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North Korea launched its long-awaited rocket Friday morning, but it fell apart within minutes, U.S. officials said.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sternly rebuked North Korea on Thursday for its planned rocket launch, which is scheduled to take place sometime before Tuesday.

Japan is ready to shoot down the North Korea's Unha-3 rocket with its Patriot Advanced Capability-3 land-to-air missiles if the rocket flies over Japanese airspace.

Research In Motion said it will shortly release a slew of updates for its BlackBerry apps, making it easier for users to stay connected with their messenger community.

We always tend to believe what comes straight from the horse's mouth. But what if it keeps on changing? Yes, that's what happening with the next-gen Apple iPhone release date speculations as two contradictory statements have come from two Foxconn employees in less than one week.

North Korea is preparing a third nuclear test at the site where it carried out its two previous tests, South Korean media report. The news further complicates an already tense situation in the Korean peninsula, following the North's decision to go ahead with a rocket launch feared by its neighbors.

The count down has begun for North Korea's controversial rocket launch, which is scheduled to take place between April 12 and 16, any time between 7 a.m. to noon local time. North Korea has made it clear that it would not budge to the international pressure to halt the launch.

There was a time when the mid-year launch for Apple's flagship smartphone was almost an ironclad rule. But with the release of its fifth generation iPhone, the iPhone 4S, on Oct. 4, 2011, the Cupertino-based tech giant broke that tradition, making way for recent rumors that suggested the company might launch its sixth-gen iPhone, presumably named iPhone 5, in the second half of 2012. Thereby abandoning the mid-year launches and considering a 12-month iPhone upgrade cycle, starting in the fall...

Recent satellite images show that North Korea's preparations for the launch are moving forward, and the rocket will soon be built inside the already constructed launch tower.

A recruiter for Foxconn, the largest manufacturing partner of Apple products, told reporters from TV Tokyo's World Business Satellite that Apple's sixth-generation iPhone, presumably called the iPhone 5, will be released in June. He added that Foxconn is hiring about 18,000 workers to kick production of the new smartphone into high gear before summer.

New York is going to be the destination for yet another Nokia event, as this Friday the Finnish phone maker will throw a sizzling party for the launch of Nokia Lumia 900.

Since its introduction in June 2007, the iPhone has taken the word by storm, but one question dominates the general conversation: When's the next one coming out? Thankfully, fans won't have to wait any later than October to get their hands on Apple's latest iPhone design.

North Korea has started fueling a rocket, moving a step closer to its controversial launch mid-April, a Japanese newspaper has reported.

In light of a planned missile launch, U.S. defense officials announced the suspension of food aid to North Korea

Research In Motion has delayed its annual presentation to financial analysts, usually held during the BlackBerry World conference in May, until it launches its next-generation smartphones.

One of the top applications of the iPhone, Instagram, is gearing up to make a splash on Android. We knew it was just a matter of time before the developers were forced to bring this great picture editing/sharing tool to Android, as the demand for it to be ported was great.

President Barack Obama, visiting South Korea, called on the Communist North Sunday to call off a planned rocket launch, and warned that food aid in return for disarmament would be at risk.

The new iPad is the first 4G device from Apple and the next iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, is all set to be second. But a job posting at Apple Web site reveals that the tech giant may add more connectivity features to the upcoming iPhone.

The US has warned that North Korea's rocket launch in April, which the West alleges is a missile in disguise, will be directed towards Australia and South East Asia and not towards Japan, as reported earlier.

At a time when many Android smartphone owners are waiting for the official announcement from the handset manufacturers about the ICS update, a report by DigiTimes Thursday said that Google might introduce the next major release of Android, the version 5.0 (Jelly Bean) during the third quarter of this year.

The North's provocative gesture comes as global leaders, including the presidents of the United States, China and Russia, prepare to meet next week in South Korea to discuss nuclear security issues.