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Facebook has begun rolling out an improved photo layout for its news feed across its mobile web, Android, and iOS apps. The update addresses the way a series of photos are displayed in a feed, making it hard to see each small thumbnail. Thanks to the new design, album photos will be displayed more elegantly in a collage-like view. You should start seeing the new look across Facebook’s mobile apps today.

Back in March, T-Mobile announced Ice Cream Sandwich would be coming to the HTC Sensation 4G and Amaze 4G, unfortunately they gave no specific dates for the updates. Well, that documentation has been updated and we now know that the Sensation 4G will be getting Android 4.0 this Wednesday, with the Amaze 4G coming in the next weeks.

The federal government along with U.S. wireless providers will be rolling out a new Emergency Text Alert System this month. The service will be free and will provide geographically targeted wireless emergency alerts for life-threatening events such as: tornadoes, flash floods, hurricanes, typhoons, tsunamis, dust storms, extreme winds, blizzards and ice storms. The text alerts will be brief and will inform consumers to seek additional information or immediately seek shelter if necessary. You may have experienced such alerts via third party weather application or private services but this will be the first national service by the federal government and the wireless industry.

You may have seen the above image making its rounds today, depicting the 400 devices used for Android app testing by the company Animoca. While Animoca themselves embrace the choices Android users have, opponents quickly began blurting out the “F” word again — as if it would magically make Android’s commanding market share simply disappear.

“We like fragmentation as users prefer choice. We are not big believers that one size fits all.” – Yat Siu, CEO of Animoca’s parent company Outblaze

Animoca’s testing methods are a bit overkill and they could have saved themselves a good amount of money by simply using the emulator and some beta testers, but I have to admit, having all those devices to play with sure looks like fun.

Amazon Wireless is my favorite mobile online retailer, as they always seem to offer the best deals. They’re at it again, this time discounting the yet to be released HTC EVO 4G LTE for Sprint. Amazon Wireless has opened pre-orders for the device for $50 less than Sprint and it seems to be open to existing customers as well as new customers.