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<title>NTT DoCoMo reveals smartphone, tablet releases for coming months</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/15/list.includes.nine.smartphones.one.tablet.one.raku.raku.device/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368609551_sonyxperiaathumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has revealed the lineup of mobile devices that it will start offering over the summer. Eleven models make the cut, including nine smartphones, one tablet, and one "Raku-Raku" simplified smartphone. Notable additions include a new Sony Xperia smartphone, the Aquos Phone Zeta, and the Aquos Pad tablet from Sharp....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 09:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sony trials 13.3-inch e-ink reader, stylus in Japanese universities</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/13/aims.to.replace.paper.with.touchscreen.e.ink.display.for.note.taking/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1368445842_sonyprototype13inchereaderthumb.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sony has been working on a device for using e-ink as digital paper in an educational setting. Aimed at universities as a replacement for pen and paper-based notetaking by students, the prototype is a 13.3-inch, 1200x1600-resolution, 16-level gray scale e-ink display-as-tablet with touchscreen capabilities, as well as stylus input for drawing and writing....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 11:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sharp to cut 5,000 jobs, refocus production in financial recovery move</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/05/10/three.year.plan.will.halve.employee.count.at.head.office/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1367456602_sharp-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sharp will be drastically cutting its number of employees over the next three years, as part of a plan to financially rectify itself. Out of the 51,000 currently employed by the company worldwide, Sharp will be reportedly cull 5,000 jobs across the board, with its main office in Osaka, Japan losing approximately half of its workforce....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 18:34:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple Q2 breakdown shows iPad jump, Mac decline</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/23/regional.growth.rates.relatively.modest/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn2.macnn.com/news/1302/Apple-exec-compensation-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Following an official announcement of its Q2 results, Apple has also posted a detailed breakdown (PDF) of its performance.  Notably, the 19.477 million iPads the company sold was a jump of 65 percent year-over-year.  This may however have come at the expense of Mac, which saw units fall 2 percent to 3.952 million.  Mac revenue did however rise 7 percent to $5.447 billion, while iPad revenue grew 4...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:42:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Tokyo court censors results from Google autocomplete</title>
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<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1360179561_google-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[A Japanese court has ordered Google to censor terms used in autocomplete that relate to one specific person. The ruling by the Tokyo District Court also awarded the unknown person 300,000 yen ($3,100) for the "mental anguish" endured, caused by the association of his name with various criminal acts in autocomplete-derived searches....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 11:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Apple pays $10M to license patents tracing back to Palm, others</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/10/purpose.likely.related.to.potential.smartphone.lawsuits/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn3.macnn.com/news/1107/hppre3-3.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has agreed to pay 1 billion yen, roughly $10 million US, to license patents originally devised by Palm and Palm OS creator PalmSource, among other companies, according to Macotakara.  The patents are now owned by a Japanese company called Access.  Beyond the Palm properties, Apple has also licensed concepts belonging to Geoworks and Bell Communications Research....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Apr 2013 13:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Sony Computer Entertainment Japan, Asia merge into one unit</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/04/01/division.merger.management.reshuffle.part.of.company.streamlining/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1350671621_ScreenShot2012-10-19at2.32.56PM.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Sony is merging its Computer Entertainment units in Japan and Asia into a single division for the region, in an effort to streamline the business. The creation of Sony Computer Entertainment Japan Asia comes after low quarterly results in February showed Sony's gaming division losing 15.1-percent on sales year-on-year, and an overall net loss of $124 million....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 09:40:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iOS Maps upgrades hit Japan without 6.1.3 </title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/11/613.update.still.in.beta/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1363023650_ios6maps-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[At least some promised Maps upgrades are reaching Japanese iOS users even though iOS 6.1.3 isn't available to the public, says Japanese site Macotakara.  The improvements were originally slated to debut in v6.1.1, but were postponed when Apple had to deal with several major glitches.  It's not clear how the v6.1.3 changes are propagating without new firmware, but at least some changes might be p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 11 Mar 2013 17:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>iBooks 3.1 brings full iBookstore to Japan</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/03/05/includes.manga.other.paid.content/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://photos.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1362501643_ibooks-japan.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Apple has released iBooks 3.1 for the iPad, iPhone, and iPod touch.  While a minor update in most countries, v3.1 is the first to bring the full iBookstore to Japan.  Previously, only public domain books were available in the country; now though the store has a variety of paid titles, including manga comics....]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 05 Mar 2013 16:39:00 GMT</pubDate>
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<title>Samsung loses Japanese ruling versus Apple</title>
<link>http://www.electronista.com/articles/13/02/28/company.promises.to.take.measures.necessary/</link>
<description>&#60;img align='left' src='http://cdn1.macnn.com/article_images/article_thumbnail/1349400654_samsungflag-sm.jpg' border='0' width='176' height='120' /><![CDATA[Samsung has lost an important ruling in its Japanese lawsuit versus Apple, according to Reuters and The Times of India.  The company has been barred from asserting several data transmission patents against the iPhone.  "We are disappointed by today's court decision," Samsung responds in an official statement.  "Following a thorough review of the ruling, we will take the measures necessary to p...]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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