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Motorcyclist saves Peter Chou from traffic jam during MWC
If you’ve ever been to or followed news from Mobile World Congress or the Consumer Electronic Show, you know that it is nearly impossible to get from point A to point B. Yes, things are typically confined to the main convention floor, but getting to and from the convention requires military-level planning even if you’re…
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HTC to harness the power of the One for medical research with “Power To Give” Android app
HTC’ kicked off Mobile World Congress on a much different note this year. Yes, there are a few new devices in HTC’s lineup, but the company is also looking to harness the power of its phones to help medical research. HTC has teamed up with UC Berkeley’s Dr. David Anderson (the creator of SETI@home) to develop the…
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HTC Smartwatch to be previewed to carriers at Mobile World Congress
During a recent interview, Cher Wang revealed that HTC has been working on a wearable device for a few years and will finally be ready to bring it to market in time for the holidays this year. A new report from Bloomberg states that HTC will be showing off a prototype unit of the smartwatch…
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HTC Americas rolls out HTC Advantage with free screen repair service for all One-series handsets
What is we told you that you that the broken screen on your HTC One will be repaired for free? To the accident-prone among us, it sounds like an impossible dream. HTC calls it HTC Advantage. HTC Advantage is an expansion of the HTC One (including the HTC One mini and HTC One max) warranty…
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HTC promises 2 year Android update support on new flagship devices
HTC took to Reddit this afternoon to answer user’s questions, but before they got the very first questions, the company announced that it is committing to full years of Android updates for all its flagship phones going forward. While the promise from HTC seems to be a huge step in the right direction, HTC did…
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Update: HTC Reddit AMA session this afternoon from 1:30pm to 3:00pm PST.
Have a few questions you would like HTC to answer? Awesome, because HTC will be on Reddit this afternoon for an AMA (ask me anything) session. While HTC is typically pretty good at answering questions from the general public through Twitter, Facebook and the company’s blog, AMA sessions on Reddit are typically quite enjoyable since…
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HTC returns to profitability in Q4
The 24 percent reduction in operating costs HTC promised back in November helped the company return to profitability in the last quarter of 2013. HTC has reported quarterly revenues of NT$42.9 billion (a 29% decrease when compared to 2012’s Q4) with net profits of NT$310 million (roughly $10.2 million). While being in the black is a good…