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Apple Inc. appears to be bolstering its mapping-technology arsenal to better compete with Google Inc. on that front by reportedly purchasing a Sweden-based 3-D mapping company called C3 Technologies.

iPhone 4S has a scratch-resistant oleophobic display.

The iPhone 4S has reported problems of faster than usual battery drainage. Apple engineers are currently looking into solving the problem that has affected its latest smartphone.

Apple recommends all the updates, most of which fix minor issues.

Here is a list of 5 questions that will guarantee a weird response from Siri.

Samsung Electronics Co. has surpassed Apple Inc. as the world's top smartphone manufacturer during the July-September period, with an increase of 44 percent in shipments. The South Korean technology giant has also forecasted strong sales in the current quarter.

Apple Inc. is in discussion with some iPhone 4S owners to try and solve problems with battery life on the new device, after some people saw dramatic drops in longevity compared to previous models.

After having been halted by the iPhone 4S reality for some time, the rumor mills have back to the imaginary iPhone 5. Many people believe Apple will launch iPhone 5 in 2012.

Prices for hard drives are jumping as flooding in Thailand creates a shortage of the major components used in personal computers, while one big customer is already complaining of price gouging.

Prices for hard drives are jumping as flooding in Thailand creates a shortage of the major component used in personal computers and one big customer is complaining of price gouging.

The most important thing to know about the highly anticipated 4S/iOS jailbreak is that it is not quite ready yet.

Google TV takes another step in unifying all types of media.

A genius for mixing the humanities and sciences coupled with a Svengali-like ability to motivate people powered Steve Jobs's mission to change the world, biographer Walter Isaacson concludes in his exhaustive new study of the Apple co-founder.

Apple sales in China and Japan reached $14.3 billion in 2011, an increase of 174 percent from a year ago. The region accounts for nearly a quarter of revenue.

Samsung has taken a bite out of Apple. The Korean technology giant has replaced Apple as the world's number one smartphone vendor in Q3 2011.

Hewlett-Packard Co ditched a plan to spin off its personal computers unit, a month after the ouster of CEO Leo Apotheker whose idea would have cost billions of dollars in expenses and lost business.

Apple's founder liked to feel special, and he devised a way to avoid attaching California plates to his Mercedes.

Mobile phone firm Nokia has launched Lumia 800 smartphone in a move to regain its lost smartphone market, which is currently dominated by Apple's iPhone and other Android smartphones.

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple the popular slide-to-unlock feature, boasted by many smartphones nowadays, on a touchscreen device. Apple had already been granted a similar patent before. Another major patent win would obviously strengthen Apple's position. The patent (U.S. Patent No. 8,406,721) is entitled Unlocking a Device by Performing Gestures on an Unlock Image, and has an open language as follows:

On Friday, we have come across a post by MuscleNerd of the iPhone Dev Team on his Twitter page, in which the jailbreaker revealed a preliminary iPhone 4S jailbreak with screenshots. The first picture shows a terminal window with root access to the device, while the second screenshot shows Cydia on the iPhone 4S.

Near the end of his bestseller authorized biography, late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs hinted that work on building a full-fledged television set with a new interface was in full swing toward the end of his days. For years, Jobs had also reportedly been pushing engineers at Apple to develop a new interface for living room TVs.

Google Inc. and Samsung unveiled the Galaxy Nexus phone running on Ice Cream Sandwich, the newest version of Android, at an event in Hong Kong on Oct. 18. The Galaxy Nexus, which will hit the stores in November, is expected to give stiff competition to Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S.

Taiwan's Acer Inc. expects fourth quarter sales to fall as much as 10 percent from the previous three months and will raise prices as flooding in Thailand disrupts supplies of hard disk drives for PCs.

Taiwan's Acer Inc expects fourth quarter sales to fall as much as 10 percent from the previous three months and will raise prices as flooding in Thailand disrupts supplies of hard disk drives for PCs.

Asian stocks headed for their best week in nearly three years after a long-awaited plan to resolve the European debt crisis sparked a huge relief rally in riskier assets, while the euro took a breather after jumping to a seven-week high.

The global cellphone market grew 12.8 percent in the third quarter, showing the second-lowest growth rate over the past two years due to conservative consumer spending and delayed smartphone purchases, research firm IDC said on Friday.

Given the likelihood one of the rivals of the iPhone 4S will be the Nokia Lumia 800, it will be interesting to have a comparison of the features of the two competitors.

Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc's third-quarter revenue rose at a slower pace than Wall Street estimates as it shipped fewer smartphones than expected.

Nintendo announced its first annual loss in company history, a result of poor software sales and yen exchange rates. If Nintendo can't stop the advent of mobile gaming, should it join instead?