IBT Staff Reporter

Not just the Android phone users, even iPhone users can upload photos on Google+ using any app that can send pictures to Google’s image organizer, Picasa.

Every bit of recycled paper helps to supply 37 percent of the raw materials used in making new paper products in the U.S. Every ton of office paper recycled saves 24 trees.

British government lawyers are drawing up plans to block Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy out the broadcaster BSkyB, the Independent newspaper said on Monday, a move that could spare Prime Minister David Cameron a potentially damaging parliamentary vote.

Japanese mobile social gaming firm DeNA will seek to expand by buying more game developers, its new chief executive, Isao Moriyasu, said in an interview on Monday.

British government lawyers are drawing up plans to block Rupert Murdoch's bid to buy out the broadcaster BSkyB, the Independent newspaper said on Monday, a move that could spare Prime Minister David Cameron a potentially damaging parliamentary vote.

The European Union's top finance officials hold critical talks on Greece and the worsening situation in Italy on Monday, with concern about the risk of further sovereign debt contagion acute.

Elpida Memory Inc plans to raise nearly 80 billion yen ($992 million) through new shares and convertible bonds as it shifts production away from DRAM memory to more profitable smartphone chips.

European Council President Herman Van Rompuy has called an emergency meeting of top officials dealing with the euro zone debt crisis for Monday morning, reflecting concern that the crisis could spread to Italy, the region's third largest economy.

Apple is pushing for a ban on Samsung Galaxy devices within two months, claiming they rip off the iPhone/iPad resemblances.

China will link local officials' performance appraisals to the level of debt held by local governments, state media reported Monday, an apparent move to cap borrowing and address worries that possible defaults could damage China's economy.

The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge wrapped up their trip to Southern California on Sunday by visiting an inner-city school in downtown Los Angeles's notorious Skid Row area and attending a job fair for veterans.

Elpida Memory Inc <6665.T>, the world's No.3 maker of DRAM memory, plans to raise 80 billion yen ($992 million) by issuing new shares and convertible bonds, three sources close to the matter told Reuters.

Google+ (or Google Plus) has faced the first major glitch yesterday during the beta version testing period, spamming its users with multiple notification emails, but a quick recovery and public apology were well received by its fans.

Asia's emerging market central banks will need to keep ratcheting up interest rates well after inflation peaks to prevent higher prices from seeping into corners of the economy where they are much harder to dislodge.

Funny took a back seat to explosions and robotic mayhem in the latest weekend North American box office results, according to studio estimates.

Google+ (or Google Plus), the beta version of Google’s new ambitious social networking service is off to a flying start with 4.5 million people reportedly using the service, having signed up via the current invite-only basis, but is Google+ good enough to beat the king of social networking sites - Facebook?

Jaycee Dugard, who was kidnapped as a child and forced to give birth to two children during her 18 years in captivity, told ABC New's Diane Sawyer that she did what she had to do to survive. Dugard, now 31, was eleven years old when she was kidnapped in 1991 in front of her South Lake Tahoe, California home.

Two Indian passenger trains were derailed today in unrelated incidents Sunday, leaving at least 31 dead and 200 injured. One of the trains was the Kalka Mail train; the train jumped the track on its way to New Delhi this afternoon. Rescuers are searching for survivors in its debris.

British government lawyers are drawing up a plan to block Rupert Murdoch's bid for the pay-TV operator BSkyB, the Independent newspaper reported on Monday.

Circumcision will be banned in San Francisco if a November ballot initiative passes, prompting many to charge that the initiative is anti-Semitic. Jewish people are furious, saying that circumcision, the removal of foreskin eight days after a male baby is born, is part of their religion and that this is yet another example of Anti-Semitism akin to Mel Gibson's consistent hostility towards Jews.

Prince William and Catherine of Cambridge concluded their three-day visit in Southern California on Sunday, and departed for London.

President Obama said today that a debt deal with Congress needs to be devised within the next 10 days and will meet with top lawmakers at the White House tonight. Aides aid that the president will make one last push for major deficit reduction deals.

Construction is ongoing at just a few blocks north of Columbia University's main campus in Manhattan, where the school is erecting a massive multi-story science center that will house about 1000 scientists from multiple academic fields to advance brain science.

Wichita, Kansas native Dr. Mila Means, a physician trying to open an abortion clinic in Wichita, received a letter kindly advising her to check under her car every morning recently. The letter went on to say, because maybe today is the day someone places an explosive under it.

Microsoft and Oracle are threatening Android-based phone makers, who had been enjoying the free OS from Google, with patent infringement and requesting to make a large payment, giving Apple an opportunity to widen the gap in the rivalry mobile OS competition.

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Arizona Department of Health said Friday that a man who recently traveled to Germany was infected by the German E. coli outbreak. The man died from kidney complications.

BSkyB shares will be under pressure again in the coming week after a weekend in which politicians ramped up their rhetoric to derail a proposed $14 billion takeover by U.S. media conglomerate News Corp .

An Apple iPhone is much cheaper to build than a HTC Thunderbolt, according to a recent smartphone teardown report by iSuppli.

Android-based phone makers are at a stake of paying a large sum of money to Microsoft and Oracle for patent infringement, giving a chance for Apple’s iOS and iPhone to widen the gap between the rivalry mobile OS match.