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According to a Bloomberg report, citing the information shared by ZTE's US chief Cheng Lixin at the CES 2013, ZTE has plans in place to bring Mozilla's brand new Firefox OS on to the handsets.

Going by an announcement by Cheng, ZTE intends using the Firefox OS in a forthcoming smartphone, which will initially be released - some time during the year 2013 - on yet-to-be-named European carriers. Thereafter, depending on the sales in Europe, the Firefox-based handset might also hit the US markets this year.

Amid the hubbub of the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2013 in Las Vegas, bigwig software company Microsoft revealed in an announcement that it will close its Windows Messenger service in March this year.

The announcement marks the execution of Microsoft's November-disclosed plans to pull the plug on its popular but outdated Windows Messenger instant messaging service.

Addressing reporters during a recent press conference in London, Microsoft VP Phil Harrison said that the key focus of the software giant's new Soho-based studio - dubbed `Lift London' - will be on the creation of content for tablets and cloud services, along with promoting budding talent.

Asserting that the main mission of Microsoft's `Lift London' studio will be `to build games for the cloud itself,' Harrison also added that the company will also continue to support retail of physical game discs.

London, January 12 : Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart''s relationship is reportedly under strain once again.

The Twilight hunk is allegedly still struggling to forgive his co-star and girlfriend Kristen for cheating on him with her Snow White And The Huntsman director Rupert Sanders.

According to America''s Life and Style magazine, the two can''t stop fighting and friends fear they could be heading for another break-up.

Mumbai, Jan 12 : After Ayushmann Khurrana, TV host Manish Paul is the latest to enter films. But he says he loves his job as an anchor and has no plans to quit television.

"I will not leave television because I love anchoring. It is my first love. I would like to continue doing it," the 31-year-old said here Friday.

Manish will be seen in the film "Mickey Virus". He has another project in his kitty.

"I will start shooting for my film 'Mickey Virus' in two days. There is a second film, but I can't talk about it right now," Manish said.

New York, January 12 : Evan Rachel Wood and Jamie Bell are expecting their first child.

The "thrilled" couple "are expecting their first child later this year," a rep for the couple told US Weekly.

The super-private stars, who denied just weeks ago that Wood was pregnant, had also managed to keep their wedding under wraps when they tied the knot back on October 30 in California, only tipping off the world when they appeared days later at LAX wearing wedding rings, the New York Post reported.