• Eftpos NFC mobile payments coming soon

  Eftpos will begin mobile payment trials with Australian retailers in the “next few months,” according to the company.

• Google gives Play store a facelift, as Android tweaks continue

  Google today rolled out a redesign of its Play store for Android, changing the interface for smartphone and tablet users looking for apps and media content.

• Cheap 4G plans could lead to big bill shock: ACCAN

  Beware of cheap 4G plans providing minimal data, the Australian Communications Consumer Action Network (ACCAN) has warned.

• HTC First 'Facebook phone' leaked?

  Facebook's rumoured new smartphone may have been leaked on Twitter just days before it is expected to be unveiled.

• Analyst: iPhone price pressure means smartphone profits have peaked

  The overall profitability of the smartphone market hit its apex in 2012, according to a prominent equity analyst.

• Smaller iPad could be a better business tool

  The Apple iPad has been an unqualified success with consumers, but it's a harder sell in the businesse market.

• Nokia launches new assault in patent battle, your move Apple

  If Apple was expecting Nokia to back down and retract its patent lawsuit after Apple countersued, apparently Nokia didn't get the memo. Nokia has launched a fresh assault, filing a new complaint with the United States International Trade Commission (ITC) alleging that virtually every product Apple makes violates seven patents held by it.

• Apple and Microsoft: tour de smartphone force for iPhone

  "The enemy of my enemy is my friend."

• Smartphone battery life: 20 ways to juice it up

  It's difficult enough to keep plain-vanilla mobile phones charged for a busy day of just talking. But these days, we also use our smartphones for e-mail, surfing the Web, editing documents, accessing corporate networks, text messaging, enjoying music and video, playing games, managing our personal information and much more -- making it all the more catastrophic when our devices run out of juice.

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