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HTC is iPhone’s ‘quiet’ challenger

East Asia is the world’s electronics factory, yet unless they are Japanese, producers are anonymous. Now HTC Corp., a Taiwanese maker of smart phones, is moving out of the shadows and trying to establish its own brand name as it competes with Apple’s iPhone.

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Apple, Google to clash in music space by Christmas

NEW YORK - Google Inc is in talks with music labels on plans for a download store and a digital song locker that would allow its mobile users to play songs wherever they are as it steps up its rivalry with Apple Inc, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Apple TV, a first step for more ambitious plans

LOS ANGELES - Critics hoping for more from Apple Inc’s Web-to-TV plans — a device, say, that would revolutionize living room entertainment the way the iPad changed tablet computing — may just need to wait a bit longer.

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Apple in tech world spotlight

Gadget lovers were dreaming of iPods, iPads and bargain-rate Internet television Wednesday as Apple prepared to unveil its latest creations at a music-themed special event here.

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India stands firm for BlackBerry access

India says it is standing firm in its demand for security agencies to have access to BlackBerry messages after giving the smartphone’s makers a 60-day reprieve on a threat to ban core services.

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