Samsung topples Apple in smartphones

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Samsung topples Apple in smartphones

Samsung Electronics Co overtook Apple Inc as the world’s top smartphone maker in the July-September period with a 44 percent jump in shipments, and forecast strong sales in the current quarter in a clear warning to its rivals.

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BlackBerry maker delays tablet update

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BlackBerry maker delays tablet update

Research In Motion won’t upgrade the software for its much-maligned PlayBook tablet computer until February, months behind schedule, and the new version still won’t feature the popular BlackBerry Messenger application.

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Nokia unveils two Windows phones

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Nokia unveils two Windows phones

LONDON - Nokia unveiled two sleek new Microsoft Windows phones on Wednesday, a first step in the ailing cellphone maker’s fightback against Apple and Google .

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Nokia push to help Microsoft in Europe

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Nokia push to help Microsoft in Europe

Microsoft will double its share of the Western European smartphone market during 2012 to 12.3 percent, helped by its new partnership with Finland’s Nokia, research firm Strategy Analyticssaid on Tuesday.

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Facebook users dislike changes

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Facebook users dislike changes

While social networking site Facebook has been a fascination for a lot of people at offices and homes for quite some time, its changed features have not found many takers.

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Google mulls bid for Yahoo!

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Google mulls bid for Yahoo!

WASHINGTON - US Internet giant Google is mulling a bid for rival Yahoo! and has talked to at least two private-equity firms to consider how the deal would be financed, The Wall Street Journal reported on Saturday.

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