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BARCELONA, Spain — In a world of leakers, hackers, spooks, and crooks, absolute privacy seems like a pipe dream, but that’s what the intriguing Geeksphone Blackphone promises: a smart phone in your pocket without putting you in the pocket of Google, the NSA, or Big Brothers of any stripe. The Blackphone comes from Switzerland, where privacy is enshrined in the …

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HTC announces new flagship mid

BARCELONA, Spain–HTC’s Peter Chou has just taken off the veil of its first smartphone for 2014 at Mobile World Congress, and it’s not the high-end premium device you’ve been waiting for. The HTC Desire 816 packs a 5.5-inch HD display, a Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor and comes in glossy plastic that’s reminiscent of the Apple iPhone 5C. HTC says the …

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