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Finally, disappointed users of Apple's newly-released iPhone 4S have been given some respite, after the company broke its self-imposed silence regarding the growing complaints about the smartphone's poor battery life.

Apple introduced a beta version update of the iOS 5 operating system (iOS 5.0.1) to developers which promises to fix battery life problems with the new iPhone 4S as well as other devices. Currently only available to developers, many sources say the update will be available as early as this weekend.

Apple has announced that iTunes 10.5.1 beta 2 has been issued to developers and that iTunes Match is now available for testing on Apple TV.

Fitting older versions of Google's Inc popular Android software to cheaper cellphones could send the repair costs of global telecoms operators up as much as $2 billion, a study by wireless services firm WDS showed.

Severe flooding in Thailand, which has taken the lives of almost 400 people and nearly obliterated its rice crop export, has resulted in a laptop shortage that will undoubtedly cause prices of electronics to rise, just in time for the holiday shopping season.

Fusion-io Inc's quarterly results beat estimates helped by growth across its core business and the storage hardware and software maker raised its full-year revenue outlook, sending its shares up as much as 19 percent.

Yahoo Inc unveiled a handful of products to try and bolster its mobile and social networking offerings, as the struggling Web company continues to evaluate its future.

Chipmaker Qualcomm Inc forecast double-digit sales growth this fiscal year, banking on continued strong demand for smartphones and mobile devices as its quarterly results beat Wall Street estimates.

Square and Rovio, the Angry Birds-maker, recently received a $1 billion valuation; other companies hope to follow in their footsteps.

Google released a Gmail iPhone, iPad and iPod app Wednesday hoping to streamline Apple users' Gmail experience and encourage more users to switch to the Google email platform. The new iPhone, iPad and iPod app was recalled due to a bug with notifications and Google pulled the iOS app to fix the problem.

A small Spanish tablet maker has won a patent infringement battle with Apple Inc in a rare victory against the U.S. company in its global defense of markets for its iPads, a court document showed on Wednesday.

The new Apple Store app allows customers to make online orders for in-store pickups, and even check-out from the physical retail stores directly on their own iOS device.

Research In Motion shares fell to a seven-year low in Toronto on Wednesday as the market digested further evidence of the smartphone maker's declining share of the lucrative U.S. market.

Research In Motion shares fell to a seven-year low in Toronto on Wednesday as the market digested further evidence of the smartphone maker's declining share of the lucrative U.S. market.

Research In Motion shares fell to a seven-year low in Toronto on Wednesday as the market digested further evidence of the smartphone maker's declining share of the lucrative U.S. market.

On Wednesday, Google's rumored updated Gmail app was released for Apple's iOS. It will be available on the iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch running on iOS 4 and up.

iTunes Match, the new Apple service that would allow users to access their media library via the iCloud on any device, is still not available, despite Apple's promises.

Apple said its music-creating app, GarageBand, is now available for iPhone and iPod touch users.

Mobile gaming firm Rovio said on Wednesday its hit game Angry Birds had reached a record 500 million downloads in less than two years since its launch.

Apple CEO Tim Cook is no Steve Jobs. That fact is already evident in Cook's first couple of months on the job filling in for Jobs, who retired in August and died in October at the age of 56 after a long tenure as Apple's CEO.

Steve Troughton-Smith, an Ireland-based hacker, along with his San Francisco-based friend, Grant Paul, claimed to have successfully hacked Siri to run fully on the iPhone 4 and the iPod Touch 4G. However, Paul, who goes by the Twitter handle @chpwn, explained in a blog post on Tuesday why they can't release Siri for iPhone 4 and iPod touch as of now.

While Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S is marching towards a huge success from around the world, analysts are expecting a 4G LTE iPhone 5 to come in 2012.

A little over two months as CEO, a new report outlined by the Wall Street Journal talks about the adjustments Tim Cook has began making. As a whole, it seems as though Cook will not making any changes to Apple's overall success formula.

Chipmaker Atmel Corp forecast dismal fourth-quarter sales and margins, mostly on lower sales of touchscreen controllers to iPad rivals grappling with higher inventories and a weak global economy.

Google Maps will begin to offer 3D views of business interiors.

Bill Gates dismisses criticisms from Steve Jobs and talks about the original Macintosh computer.

Appcelerator raised $15 million in its latest round of funding, making the developer the largest third-party app publisher for both iOS and Android platforms.

Google is reportedly building a native Gmail application for the iPhone. Here's why that won't happen.

Apple will release the iPhone 4S in 15 more countries starting Nov. 11, including Poland, Greece and Hong Kong.