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Asus smartphone coming to U.S. in 2014

Maker of smartphone-tablets and other hybrids readies assault on smartphone market, Asus chairman says

What to Look for When Hiring an IT Consultant

Salesforce.com expands mobile application development support

Developers can choose from four additional popular development frameworks

SoftBank’s net profit more than doubles as number of mobile subscribers soars

The company also benefited from consolidating two companies into its results as subsidiaries

Getting around Google+: A guide to the basics

Part 1 of our three-part how-to series on Google+ covers everything you need to know to get started.

New ‘smart’ headphones learn your tastes, share songs

Muzik to work with developers to create more apps for its headphones

Sprint reports $1.6B net loss as it shuts down Nextel platform

But recent acquisitions -- and its acquisition by SoftBank -- leave Sprint better placed for growth, the company said

HTC sees more basic smartphones as way to regain market share

The smartphone maker has been struggling to lift its earnings because of increased competition

Yale grad’s ‘Prism’ program turns text metadata into wavy art

The graphing app allows people to view their text data in a more emotive way, says developer

Microsoft to connect schools in South African white-spaces project

The pilot will show unused TV bands delivering wireless broadband to rural schools