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Apple’s iPhone 4S, which released on Friday instead of an iPhone 5 nudged away most of the speculations developed around it for a while.

Google has decided to kill Google Buzz, the social messaging platform, according to its blog post last week.

If you have an unused computer and you want it to make money for you while it occupies a considerable space of your house or office, here is a solution.

Though the iPhone 4S looks like an older sibling of the iPhone 4, it has a stronger processor and better camera than the iPhone 4, as well as Siri voice control and a bunch of apps that make a big difference between the two versions of the same phone.

iOS 5, iCloud, Twitter integration and more in an easy to understand roundup of some great new features.

Today is officially Steve Jobs Day, thanks to the state of California. The Apple Inc. co-founder and longtime CEO has been hailed as one of the most impactful innovators the modern world has known. Here is a handful of ways to honor and celebrate his life.

Apple's most enhanced mobile operating system -- iOS 5 -- is finally available to consumers, along with the near-mythical iPhone 4S.

Apple has released its new iOS 5 for the iPhone, iPad and iPod. The beta version of the new operating system has been out for a few weeks, allowing jailbreak developers time to study the best ways to do their thing.

iPhone 4S, which hits the stores on Friday, has received an overwhelming response. The smartphone got more than a million online preorders in less than a day and its retail launch appears to have set sales records as well. The smartphone's operating system iOS 5, a new feature called Siri and the introduction of Sprint as one of its carriers could set an exodus of Android phone users

It's never too long after a new operating system rolls out that tech wizzes figure out how to jailbreak devices. Here's how to use a popular jailbreak tool, redsn0w, to jailbreak all devices running iOS 5, including the iPad, the iPod, and the iPhones 4 and 3GS, in 10 easy steps.

The Microsoft Corp. announced the closing of its $8.5 billion deal to acquire Skype Global, on Thursday. The Redmond, Wash.-based company originally disclosed its intention to do so on May 10.

Here is a step-by-step procedure on how to set the new iPhone 4S smartphone up.

With the $8.5 billion acquisition of Skype having been confirmed, it remains to be seen if Microsoft Corp., with access to Skype's desktop and mobile apps, can use the technology to upgrade its line of existing services.

Microsoft Corp. began the process of acquiring the Internet's leading video chat client, Skype, for $8.5 billion, earlier this year. On May, 10, a deal acceptable to all parties was worked out and, according to a report, the two companies have been given permission to proceed, by both the U.S. Federal Trade Commission and the European Union.

In the wake of Apple Inc.’s launch of its iOS 5, Samsung has responded by making its ChatOn application available in the Android operating-system market. It thus could challenge at least one feature of Apple's new OS, iMessage.

The very coveted iOS 5 has arrived along with the mythical new iPhone 4S

Apple's unveiling of iPhone 4S might have disappointed many who had been anticipating iPhone 5. However, Siri, the voice assistant feature in iPhone 4S, has caught the imagination of customers and reviewers.

Google Buzz, the social messaging platform which was launched to take on Twitter, will be shut down soon.

Apple is making it easier for its smartphone users to locate their iPhones and other missing iOS devices through the Find My iPhone app. On Wednesday, Apple rolled out a new version of its operating system, iOS 5, along with iCloud and Mac OS X 10.7.2.

Something tells me the unveiling of Google and Samsung Galaxy Nexus, also known as the Nexus Prime, is very near, as Ice Cream Sandwich Android Statues are already set up at Google's Android headquarters. Android developers posted a YouTube video of the statues being set up on Oct. 13 on their YouTube channel. The video description states that at 10 a.m. on Oct. 19 (Hong Kong time) the next Google operating system will be unveiled.

Rep. Maxine Waters, D-Calif., will take comments from her social media circle to compose a floor speech to be delivered during the week of Oct. 24.