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Synacor Inc acquired Android development platform company Teknision to develop a single homepage access for all media on mobile devices.

The amount of USD6 million was raised by Flint Mobile from its capital investors.

A Telegraph report revealed the hidden features of Android smartphones.

Android vice-president Hugo Barra left Google amid marriage troubles between Sergey Brin and Anne Wojcicki.

Industry Minister James Moore stated the Canadian government has been carefully watching BlackBerry as the smartphone maker weighs its options.

Stuart Jeffrey, Nomura Equity Research's analyst, said BlackBerry would be lucky to receive bids higher than USD12 to USD13, even from an "optimistic buyer."

Gartner said during the second quarter, smartphones outsold feature phones for the first time.

Gartner confirmed the latest report from the International Data Corporation and said Android-based devices made up 79% of all the smartphones sold during 2013's second quarter.

A report from Digitimes said HTC would most likely "drift away" from Windows Phone so that it could focus on its Android smartphones.

Arno Lenior, Samsung Australia's chief marketing officer, said Apple-mocking ad campaigns has worked wonders for Samsung.

The Wall Street Journal reported that Acer would retreat from using Windows and embrace the Android operating system for its mobile devices.

Nokia Corp accounted for 81% of all the Windows Phone shipments allowing Windows Phone to increase its market share to 3.7%.

Android-powered smartphones continued to reign with its growing market share while iPhone and BlackBerry's sales plunged in the second quarter.

Analysts said there's nothing wrong with Apple grabbing the silver medal since it also took a third of the global market share.

BlackBerry lost its third place position in a race for major smartphone platforms.