How Fragmented Is Android? Um, Very
"Android" and "fragmentation" go together so often, it's sometimes hard to remember that Android is supposed to be a single platform. But how fragmented is Android? Try 3,997 distinct devices.

Samsung Tops Mobile Market In First Quarter, Gartner Says
Samsung is king of mobile phones, while Apple owns a not-too shabby 7.9 percent of the global phone market. And Android remains the top platform, with more than half the market, Gartner says.

Soaring Mobile App Adoption No Cakewalk for Developers
With more than 50 percent of U.S. mobile phone users now equipped with smartphones, the average number of mobile apps per smartphone jumped from 32 to 41 during 2011, a new Nielsen survey says.

Google's Grand Plan for New Android Devices
Google reportedly is revising how it rolls out new Android versions and devices, which should give the tech giant greater control over features and apps and reduce the influence of wireless carriers.

Lights Out: LightSquared Files for Bankruptcy
LightSquared, which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network, filed for bankruptcy. Regulators blocked its plan because of concerns that its transmissions would interfere with GPS navigation.

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