The dual-screen Kyocera Echo has become the latest Android smartphone to receive Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread. The update includes many of the standard Gingerbread features, along with pinch-to-zoom support, a Swype 3.0 virtual keyboard, and an improved downloads application. Kyocera also is including a new Eco mode that’s specifically designed for the Echo, which gives users the ability to better manage …

PayPal mobile payment rival Square has said that it now processes approximately $4 million daily in mobile payments, $1 million more than Square advertised it handled at the end of May. Square has clearly sailed beyond any shadows cast by the nasty volley begun by CEO of competitor VeriFone, Doug Bergeron, and answered by Square’s CEO and co-founder, Jack Dorsey that called …

HTC has filed another lawsuit against Apple in the U.K., further escalating the patent battle between the two smartphone manufacturers. HTC phones such as the Status are caught up in a major patent battle with Apple. Josh Miller Bloomberg reported today that the suit was filed on Friday in London. The suit comes two weeks after HTC suffered a blow …