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Sony Mobile casually dropped onto its website that in addition to the expected Xperia Ion flagship, it's also releasing an Xperia Ion HSPA. The handset's only readily apparent feature is its reduced modem, and in every other way looks to match its 4G...

At Aol's offices in Palo Alto this evening, UpWest Labs pulled back the curtain on its second batch of startups. While the accelerator is open to companies of all breeds, be they advertising, mobile, or security-focused, its second class is largely consumer-focused and leans heavily towards video. More than 120 private investors, angels, and firms were on hand for UpWest's Demo Day Tuesday night, including representatives from Menlo Ventures, General Catalyst, CrunchFund, Accel, Trinity Venture, and Charles River Ventures.

It looks like Sony's not quite finished today, with two more phones sneaking out on its YouTube channel ahead of any official fanfare. The Xperia tipo dual (and its single-SIM version, the tipo) keep things small and simple, with a 3.2-inch 480 x 320...

The Xperia miro's moved up its coming-out party a whole nine days thanks to Sony Mobile's Facebook campaign. Loaded with ICS, the phone is outfitted with a 3.5-inch display, 5-megapixel camera, a front-facing "chat cam" and comes in shades of black, ...

Layar's no stranger to the AR game. The company's been acting as an enabler of sorts, putting its Player and Creator dev tools into the hands of the masses across iOS and Android for some time. Now, the outfit's making Stiktu -- a social app that att...

Photo credit: MOC Pages Building LEGO sets in your free time is a nice hobby to have and taking it to the next level isn't as hard as you may think. These fans have done just that and turned ordinary bricks into gadgets that you can actually us...

iZettle, the "Square of Europe" that has been rolling out its dongle-based mobile payments service in Scandinavia and is currently trialling in the UK, is now extending its service once again: it's launching an API so that third-party iOS app makers can integrate its payment service directly into their apps. An Android solution is due later this year, the company tells me. Although Square does not directly compete with iZettle at the moment -- Square has yet to extend outside the U.S., and iZettle's still only in Europe -- it looks like iZettle has stolen a march on Square in terms of functionality, letting merchants offer the iZettle payment platform wherever their apps are used, and not just at the point of sale, where iZettle's own app would get used.

The iPhone 5 renders that surfaced last week only made fans want the handset even more, and this prototype might be just what you've been waiting for. These photos show "an iPhone that looks similar to those in previous leaks, with the headphone ...

It's a match made in marketing heaven: users let their guards down within the internet's virtual walls and ads are served up to complement their fickle mental states. At least, that's one possible version of your hyper-targeted digital future, if a p...

Apple may have phased out the white MacBook last year, but some schools and companies still have the leftover boxes from their bulk purchases. This person decided to turn those boxes into a working dresser. Click here to view the first image in t...