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• Samsung sells over 10 million Galaxy S4 smartphones in first month

  Samsung Electronics has reported global channel sales of over 10 million units of the Galaxy S4 in less than a month after its global launch.

• Samsung's Galaxy S4 infringes on 5 patents, Apple says

  Samsung's Galaxy S4 infringes on 5 Apple patents, according to a court filing by Apple.

• Toshiba shrinks 64Gbit flash chips, but still lags Samsung

  Toshiba said it will soon begin mass producing a new type of 64Gbit NAND flash that is the smallest and fastest in its class, though it still lags rival Samsung Electronics in the development of an even denser flash technology.

• Samsung's Galaxy Tab 3 to contain Intel Atom chip, source says

  Samsung will soon release its first Android tablet based on an Intel Atom processor, according to a source familiar with the plan, in what would be a vote of confidence for Intel chips in mobile devices.

• US Defense Department approves Apple's iOS devices for its networks

  Devices built around Apple's iOS operating system have been approved by the U.S. Department of Defense for use on its networks, as the department moves to support multivendor mobile devices and operating systems.

• Samsung Link to replace AllShare Play multimedia-sharing app

  Samsung's AllShare Play application, which allows file sharing among the company's mobile devices, has been renamed Link, and it has a new user interface and search features.

• Intel loses ground as world's top semiconductor company, survey says

  As Intel mulls a plan to expand its contract-manufacturing operations, the company has lost ground as the world's top semiconductor company to chip suppliers benefitting from the success of mobile devices, according to a study by IC Insights.

• Samsung takes first 5G steps with advanced antenna

  Samsung Electronics plans to use advanced antennas to boost the bandwidth in mobile networks by what it said was "several tens of Gbps per base station", but the improved bandwidth won't be commercially available until 2020.

• Samsung builds chips to supercharge your smartphone

  Samsung began production of the industry's first ultra-high-speed, 4Gbit, LPDDR3 mobile memory, which it says has performance levels comparable to the standard DRAM used in personal computers.

• Samsung and Intel invest in speech analysis company Expect Labs

  Intel Capital, Samsung Venture Investment and Telefónica Digital have all invested in Expect Labs, whose technology is used to analyze and understand conversations in real-time and find related information.

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  New Samsung Galaxy S4 proves easier to break than iPhone 5 or Galaxy S III

  If you buy a new Samsung Galaxy S4 smartphone, try not to drop it before buying a protective case or a warranty. The S4 is more susceptible to damage from average drops and water than its predecessor, the Galaxy S III, or even the iPhone 5, according to tests by SquareTrade.

• LG stages comeback as smartphones outsell feature phones for first time

  LG Electronics more that doubled its sales of smartphones in the first quarter, which was the first time smartphones outsold feature phones, according to market research company IDC.

• Samsung to expand retail presence in US

  Samsung is making an aggressive sales push in the U.S. market by expanding into thousands of third-party retail outlets where dedicated staff will sell and provide advice on the company's smartphones, tablets and entertainment products.

• Rackspace challenges lawsuit-happy patent holder

  Cloud hosting provider Rackspace Hosting is striking back against patent holder Rotatable Technologies, a Texas company that has filed patent infringement cases against more than a dozen companies in the past year.

• Samsung hits high gear, rolls out densest flash chip

  Samsung today announced it is now mass-producing a 3-bit per cell, sub-20 nanometer class NAND flash chip that is the densest memory to date.