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To own a smartphone, Americans don't need to be smart or rich, according to a recent study conducted by the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Netflix has increased its monthly fee, making subscribers choose whether to stream or to get the DVDs via snail mail.

The first Facebook phone will hit the US July 17.

Apple's fear of Android phones has reached a new high as it filed a patent infringement complaint against Taiwanese phone maker HTC with the International Trade Commission (ITC). Here is list of new and old HTC Android phones which can give iPhone 5 a run for its money.

Just recently Apple Inc. filed another suit against smaller rival HTC for patent infringement claiming to ban sales of the competing smartphones and tablets. But how is HTC's new Flyer tablet EVO View 4G similar to Apple iPad?

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has longer-term disadvantages in a tablet and cloud world as Dell is not focused on tablets and is well behind Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) in developing a full cloud stack, Jefferies said in a note to clients.

The Apple App store, which is the driving force in Apple’s entire business model in the smartphone market, is seeing a boom, a report by Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster suggests.

The updated version of the Android OS is expected to remove home screen lags, and will add video chatting features and improve the device’s battery life significantly.

Google+ (or Google Pus), the social networking site of the search engine giant that launched two weeks ago and got off on a flying start, is expecting to make changes this week while it is still on the Beta phase.

How do these two social networking sites stack up against each other?

Search giant Google, Inc.'s (NASDAQ:GOOG) earnings and revenue could exceed Wall Street expectations, when it reports second-quarter financial results on July 14, driven by market share gains in search, display ads and mobile categories.

The Samsung Galaxy S2 smartphone is expected to launch in the U.S. in mid-July, following the HTC Thunderbolt. But how do the two stack up?

Google launched its social networking service called Google+ in its latest attempt to break into the social networking realm. While Facebook may have had a head start in the social networking model, but Google is poised to play catch up very soon.

Not just the Android phone users, even iPhone users can upload photos on Google+ using any app that can send pictures to Google’s image organizer, Picasa.

Apple Inc. is gearing up production of the iPhone 5, but some analysts say it's unlikely to be revealed before 2012. Yet there seems little doubt, considering Apple's projection of selling 25 million iPhones by the end of 2011, that the release is right around the corner.

Canaccord Genuity revealed that Apple will continue to dominate the tablet market through 2012.

The iPhone is making its first flight on the space shuttle, but its being joined by its long-time rival the Android, from Google.

Motorola Droid Bionic has to deal with 4 versions of Samsung Galaxy S2

Apple Inc.'s delay of launching the next version of iPhone, iPhone 5, has been Samsung Galaxy S 2's gain as the ultra-thin smartphone recorded phenomenal global sales of 3 million units in 55 days in the UK and it is expected to launch in four versions in the US.

The Taiwan-based smartphone maker previously denied the update and then again announced it.

Finally, the Sony Xperia Arc has hit the Sony store, but there are some other upcoming Android smartphones that are expected to give tough competition to Apple's new generation of iPhone - iPhone 5.