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After three days of torture, BlackBerry services are finally restored

Since Monday, scores of BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA), Canada, Latin America and US were facing problems in accessing the e-mail, messenger and other online services on their smartphones caused by a core switch failure.

Samsung tablets banned in Australia

The Federal Court, in granting the temporary ban, ruled Samsung had a case to answer on at least two of Apple's patents. T

BlackBerry outage spreads to North America

BlackBerry users across the world were exasperated as an outage of email, messaging and Internet services on the phones spread to the US and Canada and stretched into the third day for Europe, Asia, Latin America and Africa.

BlackBerry services restored day after outrage

Yesterday, some BlackBerry subscribers in the EMEA region experienced delays with BlackBerry services. The issue was resolved and services are operating normally,RIM said.

Microsoft launches Touch Mouse in India

Priced at Rs 3,999, Touch Mouse is based on BlueTrack technology and is ambidextrous in design. Further, the mouse pad is made redundant as it can be used on all surfaces, except clear glass and mirrors.

Samsung estimates blowout Q3 profit

Samsung Electronics estimated its quarterly profit will exceed the most bullish market forecasts, indicating the booming smartphone business.

Samsung delays new Android model launch after Jobs' death

Samsung Electronics Co said on Monday it had delayed the launch of a new smartphone based on Google's latest version of Android operating system.

Alibaba seeks Temasek financing to buy stake from Yahoo: report

China's Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has talked with Temasek Holdings Pte about providing financing to buy the 40 percent stake in itself held by Yahoo Inc.

LG Elec launches 4G phone, as mobile unit continues to struggle

LG Electronics Inc, the world's No 3 handset maker, on Monday launched a new smartphone that runs on South Korea's fast, fourth-generation network.

Stifel downgrades Google to hold on Facebook threat

With more than 30 percent of Internet minutes spent on Facebook the Internet's centre of gravity is shifting from Google to Facebook, analyst Jordan Rohan said in a note to clients.

McDonald's goes hi-tech: Launches apps for smartphones

Customers who enter McDonald's stores would be able to download applications on their Android and iPhones, and can witness illusions being created in the air and around them of images of different products.

Disney moves in on Angry Birds with Swampy game

A game based on a sewer-dwelling alligator named "Swampy" ranks as the top paid app for iPhones and iPads. What's surprising is that the game is a product of Walt Disney Co.

Yahoo, ABC join hands in news partnership

Under the agreement, ABC News becomes the premier news provider on Yahoo News, with editorial teams from both the companies collaborating on original coverage.

Sistema rolls out 2 Android phones priced below Rs 5,000

MTS Livewire offers easy access to Google Mail, YouTube, Google Talk and Google Maps. On the other hand, MTS MTAG 3.1 comes with a touch-screen and Support multi-format audio/video player

'India to be among top 10-ecommerce hubs globally'

India will be among the top 10 e-commerce hubs in the world by 2015 as it is the fourth-largest internet users in the world, eBay India Head (Partnerships and Pop Culture) Deepa Thomas said today.

Watch out for Nokia's first Windows phone this quarter

The world's largest phone maker by volume, left in the dust by Apple and Google, announced its high-risk new strategy at the start of the year which Elop likened to jumping from a burning oil platform.

Low cost computer-cum-access device to be named Aakash

The low cost computer-cum-access device, which will be launched here on October 5, is expected to be named as 'Aakash' and given to 500 students at a function here.

Interested in buying Yahoo: Alibaba

Chinese Internet company Alibaba Group's head Jack Ma said he is "interested" in buying Yahoo, even as the US company is being approached by private equity firms and others for a potential deal, says a media report.

India part of next-gen radio telescope project in Australia

In a joint project involving India, Australia and the US, a next-generation radio telescope is being built in western Australia to study the early Universe, Sun and space weather.

Hacker posts mocking tweets on Thai PM's Twitter account

A mocking hacker took over the Twitter account of Thailand's recently elected prime minister on Sunday, questioning her ability to defend the country if she cannot even secure her own tweets.

Another tech bubble building in domestic tech start-ups: Intel Capital

Intel Capital, the investment arm of the global chip major Intel Corp, today said valuations of local tech start-ups have reached a 'bubble level' due to too much capital chasing too few quality opportunities.

Amazon's $199 Fire raises questions over supply, profit margins

The rock-bottom price of the new Kindle Fire tablet computer is raising questions about Amazon.com Inc's ability to keep up with demand and the device's effect on the company's already razor-thin profit margins.

Google to build its first data centres in Asia

The Internet search giant has bought land in Hong Kong, Taiwan and Singapore for the data centers.

SRK launches Symbian Belle smartphones for Nokia

Nokia India today announced the launch of its Symbian Belle loaded and near field communications (NFC) enabled smartphones, associating itself with the promotion of actor Shah Rukh Khan's forthcoming movie Ra.One.

Small towns, villages driving online trade: eBay

Small towns are contributing up to 40 per cent of all e-commerce transactions in the country on the back of increasing broadband penetration, taking the overall growth of online shopping to 45 per cent from 30 per cent earlier, e-commerce company eBay India said here.