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Facebook Inc (NASDAQ: FB) reportedly discussed a potential investment with Xiaomi, one of the fastest-growing smartphone manufacturers in the world. The unconfirmed deal ultimately fell through, but it is a curious development given Facebook's past. CEO Mark Zuckerberg in 2012 said that a...

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is reportedly building a smartphone with HTC (OTC: HTCKF), creator of the first and only phone designed specifically for Facebook (NASDAQ: FB). That ill-fated handset, known as the HTC First, did not turn out to be a huge source of profit. This prompted AT&T (NYSE: T) to...

Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) Home may be a success, but the phone that comes with it pre-installed -- HTC's First -- has become one of the year's biggest flops. When the First was initially released, Global Equities Research analyst Trip Chowdhry estimated that the device sold less than 10,000 units....