[Technology] Microsoft's Windows Phone chief doesn't see the need for a Surface Phone just yet

Microsoft's Windows Phone chief doesn't see the need for a Surface Phone just yet
http://www.maximumpc.com/article/features/windows_8_hardware_reviews_2013
Microsoft has long been rumored to be considering its own "Surface Phone," but the company's head of Windows Phone doesn't see a need…yet.

Microsoft brings fight to AWS with first full IaaS offering
http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/04/16/microsoft-crashing-amazons-cloud-party/
Summary: Microsoft today announced the general availability of its IaaS offering and offered to price match AWS for storage, compute and network bandwidth in the cloud.

Apple to sell 75 million low-cost iPhones next ...
http://hothardware.com/News/If-Apple-Builds-a-Low-Cost-iPhone-How-Many-Will-It-Sell/
The much-rumored low-cost iPhone would cannibalize sales from the more expensive model but help Apple grab a healthy chunk of the low-end smartphone market.

Facebook Home rumored for iPhone, probably won't happen
http://www.slashgear.com/facebook-home-rumored-for-iphone-probably-wont-happen-16277993/
When Facebook announced its new Facebook Home launch screen alternative earlier this month, it was quite obvious why Android was the only mobile platform getting the new launcher - it's openness provides Facebook to easily implement Home on ...

Samsung Investigated For Anti-HTC Smear Campaign
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tech/tech-news/hardware/Samsung-paid-to-abuse-HTC/articleshow/19574257.cms
Taiwan officials look into claims that Samsung hired online trolls to post nasty things about HTC products. Start The Discussion. Tweet; Mail Mail; Print Print · Eric Zeman | April 16, 2013 09:43 AM.

Firefox Mobile OS to launch in five countries this summer
http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/firefox-phones-launching-june-article-1.1318021?localLinksEnabled=false
Mozilla CEO says that the Firefox Mobile OS will be available this summer in Venezuela, Poland, Brazil, Portugal, and Spain. Marguerite Reardon.

Ford and GM Team Up to Make 9- and 10-speed Automatic Transmissions
http://www.motorward.com/2013/04/ford-and-gm-team-up-to-make-9-and-10-speed-automatic-transmissions/
Rival companies Ford and General Motors have signed an official agreement to co-develop a new generation of 9- and 10-speed Automatic Transmissions, to be used in their passenger cars, crossovers, SUVs and trucks.

HTC One Rumored To Land on T-Mobile on April 24, A Few Days After AT&T ...
http://thedroidguy.com/2013/04/htc-one-t-mobile-release-date-april-24/
Say, what's the high-end Android smartphone that has caught your eye the most this beginning of the year? Is it Samsung's Galaxy S4 or the HTC One?

Going the way of the Dodo bird: Netbooks will be extinct by 2015
http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/going-the-way-of-the-dodo-bird-netbooks-will-be-extinct-by-2015/
Netbooks, we hardly knew ye. The first mini-notebook or netbook, the ASUS Eee PC, debuted just a few short years ago in 2007, but now, according to AllThingsD, the market research firm, IHS iSuppli, has determined that the category will be dead and gone ...