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Mobile giant Nokia has launched two new smartphones --- E6 and X7 - based on its updated Symbian operating platform.

AMD is hiring Android driver development engineers, a move that reflects the chipmaker's big push in to the tablet and smartphone space with the help of Android.

Gartner estimates point to Apple's iOS grabbing nearly seventy percent of the market in 2011, a command that won't noticeably decrease until 2015, when it will drop to 47 percent.

YouTube has launched YouTube Live where one can view live videos from certain content partners of Google.

Adobe has launched subscription editions for its new Creative Suite 5.5, a collection of graphic design, video editing, and web development applications including Photoshop, Acrobat and InDesign.

The current mobile landscape may dramatically change within the next few years as current leader Research in Motion tumbles in market-share, and Android and Microsoft come to dominate.

Apple's hawk eye on the gaming scene has been the point of much discussion and speculation. And finally there seems to be some real development. From rumors about acquiring Sony, or eying Adobe or Disney, there are now reports that Apple is hiring executives from gaming giant Nintendo to push its gaming presence.

In the wake of the attacks by the hacker collective Anonymous on Sony and on Livejournal, more attention has been focused on just what such attacks mean and how to defend against them.

Mobile apps can can leach immeasurable amounts of data from personal smartphones and sell them to advertising platforms. The news about data pilfering apps is nothing new, but there is now fresh evidence that large quantum of data are passed on from smartphones to advertisers by some apps.

Echoing a pair of previous leaks, the newest images of the as yet-unannounced smartphone depict a device in very much the same vein as its predecessor

HTC, the Taiwanese phone maker, surpassed Nokia in market capitalization yesterday, putting it in the ranks of the largest mobile phone makers in the world.

Webroot, the internet security firm is bringing out two mobile security apps for both Android smartphones and tablets.

Pacific Crest analyst James Faucette said in an analyst note yesterday that channel checks for Motorola's Xoom and Atrix 4G have come up with some disappointing results

Apple’s iPhone 5 is expected to be launched at the end of June, according to Korean website (ETNews).

LG Thrill 4G smartphone features are right up there with Motorola's Atrix 4G

I have noticed that the vast majority of people protesting in the streets of these strife-torn countries in the Arab world appear to be well-fed, well-clothed, with many carrying cell phones, riding on motorbikes, driving cars, etc.

Taking queue from Android and Apple iOS strategy New York City opened its set of data to developers to create apps which could unlock the potential trapped in public data.

New data from ComScore puts Google Android on the top of the list for the smartphone market category, followed by RIM and Apple in the second and the third positions respectively.

Google has put in a $900 million bid for Nortel Networks' patent portfolio, which could make it a real player in mobile technology and forestall lawsuits over its smartphone line.

Company has 'no desire' to get into smartphones, executives say

Most tablet makers are building the wrong field of dreams and at least one CEO has got himself separated from his company for it. It is plain for all to see that Apple's field of dreams is their network of dedicated Apple stores worldwide.This might even be the reason why Apple will own the tablet space for the foreseeable future. Richard Shim, senior analyst at Displaysearch wrote in this blog about the exigencies of selling a product like a table through a traditional retail chain such ...