Welcome to this morning?s edition of ?First To Know,? a series in which we keep you in the know on what?s happening in the digital world. Today, we?re looking at three particularly interesting stories.
Facebook Building a Phone With HTC for Mid-2013 [REPORT]
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According to a Bloomberg report, Facebook has partnered up with HTC to build its own smartphone, scheduled for launch mid-2013.
The device was slated for a release this year, but the plans were pushed back, Bloomberg's sources say. Facebook is also said to be developing a modified OS for the smartphone, with a team of former Apple employees assembled for this purpose.
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Rumors of a Facebook phone have been swirling around for years, but they never materialized. However, this latest report confirms a New York Times report from May 2012, which also said Facebook is building a smartphone.
Google Fiber Announcement Coming Today
Google is slated to give a Google Fiber-related announcement today, July 26. Google Fiber is a project to build a broadband internet network infrastructure with fiber-optic cabling in Kansas City, Kansas, and Kansas City, Missouri. We will be watching https://fiber.google.com/ closely.
Nokia Maps to Get Groupon Integration
The upcoming version of Nokia Maps, 2.5 will get a route planner feature and Groupon integration, WP7forum reports. The new version should arrive on the Windows Marketplace soon.
Image courtesy of iStockphoto, mattjeacock
This story originally published on Mashable here.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/facebook-phone-rumors-two-other-stories-know-054702059.html
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