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Apple CEO Tim Cook reportedly gathered Apple Retail Store managers last week to sound off the company’s fresh marketing approach that will be in immediate effect shortly after the iPhone 5S release date later this year.

Apple, Microsoft, Samsung and Blackberry are battling it out for M2M supremacy. Handling business and personal data has become important for people, and increasing mobility and convenience of computing device are helping individuals do so. Analysts predict that the era of personal computers is almost over and more compact devices like ultrabooks and tablets will take centre stage.

FPT is taking advantage of the smartphone development trend. FPT just released the Lenovo S920 – a smartphone featuring a 5.3-inch HD display, quad-core microprocessors, including 1GB of RAM. With the race on smartphone supremacy, can the new Lenovo mobile device beat the likes of Apple’s iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S4?

Intel's (INTC) Haswell chips have changed the standards for portable computing. They offered incredible improvements, especially in speed and battery efficiency of laptops. The processors doubled their peak floating point throughout but Intel has a knack for bringing for surprising the industry. Their latest Skylake offering is a monster than will blow up standards once more.

The upcoming Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean for both Samsung Galaxy S3 & Galaxy Note 2 is reported to be delayed again and scheduled not earlier than November 2013. Factors such as Galaxy S4 sales, Android 4.3 Jelly Bean and K Build release date affected the update release date.

A list of devices eligible of Android 5.0 Key Lime Pie OS version leaked again with selected Samsung Galaxy units included. A new report hinted that the "K Release" software would be the next major update of Android and set to be released in October 2013.

Sony is getting serious with its mobile offerings giving the likes of Samsung and Apple a run for their money. Consumer reports from the UK indicate the Sony’s position in the market is improving, and Samsung is paying for that cost.

Availability of the Nokia Lumia 925 has initiated the arrival of the Wireless Charging Shell for the smartphone. The Nokia Lumia 925 Windows Phone 8 handset comes with the built-in wireless charging feature, but the Wireless Charging Shell CC-3065 will complete the connection of the smartphone to the charging plate in order to function properly.

Aesthetic makes the iPad Mini a winner and Google’s Nexus 7 2, based on a new concept, is serving the same visual delight with generous accents of industrial and metallic appeal.

The official Android 4.2.2 update for Samsung Galaxy S3 is still pending and may even be delayed due to low sales of Samsung Galaxy S4. Yet, the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean had been seen running on Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition and Snapdragon variant. What would be the difference between Galaxy S3 with TouchWiz and Galaxy S4 running Android 4.3?

Antivirus software from Symantec, Norton Mobile Security discovered Facebook privacy leaks and exposes personal information of users through the Internet, including the phone number. NortonMobile released the new version of Norton Mobile Security for Android devices, and it features a new addition - the Norton Mobile Insight Technology - which flagged Facebook for Android app.

All signs point to a late July release date for the next Android edition, the Jelly Bean 4.3, bringing new exciting features to millions of handset users on the Google mobile platform.

Many are attesting to the PS4 as a great console for the next-generation. Know who they are.

Android 4.3 has been exposed to the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition and Snapdragon-powered variant after Google released the source code. However, there are few details known about its features and changes as of now. So what should Android fans expect from the latest Android version?

New developments and updates for The Walking Dead: 400 Days, Grand Theft Auto 5, and Gran Turismo 6.

The Xbox One has finally found a good way to put the Kinect to even better use—QR code scanning for download codes.

The upcoming Sony Xperia Honami smartphone-tablet has been making an Internet appearance with its leaked images, reportedly obtained from a system dump on the Xperia i1 device. Web site GSMArena shared the images that display the Honami’s façade while XperiaBlog revealed as well photos of the reorganised Sony Android interface.

Mark July 23 on your calendars as top Apple executives will take the stage anew on that day and chances are there’ll be hints on upcoming iOS 7 devices, bannered this year by the iPhone 5S and iPhone Lite.

Borderlands 2 gets new skins while Oculus Rift VR will take the spotlight at GDC Europe. Ubisoft, however, takes a different light as its Uplay got hacked.

Analysts have been predicting that it is only a matter of time before Android expands to desktop computers. This is coming true as Hewlett-Packard (HP) just announced their Android-based desktop tablet. The colossal tablet/desktop running on Android is now happening.

A customer support chat reveals the specs and possible release date for the Nexus 7 2 tablet.

Apple won the nod this week for a bunch of new mobile device technologies that likely will see deployment on future iOS 7-powered gadgets, with the iPhone 5S and iPhone 6 heading the 2013 release date pack.

With Cupertino, California-based Apple filing for a trademark for the iconic 'iWatch' in Japan, rumours suggest that the big-time tech giant is getting ready for a computing gadget that can be worn. The industrial heavyweight has also filed for an iWatch trademark in Taiwan and Mexico and rumours suggest another filing took place in Russia.

Microsoft is working on a revolutionary smartphone that is not about speed and better HD display rather; it is focusing on a mobile device that can tell a person’s mood. The smartphone technology not only senses individual moods, but it can also automatically share it over different social networking sites.

Smartphones running on the Firefox OS are now on sale. Here's a quick assessment of what these phones can do.

Screenshots of an alleged Asus Live Chat support emerged online, hinting the upcoming Nexus 7 2 which will be launched by the end of July 2013. An Asus employee leaked information regarding some technical specifications of the Android tablet.

What device brand Google will choose for the Nexus 5 remains a mystery, but in a new Key Lime Pie concept, we get a glimpse of what the stock Android interface would be, highlighting the smartphone’s basic functions and features.

A mysterious LG-F320 has been spotted from AnTuTu benchmark and it is pretty much the upcoming Optimus G2. However, LG didn't confirm if it is truly the Optimus G2. Is the result from Optimus G2 or maybe the Nexus 5?

Google, it appears, will release the Nexus 7 2 later this month minus the fanfare but the vanilla Android device to hit consumers’ hands is nothing short of spectacular, both in the hardware and software departments.