HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone maker, is hiring staff to prepare for the possible launch of an online store that would sell e-books and applications, according to two people with knowledge of the situation.
HTC is the latest electronics hardware maker to contemplate distributing content and services for its devices, after Acer, the world’s second-biggest PC maker, said last month that it planned to launch a “next generation” application store.
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