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Popular social networking site Facebook snubbed the partnership offered by Google Inc, denying the search giant access to its trove of personal information, said Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt on Tuesday.

Despite the yearlong concerns over his health, Steve Jobs will be headlining WWDC once again.

The company says it can no longer give full-year estimates based on lowered net sales from its devices and services.

One product was notably missing from Apple's pre-announcement of its WWDC announcements.

Activision today has finally announced a subscription service for its popular Call of Duty game series providing gamers with stats for their play and some social features.

The Computex, the world's second-largest consumer electronics trade fair, has kicked off Tuesday, unveiling over 50 new tablets from manufacturers of all sizes.

Diehard fans of Google will have to wait if they are planning to own a Chrome OS run tablet PC. At the Computex PC show in Taipei on Tuesday, Google announced its plans to stick to Notebook computers for Chrome OS while mobile devices and tablets will be in queue.

Auriga USA LLC upgraded its rating on shares of Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA) to buy from hold and raised its price target to $24 from $19, as it sees potential for strong growth in Tegra, which may more than offset its flattish GPU business.

Which is more secure: Google's Wallet or the one in your pocket?

Taiwan's Asustek Computer demoed an interesting concept of a smartphone which docks into a tablet at the Computex IT trade fair in Taipei.

Photos of Asus PadFone, which fuses a tablet with a smartphone have surfaced on the Internet even before it has made its debut at Computex 2011, giving rise to the billion dollar question - will the idea catch on?

Google Wallet is set to face tough time as PayPal has filed a lawsuit for stealing trade secrets, barely hours after Google officially launched Google Wallet and Google Offers services.

PayPal is suing Google for stealing the trade secrets that allowed it to start its smartphone payment business.

Say goodbye to swiping since tapping is in as Google's anticipated NFC-based mobile payment platform Google Wallet is here to revolutionize the way payments are made.

Wedbush Securities views recent weakness likely due to concerns and confusion over the AT&T (NYSE: T) renewal, as an opportunistic entry point in shares of Synchronoss Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNCR). The brokerage reiterated its outperform rating on shares of Synchronoss with a price target of $36.

Google launched its much awaited NFC-enabled mobile payment platform, Google Wallet, which enables users to make payments at the point-of-sale (POS) by merely waving the phone.

Google unveiled its much anticipated mobile payments system -- Google Wallet -- in New York on Thursday, promising to change for ever the way people use money for transactions. In the past few thousand years, the way we pay has changed just three times—from coins, to paper money, to plastic cards. Now we’re on the brink of the next big shift, Google stated.

The proliferation of smartphones in South Korea is transforming this former walled garden ruled by local players into one of Asia's most promising destinations for global Internet and social networking firms.

The long-awaited debut of Google Wallet was finally announced today, marking a watershed moment for mobile payments. But there is much more cutting-edge functions to expect, when it comes to the mobile world.

Tim Cook, Apple's Chief Operating Officer, visited South Korea to begin discussions on integrating Samsung's super AMOLED technology to enhance the future iPad 3 screen displays.

Microsoft announced an update for its Windows Phone 7 OS under the moniker Mango which will be rolled-out this fall bringing a deeper integration between native services and apps.