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Google's SVP of Mobile Andy Rubin spearheaded an attack on one of Apple iPhone 4S' most important features - voice assistant Siri - saying the phone is a tool for communication and should not be an assistant. You shouldn't be communicating with the phone; you should be communicating with somebody on the other side of the phone, Rubin said on Wednesday at the AllThingsD AsiaD conference.

Have you ever wondered how much Apple's latest smartphone iPhone 4S costs? An iPhone 4S teardown analysis from iSuppli reveals the answer. The 16 GB model iPhone 4S carries a bill of materials (BOM) of $188, while the 32GB and 64GB version's BOM are $207 and $245 respectively.

Apple held an employee-only memorial service for Steve Jobs on Wednesday at its Californian headquarters. On Wednesday, at Infinite Loop in Cupertino campus, California, Apple employees gathered for the memorial service for the company's late co-founder Steve Jobs. In the Apple website, a photo of CEO Tim Cook speaking to Apple employees was posted without providing further details.

Apple's iPad had a strong grip on the tablet market in the last quarter and it still dominates, controlling 67 per cent of the global market, according to Strategy Analytics.

TheSamsung Galaxy Nexus, the latest Samsung and Google flagship smartphone likely to be released in November in the UK, was unveiled in Hong Kong on Wednesday morning. The handset's original Oct. 11 launch date was delayed in memory of Apple's recently deceased co-founder Steve Jobs. Google and Samsung revealed the specs and features of the brand new handset on Wednesday.

Here are five of the many revelations made by the media.

Various reports of security glitches in Apple's latest iOS 5 keep on emerging. Adding to the issues that people were facing while upgrading their iOS devices, a new flaw has surfaced, wherein iPad 2 owners using the Smart Cover unlocking enabled in iOS 5 are exposed to a bug that can break into their password-protected iPad 2.

Steve Jobs' authorized biography has revealed the Apple Inc. co-founder and longtime CEO was willing to go thermonuclear in an effort to destroy Google Inc.'s Android software because he considered it a stolen product.

The newest iPhone has received varied opinions.

Apple’s new voice-recognition app for the iPhone 4S, better known as Siri, made its first commercial debut last night, proving the new iPhone is more than just a smartphone.

Apple has begun to take preorders for the iPhone 4S for customers living in Mexico, Spain, the Netherlands, and 19 other countries.

According to Walter Isaacson's biography on Steve Jobs, Jobs reportedly met with President Barack Obama and told him his presidency was at stake if he could not redirect his policies towards business.

Air Products and Chemicals Inc forecast a fiscal first quarter profit below Wall Street's expectations, sending the industrial gas supplier's shares down as much as 5.1 percent.

For the small club of companies who trade the food, fuels and metals that keep the world running, the last decade has been sensational. Driven by the rise of Brazil, China, India and other fast-growing economies, the global commodities boom has turbocharged profits at the world's biggest trading houses.

Siri will let anyone make calls or send text messages and e-mails from a locked iPhone 4S, even without knowing the passcode, Macworld reports.

Android currently enjoys almost half of the global Smartphone market, versus 19 percent for Apple.

The Avengers has an estimated $220 million budget, but director of photography Seamus McGarvey chose an Apple iPhone to shoot several scenes, including ones found in the movie's official trailer.

Verizon Communications Inc wireless subscriber growth was slower than expected in the quarter before the latest Apple Inc iPhone launch but it was still well ahead of its biggest rival.

After the passing away of Apple genius Steve Jobs, a lot of speculation about whether he worked on the iPhone 5 surfaced. Finally, one analyst seems to confirm that Jobs was in fact part of the project.

Apple received criticism this week as iPhone 4S customers realized that Siri - the wise-cracking voice-controlled personal assistant - has been leaving the keys in the door. The feature, whose hands-free element has been a selling point for drivers, is programmed to respond to commands even when the phone is locked with a passcode.

Apple stores around the country closed their doors on Wednesday to allow employees to watch a live webcast of the employee-only service for Steve Jobs that took place at the company's Cupertino headquarters. Hundreds of employees converged on the campus in Northern California Wednesday morning, crowding into the outdoor amphitheater where the likes of former Vice President Al Gore, Coldplay, and Norah Jones paid tribute to Jobs.

The conglomerate will divide itself into a medical products firm (which will retain the “Abbott” name) and an as-yet-unnamed pharmaceutical research & development entity.

Verizon Communications Inc wireless subscriber growth was slower than expected in the quarter before the latest Apple Inc iPhone launch but it was still well ahead of its biggest rival.

Apple's new iOS 5 has a number of highlights, one of them is the notification center. Similar to the Android handsets, you can now also view messages and assorted widgets of Apple's selection. But the developers at Intelliborn have come up with an amazing app that adds new functionality to the iOS 5 notification center.

Apple spends at least $188 in component costs to make each of iPhone 4S, according to consultancy and research firm IHS iSuppli.

Here comes Siri on your TV screen. Yes, the first commercial for the iPhone 4S is out now, but Apple is focusing primarily on the virtual personal assistant, devoting the entire 30-second TV ad to it.

It is not even a week when Apple launched iOS 5 with more than 200 new features, jailbreakers announced launching of two jailbreaks for iPhone 4, 3GS, iPad and iPod touch on iOS 5.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S is set to face stiff competition from the world's thinnest smartphone, Motorola Droid RAZR, and the first Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich-powered smartphone, Samsung Galaxy Nexus.

Here are eight reasons as to why Apple’s iPhone 4S is enough to see away any kind of threats from all the Android-based smartphones.