Reuters – Finnish mobile phone maker Nokia unveiled a cheaper smartphone using Microsoft’s Windows Phone software on Monday, aiming to win back market share by targeting a wider audience.

Reuters – Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Technology is looking to raise more funds within the next year or two to boost production and sees revenue in the future coming from software applications rather than handset sales, the firm’s president told Reuters on Monday.

Reuters – Cybersecurity experts have uncovered a flaw in a component of the operating system of Google Inc’s widely used Android smartphone that they say hackers can exploit to gain control of the devices.

Appolicious – Apple’s iOS mobile operating system and Adobe Flash don’t play well together.

Reuters – Chip-design software maker Synopsys Inc posted a quarterly profit that beat analysts’ estimates, helped by strong demand for its new products, and raised its full-year outlook.

Reuters – Nokia will next week unveil a new, cheaper smartphone using Microsoft’s Windows Phone software, targeting a wider market for its new range of smartphones, two sources close to the company said.

InfoWorld – Among the many tools out there for cloning drives and performing full-system backups, one came to my attention for being both free (and open source) and powerful: Clonezilla, a product of the Free Software Labs of the National Center for High-Performance Computing in Taiwan.

Reuters – Apple Inc, Google Inc and their vendors must do more to protect children using iPhones and other mobile devices to read or play games, U.S. trade regulators said, and warned they may punish software makers that secretly collect data on kids.

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Appolicious – Realmac Software released Clear, a new iPhone to-do list manager to much anticipation today.

Appolicious – The jig is up. As the $12.5 billion Google-Motorola deal gained approval from the U.S.

Appolicious – One of the big pushes Google is making for the future of its Android mobile platform is in Google Wallet, the near-field communication software that lets users make purchases in brick-and-mortar stores using only information stored and broadcast over short range by their smartphones.

Appolicious – Mobile game maker Gameloft is responsible for some of the biggest-budget, biggest-name games on Google’s Android operating system (as well as Apple’s iOS), which is probably why it has 7 million registered players in its proprietary gaming network.

AP – Business software maker Oracle Corp. has turned down $272 million in court-ordered damages from SAP AG in hopes of leaving a much bigger dent in its rival’s pocketbook and reputation during a second trial over allegations of corporate theft.

Appolicious – HTC was one of the first developers to get aboard the Android train. When Google first launched its original operating system a few years ago, HTC were there. This weekend, we learned that HTC reported a significant loss in the final quarter of 2011 and offered guidance that things might not get any better.

Appolicious – The touchscreen keyboard gets an upgrade with TouchPal’s Keyboard for Android tablets. It lets you easily switch between swiping and tapping, as well as gestures to get the most out of your finger follies. This week also brought some big name updates to the Android Market, including special upgrades from McAfee Security and Mint’s personal finance app

Reuters – Google Inc has been quietly policing its online store for months now in an acknowledgement of malware’s growing threat to its increasingly popular Android mobile software.

Reuters – SAP, the world’s largest maker of business software, may license its HANA offering to main rival Oracle in the future, its co-chief executive told a German newspaper.