TECHNOLOGY

Apple Inc. proudly marked 25 billion apps downloaded from its app store with an announcement on Apple's home page.

Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather Jr. would have been a fight for the ages but the much-awaited boxing showdown did not push through. This year, the best of America and Asia are expected to take their animosity to new heights when Samsung Electronics and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) release new smartphones at about the same time just months from now.

Apple and Samsung scored victories against each other before a German court on Friday but the two tussling tech titans also saw legal setbacks hampering their efforts to assert dominance in the ever-growing global mobile device market.

Microsoft Corp. released a consumer preview of its next generation operating system Windows 8 on Wednesday and early reviews about the software have been largely positive.

Nokia, the Finland-based mobile manufacturer, recently went full force during the Mobile World Congress 2012 as it unveiled some of their newest smartphones. Included in the list is Nokia Lumia 900, the company's first Windows phone.

Activision Blizzard Inc. maker of World of Warcraft announced Wednesday that it would cut 600 employees from departments not related to its game development teams.

Samsung Electronics, one of the biggest names in the smartphone industry recently launched their newest smartphone called the Samsing Galaxy S WiFi 4.2. The Korean-based firm unveiled this new device during the Mobile World Congress 2012.

There are many news reports that are circulating around the web regarding the pending release of Apple's iPad 3. Ever since the "official invitation" has been sent out to the press, several news reports indicate that the target release date will be a go while other news reports are saying that a delay in the release date should be expected.

This week's Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012 impressed tablet aficionados -- quad core processors, superb displays even when exposed to sunlight, tablets that are as compact as smartphones, stylus that enhances the devices' functionality.

A week before its expected launch of the very much anticipated iPad 3, Apple fuelled enough investors' excitement and saw its shares soaring thereby pushing its total market capitalisation beyond the $500 billion mark.

Google Inc. celebrated the leap year and composer Giochino Rossini's 220th birthday with a two for one Google Doodle. The Doodle features frogs performing Rossini's opera "The Barber of Seville".

One of the much-anticipated smartphones to be released this year is the Samsung Galaxy S3. There are reports speculating that the Samsung Galaxy S3 will be revealed around May, 2012 and it could grab the title as the world's thinnest smartphone.

Apple finally released an official invitation to the press regarding the much-anticipated launch of their newest iPad dubbed as iPad 3 on March 7.

Finland-based firm Nokia recently made headlines during the Mobile World Congress 2012 as it unveiled its latest smartphone offering, the Nokia 808 PureView.

The ball is now on Microsoft's hands as the company scrambled to eke out a place in a mobile computing world increasingly dominated by Apple and Google.

The patent wars raging between tech firms dominating the mobile device market could spill over in the equally lucrative social networking sphere as Yahoo reportedly sent notice to Facebook this week demanding for licence payments.

Korean-based firm Samsung recently revealed their newest smartphone in the market called the Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 and the Galaxy Mini 2. Samsung revealed this new smartphone model during the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2012.

Sony Mobile Communications is now planning a new approach in hopes that they would once again be dominant in this new battlefield for smartphones. Their new approach involves marketing a suite of devices instead of focusing on one "big" product. The company already started working on this strategy in the on-going Mobile World Congress 2012.

Telstra, one of the biggest names in telecommunications in Australia recently teamed up with Samsung Electronics, a Korean-based firm in order to launch the first 4G tablet in Australia.

Samsung had a sobering admission this week: Apple is getting its way in the ever-expanding tablet market, with one company executive conceding at the ongoing Barcelona Mobile World Congress that the Galaxy Tab product lines were not selling as expected.

Barely a week after Telstra Corporation submitted its revised structural separation undertaking (SSU), the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) gave its approval for the $11 billion deal between NBN Co and the country's dominant telco to go ahead.

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) doesn't plan to -- and never did -- tout prototypes of future devices at the Mobile World Congress or at any other electronics exhibition; it doesn't provide teasers; and it doesn't intentionally misplace prototypes at a San Francisco, California-area bar.

Sony Ericsson's new smartphones will hit the market soon under the new division Sony Mobile Communications that rose from the ruins of the Japanese firm's failed partnership with the Swedish tech company.

WikiLeaks has announced on Monday the publication of millions of email exchanges obtained from controversial international security expert Strategic Forecasting Inc (Stratfor), which WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has accused of targeting activist groups.

There is a possibility that Apple, Inc. (NYSE:AAPL) will take the victory the tablet wars due to the eminent release of iPad 3 and the slash on the price tag of the iPad 2.

Many people are anticipating the Mobile World congress as top players in the smartphone industry are expected to launch their latest offering during the event.

Dell just unveiled the company's first ultrabook called the XPS 13. Dell also announced that they would begin shipping the company’s ultrabook to U.S. and Canada stores by next week.

Pressures coming from U.S. attorney generals compelled six leading tech companies to provide more information to users who may be compromising their privacy whenever they download apps into their mobile devices.

The National Broadband Network nears its full realisation as Telstra Corporation submitted on Thursday its revised plan that will pave the way for NBN Co to assume control of the giant telco's national communication network.