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Apple's WWDC silence over iPhone 5: A giveaway to Android?

Apple fans will cheer the announcement of iOS 5 at the WWDC; but it is the Android camp that will be heartened by the fact that there has been no word on the iPhone 5. An iPhone 4 S in August? And the true iPhone 5 in 2012? will that be too late? Or, will it fit better into Apple's strategy?

Sony sees brisk sales of new games device

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Sony Corp expects its new PlayStation Vita handheld games device to sell faster than its predecessor, despite the explosive growth of mobile gaming on smartphones and tablets.

Apple dismisses PC, insists on iCloud

Steve Jobs takes the stage to discuss the iCloud service at the Apple Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco
Apple’s CEO Steve Jobs has announced his aim to ‘demote the PC’ industry while introducing the iCloud, Apple’s new cloud-based solution for synchronizing files across multiple Apple devices.
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Toshiba, Sony plan to merge small LCD panel units: sources

Toshiba Corp and Sony Corp are in talks to combine their units that make small and mid-size LCD panels for smartphones and tablet computers, and may sell a stake in the new entity to the Japanese government for about $1.2 billion, sources said.
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Google wallet's security is in question

Google’s effort to make mobile payment secured by using near field communications (NFC) technology from smartphones, is not so successful, said security experts.
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Apple set to answer all iCloud anticipations

Apple had kept the market in mystery by not revealing the details of ‘ the upcoming cloud service offering’, since the announcement of unveiling Lion, iOS 5, iCloud in the press release.
Android mascots are lined up in the demonstration area at the Google I/O Developers Conference in the Moscone Center in San Francisco.

Android, Apple iOS top market share gainers in U.S.

With a gaining 5.2 percentage point to capture 36.4 percent of all smartphone users, Google's Android was at the top in the U.S. smartphone operating system market for the three months ending in April, a ComScore report revealed.
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Apple iOS 5 for iPhone going social: integrates Twitter, possibly Facebook

The Apple iOS 5 version has received much attention as the mobile OS will be introduced by CEO Steve Jobs next week. Talks have been swirling about possible features that may range from enhanced notifications, widgets, integration of iCloud, and the inclusion of social network platforms such as Twitter and Facebook.
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RIM loses more U.S. market share to Apple, Google

Research In Motion has given up more ground to Apple and Google in the hypercompetitive U.S. smartphone market, a report shows, while two brokerages cut their price targets for the BlackBerry maker on concerns it can no longer keep pace.
With the likely reveal of its next generation console, Nintendo will make the biggest splash at E3 analyst say.

E3 Preview: All Eyes On Nintendo

With the likely reveal of its next generation console, Nintendo will make the biggest splash at E3 analyst say. The expo comes at a critical time for Nintendo as sales for its Wii console have begun to sizzle out and more people have turned to Xbox 360 and PS3.
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Analysts cut RIM price targets as competition intensifies

At least two brokerages cut price targets on Research In Motion as they expect rival Apple's iCloud service and concerns over its inability to tackle competition from iPhone and Google's Android-based smartphones to hurt the BlackBerry maker.

Apple iPad 3: A revolution in the making?

While the media is awash with rumors regarding the next iPhone, Apple is silently working in the background to piece together its next version of iPad 2, the iPad 3.

Netizens speculate next target as hackers rule corporations world over

Hacker attacks, real and fake claims on who hacked and who didn’t, and to top it all, speculation regarding who is going to be the next target. While distressed corporations that have been victims of these virtual hooligans in recent days struggle to restore order and gain back control over the dwindling shares, people across the world debate on the next likely target.

Will Apple iPhone 5 ever beat Android?

There is immense buzz in the market over the features, form and release date of the next generation iPhone from Apple, ahead of Apple's Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) that kick starts in San Francisco next Monday. Fans have kept fingers crossed as to what CEO Steve Jobs will tell them about the next generation iPhone.

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