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• Canada recalls Galaxy Note7, says over 70 cases reported in the US

  Canada has recalled over 21,900 Galaxy Note7 smartphones after receiving a report of the overheating of the battery of one phone.

• Here's how secret voice commands could hijack your smarthphone

  Researchers have found something new to worry about on the internet. It turns out that a muffled voice hidden in an innocuous YouTube video could issue commands to a nearby smartphone without you even knowing it.

• How Intel knocked itself out of the smartphone chip market

  Intel's Atom smartphone chip cancellations pull the curtain back on an ugly past in which the company shot itself in the foot with bad timing and ill-advised executive decisions.

• Boeing, BlackBerry working on a smartphone that would 'self-destruct'

  It seems like something out of an old episode of Mission Impossible or Inspector Gadget--an ultra-secure phone that self destructs. But such a phone might be close to reality, courtesy of Boeing and BlackBerry.

• In Pictures: Top phones and tablets for holiday 2013

  Here are our picks for the coolest ones for your list

• BlackBerry cuts 4500 jobs, loses nearly $1 billion in Q2

  Very bad news for BlackBerry. The Canadian smartphone maker posted a $995 million operating loss for the second quarter and will cut 4500 jobs--over a third of its staff--in a bid to cut costs.

• How to recover a lost phone, tablet, or laptop

  The bad news: At some point, your cell phone is likely to go missing. Whether it falls out of your pocket in a cab, or you leave it unattended in a public place for a few seconds only to have it swiped by someone with sticky fingers and low moral fiber, your phone is vulnerable. In fact, according to a report from security software company Symantec, 36 percent of U.S. consumers have had a cell phone disappear on them.

• What's next for Apple?

  Apple for years rallied around its charismatic co-founder, Steve Jobs, so it's only natural now to question whether the company can retain its market dominance and magic with a new leader.

• How Windows 8 will challenge enterprise IT

  Microsoft has presented the Windows 8 user interface and displayed various devices on which the next version of Windows will run.

• Starbucks shares lessons of going mobile

  An Android app and the ability to order a drink from a mobile phone are coming soon, an executive from Starbucks said as he shared lessons and tips from his company's experience offering mobile applications.

• Is IT tracking your location via smartphone?

  Let's say you scored a boondoggle to Los Angeles for a business conference, and instead sneaked off to nearby Disneyland with the family for a vacation on the corporate dime. Or maybe you simply told your boss you were meeting a client, but hit the golf links with your buddies.

• Consumers not smart enough for smartphones?

  A recent study reveals the irony of smartphones -- they are so "smart" that consumers are having difficulty using them. And service providers are challenged supporting their users.

• Nokia – Microsoft deal a bold move: Ovum

  Research house Ovum believes last week's announced partnership between Nokia and Microsoft is "a bold move, but absolutely the right one".

• Microsoft and tablets: A failure to launch could hurt

  What are the implications if Microsoft fails or falls behind in the tablet PC race, which at its current pace, is a decent possibility?

• RIM on the future of BlackBerry software

  BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) held its third annual BlackBerry Developer Conference (DevCon) in San Francisco this week, and BlackBerry enthusiasts of all kinds, including developers, analysts, media and other mobile-industry-watchers, showed up in droves to see what RIM has in store for the coming months and years.