The latest mobile industry analysis from ABI Research show that that Android is still dominating quarterly shipment figures.
Its report for Q1 2014 shows Android (including the Android Open Source Project) accounting for 80% of all smartphone shipments.
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A court in California has ordered Samsung to pay $119.6 million (£70.9 million) for infringing Apple patents. However, it noted that Samsung hadn’t infringed all of the patents that Apple claimed.
In addition, Apple was ruled to have infringed a Samsung patent and was required to pay $158,000 damages.
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This week the European Commission has made two competition-related rulings that could transform the legal landscape for technology companies involved in patent disputes.
In one case, it’s concluded that Motorola abused its position as the holder of ‘standards essential’ GSM patents by enforcing an injunction against Apple in Germany.
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Podcast - 30th April 2014
We have something for everyone in this week's podcast. There's bad news as Samba Mobile closes, bad news as Apple and Samsung suffer product faults... and bad news as wearable devices are criticised for the poor user experience they offer.
Yet there's plenty of good news as well, including the launch of a new UK mobile payment service.
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Nokia has sold most of its Devices & Services business to Microsoft, as originally announced in September last year. The deal also includes an agreement to license patents to Microsoft.
Although the deal was originally worth €5.44 billion (£4.48 billion), Nokia says it now expects the total transaction price to be slightly higher than this.
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