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The WiFi version of the Motorola Xoom is now available for $499.

Online retail giant Amazon has beefed up its Cloud Drive and Cloud Player storage plans, offering unlimited storage for music, free storage for all Amazon MP3 purchases.

Amazon has stepped up its product offering in the frontier market of cloud services.

Facebook announced the 'super awesome' news that they will be partnering with Skype with plans to offer users video chat through the social network website - is it in response to a growing threat called Google+ Hangouts?

Games remain the king of mobile apps, according to recent Nielsen research. The data shows that not only are games the most used app over the past 30 days, but also that users are more willing to pay for games than any other apps.

As the two titans - iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1 - clash in the tablet arena, HP's tablet, the TouchPad, seems a better spectator than a contender.

Users have tried out the Google+ and praises have been high for the social network's latest return into the market. As the tech giant looks to continue its momentum, Facebook will look to counter Google, setting up an epic battle of social networks in the coming months. For now there are five things that users would like to see even as Google+ is diligently building its new network.

A recent report from ComScore cited some interesting figures detailing how Apple's iPhone and Android devices are beating the BlackBerry.

Facing down poor reviews and a barrage of criticism, the HP team behind the recently launched WebOS-based tablet TouchPad is bracing to fix the holes that made the device look like a poor competitor to Apple iPad 2 and other tablets.

comScore has the latest stats for the fierce smartphone OS war. Google's Android is still number one and Apple is still improving. RIM's Blackberry, however, is hurting badly.

Google's Android phones continued its march to dominance. For the three months ended May 2011, it has 38 percent of the US smartphone market share, up from 33 percent in February 2011.

Apple and Samsung are battling

The fate of Google's new social app reaching a global stable of mobile users is in the hands of Steve Jobs.

While Apple muses over the viability of adding glasses-free 3D viewing capability to iPhone 5, LG and HTC have already launched two Android smartphones which feature glasses-free 3D viewing - LG Thrill 4G and HTC EVO 3D

The question whether the TouchPad is capable enough to take on the iPad 2 does not arise. What is of interest is how big a dent it will create in the sales of iPad 2 and Galaxy Tab 10.1, the duo that rule the roost in the tablet market.

While Apple is reportedly making its ground with the combo release to capture a wide swatch of smartphone users, reports have surfaced over the past few days revealing that Samsung and HTC are also set to unleash value-priced versions of their popular smartphone models.

Apple has placed an order for 15 million iPhone 5s with Taiwan-based note-book maker Pegatron Technology which will start shipping them in September 2011.

Apple filed motion for Preliminary Injunction in US District Court U.S District Court in San Jose, on Friday, to halt the sale of four Samsung devices, Infuse 4G, Galaxy S 4G, Droid Charge, and Galaxy Tab 10.1. Apple alleged that the devices copy Apple's mobile devices and make use of its patents and intellectual property without authorization. According to Apple's claim, the Samsung devices collectively infringed on three of Apple's design patents and one utility patent

A universal iOS app has been submitted to Apple’s App Store.

iPhone 5 is already under all kinds of threats from Samsung Galaxy S2 and the newly rumored Samsung Hercules.

Only days after the launch of Touchpad, HP is said to be planning new versions for its WebOS tablet device.