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According to comScore, Google+ has over 20 million users, not including those who visited the Website from Android or smartphones. Of them, 5 million users were from United States.

As industry observers point to a September release date for the iPhone 5, surprising analysis shows that the previous iPhone is still selling strongly on U.S. carriers.

HTC seems to be capitalizing on the delay of the launch of iPhone 5 in the smartphone market pretty well. Some leaked images in Flickr and Yahoo photo sharing website suggests that HTC is working on a new phone Ruby.

Apart from Apple Inc.'s iPhone, some of the most talked-about smartphones right now include the sleek Samsung-built Android phone Google Nexus S and Motorola Droid 3.

As industry observers point to a September release date for the iPhone 5, surprising analysis shows that the previous iPhone is still selling strongly on U.S. carriers.

Samsung Google Nexus S 4G clashes with HTC Thunderbolt 4G.

Good news for Android fans - the sleek Samsung-built Android phone Google Nexus S will finally be available on At&T network on July 24. Those who can't wait until Sunday, can pre-order now via Best Buy.

The much-awaited next generation iPhone (dubbed iPhone 5) from Apple will debut on September 5, followed by a global release a month later, according to a senior Swisscom executive.

Google has acquired Pittsburgh Pattern Recognition (Pittpatt), a company that has developed facial recognition technology, months after it backed off from rolling out a face recognition smartphone app called Google Goggles in its bid to outsmart Apple and Facebook.

Samsung is hoping to counter Apple’s iPhone 4 price reduction plan with the launch of its cheaper Samsung Galaxy S2 prequel known as Samsung Galaxy R.

The launch of the next generation iPhone, dubbed iPhone 5, is being highly awaited and with so many high-end Android smartphones out (and ready to be out) in the market, smartphone users are spoiled for choices.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has released, for comment purposes, proposed regulations on certain medical- and health-related apps that are used on smartphones and mobile computing devices.

Gartner reports handset sales rose 13 percent year-over-year and the growth of smartphones is the reason why.

Apple's iPad is on a tear in the enterprise, and is now being activated more often than Android smartphones, according to the latest data from Good Technology.

Google Doodle is a celebration of Alexander Calder and HTML5.

Samsung has teamed up with Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST) to use its new technology that could create breakthrough displays with resolutions of up to 10 times greater than existing products.

Adobe is facing intense rivalry from HTML5, which could make its Flash less relevant and in turn spell tough times ahead for Creative Suite.

Apple's competitive advantage is growing in the smartphone, tablet and personal computer categories. The company's strength is product, including the iPhone, iPad, and Mac computers. But it's the advantage of the three combined that's pushing Apple to marketshare dominance.

The company does better than expected and addresses the T-Mobile merger.

Apple is hoarding record amounts of cash, currently holding $76 billion. But the company has not historically made big acquisitions. CEO Steve Jobs says Apple is merely keeping its "powder dry" for strategic opportunities in the future.

Apple has currently made some strides in the area of high definition (HD) displays for their future mobile devices. The iPhone 5 and iPad 3 are rumored to be producing HD displays that will support a lineup of 1080p movies through Apple TV, possibly hitting the market this fall. Utilizing more powerful hardware, the mobile devices are expected to run iOS 5 which can support 1080p video file output.