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China Mobile Ltd, the world's biggest mobile operator, has met with Apple Inc Chief Executive Steve Jobs several times on introducing an iPhone based on its network standard.

China Mobile logged its fastest half-yearly profit growth in nearly three years and said it hopes to soon launch Apple's popular iPhones to accelerate uptake of high-end 3G services.

If the rumors are to be believed then iPhone 6 will arrive in Apple stores worldwide sometime in July 2012.

Google has agreed to buy struggling Motorola Mobility for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, making a positive situation for Microsoft as it vies to get back into the mobile phone business.

Steve Jobs' inventions/projects at Apple have shaped how we live, work, and play.

Google lost the battle with Apple, Microsoft and other in the bid for Nortel Network's 6,000 patents in the extravagant $4.5 billion transaction. The search giant regained some traction with it $12.5 billion dollar acquisition of Motorola in its push for dominance in the mobile market. The buy includes 17,000 patents that Google can utilize in combating legal affairs with rivals such as Apple.

In the 45,000 Verizon worker strike, the company says the dividing issue in labor negotiations is health care. But workers say Verizon wants more than that. They make a very good point.

Apple could buy companies like Nokia or InterDigital, or maybe just some patents

Google rolled out its Photovine app on iTunes Wednesday, spreading its wings in the social networking market through this free photo sharing app.

The latest lawsuit against Apple: 27,000 South Koreans in a class-action suit over privacy relating to the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Apple is being sued by 27,000 South Koreans over privacy issues involving location services in the iPhone and iPad.

A group of consumers in South Korea has launched a class-action suit against Apple, claiming that iPhones and other devices were invading their privacy.

Google Inc. has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, valuing each essential patent at about $20 million, to defend its Android ecosystem. RBC Capital Markets said the deal value of $12.5 billion equates to 0.7 times trailing twelve months (TTM) of equity value-to-sales.

The Latest in iPhone 5 rumors: October release date, two Apple phones and dual core processor.

A mobile payment is "any payment" for goods and services that is initiated from a smartphone or similar device. Mobile payments can be broken down into two main types: remote payments or proximity payments.

Apple is said to launch its next-generation iPhone 5 in early October, and the device could come as a widely compatible "world phone."

Following Google's $12.5 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility, with one of the largest patent libraries in the industry, speculation is rife that Apple will respond in kind.

Apple to offer carrier agnostic wireless communication devices.

After losing out in the titanic $4.5 billion bid for Nortel Networks against Apple and the gang of five, Google has resurged with its latest acquisition of Motorola. The search giant lost out in obtaining 6,000 patents from the Nortel deal, but the $12.5 billion Motorola purchase will make up for the loss with over 17,000 patents packaged in the deal.

Google's monster purchase of Motorola Mobility has made it clear: The digital future is all about portability.

First fake Apple stores, not straight-up fake phones. China just keeps on copying.