TECHNOLOGY

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd , the world's No.2 network equipment maker, and Discovery Communications Inc , whose cable networks include Discovery Channel, TLC, and Animal Planet, have inked an agreement to develop a co-branded mobile phone targeted at outdoor enthusiasts.

Google, one of the most important companies in the world today, celebrates 13 years in business. We take a look back at Google's history, from Stanford to Susan Wojcicki's garage to the company's 103 acquisitions and purchases.

World No. 2 computer vendor Acer believes the recent top management change at rival Hewlett-Packard is a huge opportunity for the former to win over some customers, Acer Europe head Walter Deppeler told a German daily.

Amazon's new tablet, the Kindle Fire, is out as the world's biggest e-retailer taps into a burgeoning market now dominated by Apple's iPad. The Seattle-based online retailer will price it from $199, $200 below iPad2, and offer key entertainment features.

With Amazon's announcement Monday that its new Kindle Fire tablet will be unveiled this Wednesday in New York, the online marketplace has been rife with speculation about the threat this most recent contender will pose to the indomitable iPad. In large part, the upcoming showdown between the Kindle Fire and the iPad this holiday season will be interesting because of how the focal points of the two companies differ.

Nielson survey shows new smartphone purchasers picking Android devices over iOS. Two day conference in San Francisco goes deep on cloud and mobile computing.

A recent Citigroup survey asked 1,800 consumers from the U.S., UK, and China what purposes their tablets served. Probably expected, most tablet wielders are browsing the web, checking email, or instant messaging.

Most Facebook users now find themselves keeping track of their day to day lives through popular networking sites, whether it’s through status updates, photo albums, videos, or friend requests. The new scrapbook approach that Facebook will soon be introducing aims to do exactly that for us.

Apple’s most anticipated iPhone 5, safe to say, has broken all kinds of records when talking about rumors surrounding the device.

Facebook's long-awaited iPad app will finally be unveiled at Apple's Oct. 4 media event, where the company will reportedly also debut the iPhone 5 and iOS 5 mobile platform.

Apple shares Tuesday rose more than 1.5 percent in pre-market trading after Monday’s 2.1 percent drop on an analyst's report it was shaving orders for iPads as much as 25 percent.

Research In Motion (RIM) started slashing the price of its BlackBerry PlayBook Tablet in order to boost its lagging sales.

More leaked iPhone parts surfaced on last week but the guessing game continues as to whether the model is an iPhone 5 or an iPhone 4S.

The Amazon Kindle Fire tablet will be revealed in New York on Wednesday, according to reports. Already, media types are proclaiming that Amazon will throw down a competitive gauntlet against Apple and its industry-leading iPad tablet with an expected October Kindle Fire release.

This Sept. 27 marks the 13th birthday of Google. Yes, the largest search giant is a teenager now.

Facebook Music went live on Friday, as the social networking giant seeks a deeper integration of music, movies and other media into its service. The move could allow users to spend more time on its site, thereby enabling it to generate more advertising dollars.

The announcement made last week of site changes by Facebook, which included a new privacy setting, a new Timeline feature and a revamped news feed have renewed privacy concerns.

With the evidence increasing that Amazon will release a tablet computer for the holiday season, including recent comments from CEO Jeff Bezos to stay tuned when asked about the possibility, there are enough reasons for Apple to worry.

The iPhone 5 will come in the unibody form Apple uses in its Macbooks, an analyst predicts.

Rumors of Apple releasing an iPad 3 this fall have been doing the rounds for some time now. However, a Wall Street analyst said that Apple would only release a successor to iPad 2 in the first quarter of 2012.

As noted earlier, if Sprint (S) snares Apple’s iPhone 5 this autumn, it could give the cell phone service provider a fighting chance versus AT&T (T) and Verizon (VZ). And that would bode well for Sprint's stock.

While AT&T, Verizon and Sprint are nudging each other preparing for the upcoming iPhone 5, T-Mobile announced the availability of two 4G Android phones— Samsung Galaxy S2 and HTC Amaze 4G.

CityVille, Zynga's most popular game and one of the most popular social games on the Web, is now available on Google+.

Samsung Electronics unveiled its new LTE-supporting smartphones, the Galaxy S2 LTE and the Galaxy S2 HD LTE.

HTC is yet to announce its upcoming project Amaze 4G, but rumored specs seem good enough to stand a chance up against big names.

The continuing Web rumor about Facebook starting to charge users began with a hoax message rolling out and spreading virally, shortly after the site introduced the Timeline and Ticker, claiming that the users will have to pay for the new profile changes.

Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.3 PC brand, has entered into a $300 million venture with contract laptop PC maker Compal Electronics Inc in eastern China, the companies said, pushing their shares up sharply.

A Wall Street analyst is expecting Apple to announce a fully redesigned iPhone 5 that will have a unibody aluminum case, and an iPhone 4S, which is a low-cost version of the current iPhone 4.

Samsung is all set to ship Galaxy Tab 8.9 on October 2 and the company offered a glimpse of its new tablet on Monday.