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Canonical pursues Android users with Ubuntu Touch

Ubuntu Edge smartphone didn't pan out, but Canonical could still create a user base out of millions of Android ROM fans

Coming to a business near you: 3D printing

The technology for building prototypes and small items is taking off, and it could have a big impact on enterprises

Advice to iOS 7 developers: Push your app further with new UI

Beta developers like the thrust of iOS 7 and see a platform that gives them a chance to refresh their value to users

Microsoft expands buyback deal to goose sales of Surface, Windows phones

The new buyback program applies to iOS, Android, and BlackBerry smartphones and tablets

The U.S.’s crap infrastructure threatens the cloud

State-sponsored cable/phone duopolies keep U.S. broadband slow and expensive

Mobile app download tally will soar above 102 billion this year

While only 9 percent of mobile apps this year will be paid for, they'll bring in $26B, Gartner says

Microsoft’s deal with AT&T shows the new path for cloud partnerships

Telcos offer new avenues of opportunity as big cloud vendors look for novel alliances

HP’s first Windows 8.1 tablet to hit stores in November

HP also will roll out two new Android tablets

ORACLE’S bumpy ride — APPLE iOS7 adoption off charts — BLACKBERRY staff cut again — GOOGLE’S ‘Game of Thrones’ — RIP Nintendo’s Hiroshi Yamauchi

Microsoft ships upgraded preview of IE11 for Windows 7

Final version of newest browser to reach Windows 7 'later this fall'