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• HTC reaffirms pledge to bring Android 4.2 to HTC One
  HTC One users shouldn’t have to go without the latest version of Android for too much longer. Engadget reports that HTC is still planning to upgrade its flagship smartphone to Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean at some point, although the site says that “users may need to wait a little longer before it becomes available” for download. The HTC One originally shipped wi […]
• Dish abandons Sprint bid for now to focus on Clearwire
  By Sinead Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) - Dish Network Corp said it would not make a new offer to buy No. 3 U.S. wireless provider Sprint Nextel in time for a Tuesday deadline and would instead focus on its tender offer for Clearwire Corp. The decision may be good news for Japan's SoftBank Corp, which is also trying to buy Sprint. A purchase by SoftBank coul […]
• Award-winning journalist Michael Hastings dies
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Award-winning journalist and war correspondent Michael Hastings has died in a car accident in Los Angeles. […]
• Adobe expects third-quarter Creative Cloud subscriber adds to exceed second-quarter
  By Sruthi Ramakrishnan (Reuters) - Adobe Systems Inc, known for its Photoshop and Acrobat software, reported a higher-than-expected adjusted second-quarter profit and said demand rose for Creative Cloud, the subscription-based version of its flagship software package. The company said it expects the number of paid subscribers for Creative Cloud in the curren […]
• Kodak prepares $406 million offering as it eyes bankruptcy exit
  (Reuters) - Eastman Kodak Co on Tuesday said it will seek court approval for a $406 million rights offering that could give creditors a big equity stake in the company after it emerges from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Kodak said creditors agreed to backstop an offering that would let the Rochester, New York-based company issue 34 million common shares […]