Do you believe in second chances? Samsung and Verizon hope you do. About a year …

What’s that sound you hear? It’s the tune of Cricket Wireless selling smartphones with all-you-can download music plans from yet another retail giant. Starting today, nearly 1,600 Target stores will carry the Samsung Vitality and ZTE Score on Cricket’s network. Both Android smartphones feature Muve Music, the unlimited music and ringtone download plan that Cricket pioneered in January 2011. Related …

Motorola Mobility CEO Sanjay Jha saw his pay for 2011 jump to $47 million, nearly four times the figure for 2010. Citing a regulatory filing, Reuters reported that the rise in Jha’s total compensation package was the result of the successful split of Motorola into two companies last year: Motorola Mobility and Motorola Solutions. Jha’s pay for 2010, including option …