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Google officially opened its new music store to the U.S. public on Nov.16, thereby putting the search giant's service in direct competition with Apple's iTunes and Amazon's MP3 services.

Jefferies believes based on channel checks and its recent visit to Japan that Sharp is taking share in Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad 3, iPhone 5 LTE, and iTV displays.

iTunes Match is part of Apple's latest mobile operating system update, and after a brief delay, it's now up and running. It's a cloud-based storage system that can hold all the music from your computer's library, even the ones you didn't actually buy from Apple. Now all of your 90's hits that you had stored on your old laptop can be digitized and stored in the cloud.

Apple Inc does not violate patents owned by S3 Graphics Co, the International Trade Commission said on Monday in the latest ruling in the smartphone patent wars.

Apple will announce its new store location in Grand Central Terminal on Tuesday, Nov. 22. Here's a sneak peak.

The shares of Apple (AAPL), maker of the iPhone 4s, have pulled back to about $370. Does the pull-back represent a buying opportunity?

Apple and Intel both plan to axe the bulky optical drives, used for playing physical DVDs and CDs, from its future laptops. Is this the beginning of the end for the disc drive?

The demand for the iPhone 4S has been strong, ever since Apple Inc. started shipping the latest iteration of its iPhone series. In fact, market experts are expecting Apple to ship over 70 million units of the iPhone in 2011.

A top tech analyst is predicting that Amazon is likely to release its own smartphone for under $200 next year. Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney said in a research note that Amazon may sell the smartphone for as little as $170. Citing supply-chain channel checks in Asia, he said Amazon may release its first-ever smartphone by the fourth quarter of 2012.

Regardless of the type of camera you have on your Apple or Android device, one thing you've no doubt noticed is there are a ton of photo editing apps available for both systems. Google and Apple have noticed too, so in their recent mobile software updates, Ice Cream Sandwich and iOS 5, they've implemented some of those features that so many apps already have.

Apple’s mega-selling new iPhone 4S has everyone in titters. It has a faster processor, a better camera, a new and improved this and that. But really, it’s all about Siri. She’s the seductive little voice-activated personal assistant that lives inside every new iPhone.

Citigroup analysts believe that Amazon will launch its own smartphone in the fourth quarter of 2012.

Five different Chinese environmental groups told Apple that as many as 22 different parts suppliers of Apple products had been releasing toxic gases and heavy metal sludge into the environment.

Apple elected Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson as its second Chairman, following the Oct. 5 death of Steve Jobs.

Apple Inc moved to shore up its board after the death of Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs, appointing Walt Disney Co chief executive Bob Iger to its board to propel its media ambitions.

Wireless expert John Stanton revealed that Jobs explored the possibility of replacing carriers by establishing Apple's own Wi-Fi Network for the original iPhone, launched in 2007.

Online retailer Amazon began shipping its Kindle Fire tablet on Nov.14. The product, which sells at $199, features a vibrant color touch screen, a powerful dual-core processor and a new browser - Amazon Silk - as well as the Amazon Web Services cloud.

Apple Inc moved to shore up its board after the death of Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs, appointing Walt Disney Co chief executive Bob Iger to its board to propel its media ambitions.

Apple Inc moved to shore up its board after the death of Silicon Valley legend Steve Jobs, appointing Walt Disney Co Chief Executive Bob Iger to its board to propel its media ambitions.

The phrase 'iPad killer' has been bandied about for so long that one could be forgiven for the mistake of thinking such a device actually exists. As it turns out, the true iPad killer, according to Goldman Sachs analyst Bill Shope, won't be another tablet but the iPad's own prohibitive price tag.

An Australian court has agreed to hear in March a case brought by Samsung Electronics to ban sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone, with sales allowed to continue as normal ahead of the full hearing on alleged patent infringements.

Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, continues to remain the apple in the developers' eyes while Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 showed renewed interest among developers, according to the fourth-quarter mobile developer report from Appcelerator and IDC.

According to reports, a fake application, purportedly designed to jailbreak the Cupertino-giant's latest mobile operating system - the iOS 5 - surfaced in the App Store. The application, it was believed, could even jailbreak earlier versions of the system, as well as the newer iPhone 4S and iPad 2.

An Australian court has agreed to hear in March a case brought by Samsung Electronics to ban sales of Apple Inc's latest iPhone, with sales allowed to continue as normal ahead of the full hearing on alleged patent infringements.

Apple-made smartphones and Android-based smartphones are the two most widely used smartphones in the world, but one way to really tell them apart is by seeing which is easier to use. That means turning on an iPhone or an Android-powered device and measuring which software system is easier to navigate and figuring it out just by playing around with it for a little while.

Apple Inc. is recalling its first-generation iPod nanos from U.S.-based customers because of possible overheating of the device's battery.

Two Best Mobile Software Systems Battle for the Top

Amid complaints that devices running the iOS 5 operating system are still facing battery drain issues even after upgrading to a software update issued on Thursday, Apple has acknowledged that the iOS 5.0.1 has not fixed the problem for some device owners.

Apple Inc.'s iPhone 4S has generated an overwhelming response by consumers, but the smartphone has experienced battery-life problems for weeks now. Amid these continuing issues, the iPhone 4S is predicted to face tough challenges from Android devices.