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Google rolled out a mobile payments system for its Android phone this week, with observers widely expecting Apple to do the same, but recent privacy snafus and infrastruction challenges question the technology's viability.

Apple sued a NYC high school student, who sold unauthorized white iPhone conversion kits online in 2010.

Can any good come out of Microsoft's $8.5 billion Skype buyout? No. Microsoft will run Skype to the ground, and here are three major reasons why

A new report on Friday claimed that Apple is testing a new MacBook Air powered by an ARM A5 processor, the same as the iPad 2.

Wall Street investment guru and editor of GameChangers Hilary Kramer has put together a list of 12 stocks which she advised investors to sell immediately. While the names that appeared on the list are big ticket stocks, Kramer justifies her position, saying that investors usually make the mistake of holding on to what used to be hot previously. She says, for example, retail stocks were 'yesterday’s market leaders.'

Amazon today launched a Mac application store, pitting the company against Apple's own five-month-old Mac App Store.

The long-awaited debut of Google Wallet was finally announced today, marking a watershed moment for mobile payments. But there is much more cutting-edge functions to expect, when it comes to the mobile world.

Apple has settled a lawsuit with a New York City teenager who sold more than $130,000 worth of unauthorized white iPhone conversion kits.

Microsoft announced an update for its Windows Phone 7 OS under the moniker Mango which will be rolled-out this fall bringing a deeper integration between native services and apps.

Google will unveil a new payment system tomorrow, a move the company hopes will pit the search-giant against companies like Visa and Mastercard.

Microsoft's latest mobile platform Windows 7 Phone (code-named Mango), which boasts of 500 new features and support, could soon become a threat to Google's Android and Apple's iPhone OS.

Twitter's acquisition of third party client TweetDeck for $40 million has caught the attention of social network users because it is good news for Tweeters but not for TweetDeck users though both TweetDeck founder and Twitter CEO have called the acquisition an add-on for Twitter power users.

Windows details its web-based app store; similar to the one introduced by Google in February.

Google's long awaited mobile wallet or Near Field Communication (NFC) enabled smartphones which will make processing payments with a mere wave of the phone near a point-of-sale a reality is due to be unveiled on Thursday.

Opera Software has released Opera Mini 6 for Apple’s iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone, a report said

Barclays Capital still believes Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is well positioned to grow faster than the smartphone market over the long-term. The brokerage reiterated its overweight rating on shares of Apple with a price target of $465.

Microblogging site Twitter is said to have acquired popular Twitter application TweetDeck by paying more than $40 million.

Amazon has introduced a cheaper version of the Kindle 3G ebook reader with an ad-supported version. The pricing of this new ebook reader will be $164.

Google will unveil a mobile payment system on Thursday, May 26th, and it will run on the Android operating system available on Sprint Nexus S phones.

A Russian software firm has reported that it cracked the encryption on an iPhone, though it requires possession of the device.

Opera Software unveiled a new version of its mobile browser for Apple's iPhone and iPad on Tuesday.