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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.

Google will unveil a new payment system tomorrow, a move the company hopes will pit the search-giant against companies like Visa and Mastercard.

Microsoft's latest mobile platform Windows 7 Phone (code-named Mango), which boasts of 500 new features and support, could soon become a threat to Google's Android and Apple's iPhone OS.

Twitter's acquisition of third party client TweetDeck for $40 million has caught the attention of social network users because it is good news for Tweeters but not for TweetDeck users though both TweetDeck founder and Twitter CEO have called the acquisition an add-on for Twitter power users.

Google's long awaited mobile wallet or Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled smartphones which will make processing payments with a mere wave of the phone near a point-of-sale a reality is due to be unveiled on Thursday.

Opera Software has released Opera Mini 6 for Apple’s iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone, a report said

Barclays Capital still believes Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is well positioned to grow faster than the smartphone market over the long-term. The brokerage reiterated its overweight rating on shares of Apple with a price target of $465.

Microblogging site Twitter is said to have acquired popular Twitter application TweetDeck by paying more than $40 million.

Amazon has introduced a cheaper version of the Kindle 3G ebook reader with an ad-supported version. The pricing of this new ebook reader will be $164.

Google will unveil a mobile payment system on Thursday, May 26th, and it will run on the Android operating system available on Sprint Nexus S phones.

A Russian software firm has reported that it cracked the encryption on an iPhone, though it requires possession of the device.

An explosion ripped through the Foxconn Chengdu plant in China, the factory where the Apple iPad 2 is made, killing three workers and injuring 15.

Technology giant Apple has agreed to make the next-generation iPhone even smaller and thinner by using smaller SIM cards instead of an e-SIM, 9TO5Mac reports.

While industry observers have chimed in over the past weeks about what will be inside Apple's next iPhone 5, one analyst on Friday gave insight into when the phone will actually hit shelves.

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.

Apple's letter to Lodsys, asking that it cease threatening app developers with litigation.

Students and Scholars Against Corporate Misbehaviour (SACOM) say the Foxconn explosion was definitely preventable and caused by the manufacturer's negligence.

App acts as personal tour guide; compatible with all smartphones

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.

The iPhone 5 which is claimed by many viewers as the next big thing has taken a different turn, according to revelations from industry insiders and some analysts.

Apple iOS and Android are the leading operating systems in the smartphone arena. Since Android is an open platform, manufacturers have been able to adopt Android with ease and spend more time on developing features instead, thereby resulting in a wide variety of features unique to specific Android models.