In Other News: 13/05/2013.

• The latest company to launch their own virtual currency is Amazon! The guys have announced Amazon Coins which allows customers to pay for apps on the companies app store and you can make some in app purchases with the currency too! If you're a Kindle Fire owner in the US then you're one of the lucky few to first get the currency and you'll be given $5 worth which is 500 coins. We expect this currency will be a bit more stable than BitCoin! Full details are available on Amazon's site here!
  Via TheVerge.

• EVLeaks have done it again, supposedly showing of the Nokia Lumia 925, which is widely expected to be announced tomorrow! Take a look at the image in the tweet below and then head over to our post which shows off the teaser video and some leaked images which Nokia posted yesterday for more information! If you want to watch Nokia's reveal tomorrow in London then it starts at 10AM BST and you can watch it here! There's also details for people in other time zones on Nokia's conversations website here!

Nokia Lumia 925, 2013 twitter.com/evleaks/status…
— @evleaks (@evleaks) May 13, 2013

•  EE have taken steps to defend their policy which sells some 'anonymous' user data to anyone who's willing to pay for it. There's been a lot of heated debate over the issue over the weekend, but check out this article on the BBC to see full coverage!

• Android-Police have done an APK teardown which supposedly reveals a new 'Google Play Games' feature which is widely tipped to arrive at Google I/O! Head over to their site for an insanely in depth run down!

• Some research has been posted which suggests that 4.5" is the ideal screen size for mobile phones you can read the full article here!
  Via Mobile-ent.biz

• Samsung are reportedly the first company to be working on 5G mobile data and they're trialing speeds of 1 gbps with the ultimate aim of the technology arriving in 2020! The final aim is for speeds of 10 gbps!
  Via Engadget.

• PhoneArena are speculating that the white version of the Nexus 4 will arrive at Google I/O this year. It's possible that they could just be lining this phone up as a unique freebie for people in attendance, but you never know there might be one for public release!

• The UK government is trying encourage the use of tech in fashion and there is now a competition which offers £30,000 to four companies for the best innovations they come up with, a competition which is backed by the government! Full details can be found at the sourcelink below!
  Via Pocketlint.

• O2 are investing €70 million  into their Irish network which will bump data speeds up acorss their network. In Ireland the upgrades will affect 250 locations in 14 counties and amongst the lucky few are Carlow, Cork, Donegal, Dublin, Galway, Kildare, Kilkenny, Limerick, Longford, Louth, Mayo, Meath, Sligo and Wicklow!
  Via IrishTimes.

And finally, according to the Japanese mobile carrier DoCoMo there will be an 'Arctic Blue' version of the Galaxy S4 on the way in the future!

Via SamMobile.

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In Other News: 16/04/2013.

• Rumours of a Lumia smartphone with that 41MP PureView camera just won't go away! This time the guys from MyNokiaBlog are reporting that the devic could arrive relatively soon and it could be an AT&T exclusive initially. Rumour has it that Nokia is currently testing two configurations of the phone; one with a dual-core and the other being a quad-core  Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. According to the rumour the latter of those two options struggles with batter life, something which will be vital if you want the rumoured 1280 x 768p AMOLED display, LTE connectivity and the FM Transmitter to last all day on the 2,000 mAh battery!
  Via UnwiredView.

• There's an unreferenced report floating around the internet that Sony has sold 4.6million Xperia Z's in the last 40 days. Take this with a pinch of salt, because there's nothing official here at all, but we will find out precisely how well the device has sold on May the 9th when Sony gives us a new update!
  Via XperiaBlog.

• OFCOM are reportedly calling for industry input on 5G mobile plans already because of fears of a data crunch in a few years time!
  Via PCPro.

• Microsoft's Outlook app for Android has been updated with a new look and feel. The update makes it resemble Windows Phone much more closely, but the app still works totally fine and you can get it here!
  Via Eurodroid.

• PhoneArena have got their some benchmarks which supposedly confirm the specs for Acer's supposed iPad Mini competitor! There's meant to be a 1.2GHz quad core MediaTek MT8125 processor, 1GB of RAM and 16GB of expandable internal storage, a 7.9-inch IPS 1024 x 768 pixel screen, a 0.3 mega-pixel front and a 5 mega-pixel rear camera, HDMI out and Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean!

• Symantec have published their latest findings which reveal that iOS is more vulnerable to malware than Android, but because more people use Android it is being targeted much more regularly! Check out the hugely detailed report over at TechCrunch here!

• OFCOM are looking into standardising the cost of calls from mobiles to 0800 and 0845 numbers, any changes will be enacted by 2015!
  Via Coolsmartphone. 

• If you have a Galaxy S2 or S3, £150 and you love playing games on your phone then this might be just the thing for you! The PhonePadPlus is a 10.1" dock with a 1024 x 600p display which they hope will be great for gaming! You can find full details here!
  Via Phandroid.

• Microsoft are being rumoured to be bringing back the Home button and using boot to desktop in Windows 8.1!
  Via Engadget.

• Engadget scored an interview with Xiaomi CEO, Bin Lin, who said that he wants to ship 15 million smartphones this year and he wants his company to have a push into markets outside of Asia! Check out the full interview here!

And finally, the companies of Silicon Valley have been told to immediately start saving some power because California's power grid has had one of their transmission substations damaged!

Via Reuters.

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