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Google will buy more companies to boost its presence in the booming online display ad sector in a challenge to Facebook, even as European regulators examine its dominant web search position.

Facebook's U.S. advertising revenue will total roughly $2.2 billion in 2011, displacing Yahoo Inc to collect the biggest slice of online display advertising dollars, according to a new study.

The persisting rumor that iPhone 5 will have an edge-to-edge display, a feature reviled by die-hard Apple fans, has got more credibility with another leak showing a device with an extended display. If true, this underlines earlier reports that Apple was spending an amazing $4 billion on some display technology for the nee iPhone which would facilitate a much larger display on the same encasement.

The two couldn't be more different but there is something they have in common.

While media is abuzz with speculation about the upcoming iPhone 5, a new report suggests that Apple's next iteration of iPad, the iPad 3, will flaunt a retina display with a screen resolution of 2048x1536.

Apple has released unlocked iPhone 4 (16GB) for GSM customers for $650.

Google Inc plans to buy online advertising company AdMeld to grab a larger slice of the market for graphical display ads.

Google, looking to make a greater impact in the display ad industry, bought Admeld for $400 miliion.

As the biggest solar flare in four years was observed by NASA early Tuesday, the unusual and spectacular activity of the sun is likely to create another spectacle in the sky tonight - a display of northern lights, or Aurora Borealis.

The much celebrated wedding gown worn by Kate Middleton, now the Duchess of Cambridge, will go on public display this summer at Buckingham Palace, officials said on Monday.

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.

Rumors have surfaced about the new curved glass display for the Apple's iPhone 5 or iPhone 4GS. As exciting as the curved glass display sounds, Korean smartphone companies such as Samsung and LG can tell you that it isn't new to the industry.

The new look of the Apple iPhone 5 might resemble the fourth- and fifth-generation iPod Nano more than the current crop of iPhones and iPods.

Samsung Electronics Co. and LG Display, the world's top two flat-screen makers, expect the depressed LCD market to start rebounding as demand rises in China and new TV models are rolled out.

A new image leak of the soon-to-arrive Apple iPhone 5 shows that the latest edition of the phone will not feature a rear camera accompanied by LED flash to its right. The following are some key features of the device leaked on the Internet:

NEW YORK AOL Inc is beginning to shows progress in display advertising revenue.

LG has launched its LG Optimus Big smartphone in its native country of Korea yesterday. The smartphone is equipped with a large 4.3 inch display, which makes it the largest LG phone to date. It's 10.1 mm thick and weighs 151g.

LG Display, the world's No.2 flat-screen maker, is starting to see signs of recovery in depressed TV panel prices as it forecast a return to profitability in the current quarter after reporting its second consecutive quarterly loss.

South Korea's LG Display, the world's No.2 LCD flat screen maker, posted its second consecutive quarterly loss on Monday, hit by tumbling panel prices and fragile demand from television and computer makers.

The White iPhone 4 will cease to play hide-and-seek as Apple will start selling the elusive device by the end of this month. Its launch remained as elusive as a white tiger since June 2010.

Shares of Focus Media Holding Ltd. (FMCN) touched a new 52-week high of $30.27 on Wednesday. The company reported Tuesday higher fourth quarter adjusted earnings as revenue in LCD display (including the movie theater network), in-store and poster frame business increased 45 percent.