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Samsung smartphone owners would soon be able to make payments for their purchases by merely waving their units near a special reader. The privilege would be open to owners of smartphones with the Near Field Communication (NFC) technology that allows a phone to transmit information to a nearby reader without touching the reader.

Pitting the two handsets, we should be able to appreciate which delivers the best value for every dollar

The Taiwanese manufacturer ASUS and co-creator of the Nexus 4 announced on Monday an Android tablet with Intel Atom processor installed. The company unveiled the information at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona with will lead to more power for the Android ecosystem using the Clover Trail feature of the processor.

With the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) set to meet again in the next few days to make another overnight cash rate decision, the central bank hinted on Tuesday that it may cut the current 3 per cent key lending rate to offset the impact of the strong Australian currency.

More clues leaking out are suggesting that Apple has redesigned the next generation iPad to resemble that of the iPad Mini and fifth take is breaking out June this year.

The TouchPad was a disaster for Hewlett-Packard, once safely nestled as the global leader in PC manufacturing, so the company is a trying a tablet market re-entry on the safe side: Use Google’s Android and sell cheap, for as low as $US169.

Now that the Galaxy S4 is coming out, experts believe it will be an instant hit, possibly neutralising every competition around, including the affordable and powerful Nexus 4.

With the increasing volume of data placed online, the need for better security protection for email or social networking accounts becomes stronger. Tech security experts said that the earlier use of biometric features had leveled up from the traditional fingerprint or facial recognition.

No AMOLED screen display tech and Exynos CPU for the Galaxy S4, a new report said, further strengthening earlier reports that the new Samsung flagship will rely on a 1.9GHz Qualcomm chip for brute power.

As smartphones become more popular with new technologies being imbedded in these mobile devices, the chances of theft of cellular phones are also on the rise. There is also the possibility that handheld units are misplaced or inadvertently lost. To help phone owners deal with these situations, developers have come up with apps that help the users track their lost or filched phones. Here are three of these apps available for Android users on Google Play.

The cover was long peeled off but when Samsung formally let out the new Galaxy Note 8.0, what came out is an elegant-looking gadget carrying on the Note tradition that the South Korean tech giant started in 2010 – a tablet that doubles too as a smartphone.

True to its word, Samsung previewed the Galaxy Note 8.0 right at the start of the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, introducing a device that can be called as a phablet, at least in select regions where it will be released.

Perth police raised on Tuesday the house of a male hacker who attempted to sell a prototype of Microsoft's new Xbox gaming console over eBay. The suspect, named as superDaE, tried to auction a Durango development kit for the new Xbox, said to be in time for Christmas 2013.

After the human tooth and horsemeat incident, another surprising find puts Tesco back on the map as a dead bird was found inside one of its salads.

At a time when even tech giants such as Dell are downsizing because of the weak business environment, a U.S.-based company that logged a 400 per cent increase in accounts the past 12 months is certainly impressive and truly blessed. Samasource, founded in 2008 by Harvard graduate Leila Janah, is a leading provider of data and content services. Its clients include Google, Walmart, eBay, the University of California San Francisco and Getty Images.

All the Microsoft polishing in the past few years appears to be working for the software giant as a new survey showed the Windows maker is fast-gaining on the cool factor, thanks mainly to the revamped operating system and the recently issued Surface tablet.

Prices for HTC One have started coming out and Aussies wanting to own the new powerful Android phone will have to give up $746 when buying via Harvey Norman, pricey for a device wanting to lure hordes of buyers, analysts said.

Google has unveiled a MacBook rival in the touch-enabled Chromebook Pixel which starts selling Friday on Google Play and Best Buy at $US1300 for the Wi-Fi model.

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Apple’s fifth iPad serving is due for release on Q3 2013, a Taiwan-based analyst said, underscoring too that the bigger tablet is taking on the form-factor that made the iPad Mini a global hot seller.

Images of purportedly the second-generation iPad Mini chassis in initial stage of production leaked out this week, showing off the small Apple tablet in a bare shell and minus all the fresh components that we would love to see.

While many women lie about their age when they reach 40, this 104-year-old granny from Michigan had to because of a Facebook technical glitch.

Apple snatched back its smartphone crown from Samsung and would want to remain on top this year by unleashing the iPhone Mini as early as April 2013 with starting price tag of $US330.

The March 14 market entry of Samsung Galaxy S4 is a heartbeat away and sellers are rushing to push out their stocks of the Galaxy S3 by offering it for one cent like in Amazon Wireless.

Japan taps young women to wear their brand, not on their sleeves, but on their legs, as the hype for this unique business advertising increases.

A dedicated Android camera is what the Samsung Galaxy Camera is all about and the snapper has become more attractive, that is affordable because the new version is doing away with the cellular signal.

Reports of Nexus 5 arriving this year gained more traction as one Google official hinted that indeed the company has lined up handsets bearing the brand with ‘insanely great’ camera features.

Search engine giant Google is aggressively branching out into new markets. In 2014, the tech firm will make available to the public Google Glasses.

More clues are emerging that Apple is cooking up the next generation iPad Mini with Retina display as reports emerged that suppliers of the tech giant have commenced work on the small tablet’s second serving, this time with a brighter screen display.