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By Boy Genius, on June 14th, 2011%
Motorola Mobility announced the Televation on Monday, a new device that plugs into a Wi-Fi router and uses your home network to stream live television to connected IP devices. Once it’s plugged into a router, it will automatically translate programming from MPEG-2 to MPEG 4 and match a device’s resolution to display content properly

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New Motorola Televation enables live-streaming TV around your home
By Boy Genius, on June 14th, 2011%
Verizon Wireless announced a new partnership with Payfone on Monday that will soon allow its customers using phones, tablets, and PCs to make online purchases easier. Once the partnership’s new service is deployed, customers will be able to make more secure purchases online and charge them to their Verizon Wireless bill or use other standard forms of payment. “Our relationship with Payfone complements the part of the mobile payments equation we’re already working on with our Isis joint venture,” said Greg Haller, marketing vice president, Verizon Wireless.

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Verizon announces online payment partnership with Payfone
By Boy Genius, on June 14th, 2011%
Over the weekend, Verizon Wireless began issuing a software update to the Samsung DROID Charge that addresses a number of issues. Most notably, the update repairs a bug that caused the Charge’s mobile hotspot feature to work only if users set the date back to last month

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Verizon’s DROID Charge gets updated, personal hotspot bug fixed
By Boy Genius, on June 14th, 2011%
HP is working on phones and tablets with built-in near-field communication (NFC) technology for mobile payments, Bloomberg reported on Monday. Much like Google Wallet , which will soon launch for the Nexus S and eventually other Android devices, HP hopes its customers will be able to use the company’s products to make mobile purchases in retail outlets. Similarly, HP has a plan to create an entire ecosystem where users will be able to to receive coupons or other benefits, such as loyalty points, from NFC-enabled advertisements

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HP may launch new NFC-enabled tablets and phones later this year
By Boy Genius, on June 14th, 2011%
Amazon has plans to offer a streaming movie service tied to its forthcoming own-branded tablets, researchers at Detwiler Fenton claim.

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Amazon plans to stream movies to own-branded tablets, researchers claim
By Boy Genius, on June 13th, 2011%
HP has posted a new video for its highly anticipated TouchPad tablet on YouTube, and it highlights several of the tablet’s distinguishing features. In the three minute clip, HP demos the ability to manage tasks simultaneously, the speed of the dual-core Qualcomm processor, HP Synergy, light gaming, HTML5 and Adobe Flash support, Citrix Receiver, video calling, and HP’s Touch To Share technology for keeping your webOS phone and tablet in sync

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New HP TouchPad video highlights webOS 3.0 features
By Boy Genius, on June 13th, 2011%
We’ve seen plenty of leaked shots of the DROID 3 (also known as the Milestone 3 in Europe), but now you can get a glimpse of the clearest one yet. The phone first surfaced in March , again in April , and then the specs were leaked in May . The bad news is that it’s becoming more and more clear that the phone will be nearly identical in looks to the DROID 2.

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Motorola DROID 3 spotted again
By Boy Genius, on June 13th, 2011%
An explosion at Foxconn’s iPad manufacturing plant in Chengdu, China last month had a negative impact on the company’s business in May despite initial assurances to the contrary. Foxconn’s revenue last month dipped 2.14% sequentially to NT$200.56 billion, or approximately US$6.95 billion, following production halts tied to the fatal explosion that killed three workers and injured at least 15 more. The tragic accident, caused by the ignition of flammable aluminum dust in a parts polishing workshop, is thought to have cut iPad 2 production by as many as 500,000 units .

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Explosion at Foxconn’s iPad factory derails May revenue
By Boy Genius, on June 13th, 2011%
According to CNBC , Facebook may go public during the first quarter of next year, and sources expect the company could be valued at more than $100 billion. Facebook could find an IPO more attractive once it surpasses a total of 500 investors, because after that milestone it will be required to file financial information with the SEC each quarter — otherwise known as the “500 rule” of the 1934 Securities and Exchange Act

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Facebook’s possible Q1 2012 IPO could be worth more than $100 billion
By Boy Genius, on June 13th, 2011%
A firm named iCloud Communications has filed a lawsuit against Apple over its “iCloud” trademark.

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iCloud Communications sues Apple over ‘iCloud’ trademark
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