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Samsung's flagship Smartphone, the Samsung GALAXY S II, has reached a milestone in sales with carrier partners around the world, attaining global channel sales of 3 million units.

Sony is expected to launch its PlayStation 4 (PS4) gaming console in 2012 that will feature body movement-based control like Kinect, a motion sensing input device developed by Microsoft for the Xbox 360.

Apple's delay in launching 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.

Facebook is said to be partnering with Skype to offer video chat features on Facebook - a move that help the most popular social networking website to counter threat from Google+, or Google Plus.

Samsung Galaxy S2, previously, was reported to sell nearly 3 million units in 55 days.

Facebook is scheduled to launch something awesome on July 6, but hasn't divulged what exactly it is. Will Facebook term the something awesome as 'Facebook+' in order to compete with Google+?

The Samsung Galaxy S2 is the hottest next generation smartphone which has yet to hit U.S. retailers. It has been a hot seller internationally, recently surpassing 3 million units sold, according to Samsung.

Did Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg mean an in-built Skype-powered video chat when he promised “something awesome” last week after the launch of Google+.

Google failed to win a bid on 6,000 wireless technology patents held by bankrupt Canadian telecom group Nortel Networks Corp.

The Zynga IPO may be yet another way to buy Facebook and the future that is social networking.

Google, facing a flood of patent lawsuits, said it was disappointed after losing a multi-billion dollar auction for thousands of telecom, Web and Social Networking patents from bankrupt Canadian company Nortel to a rival group of companies which included Apple and Microsoft.

Google is in preliminary talks with Hulu to purchase the streaming video company.

Google Inc. (Nasdaq: GOOG) is engaged in preliminary talks to acquire Hulu, the online video company, according to a report in the Los Angeles Times, citing unnamed sources familiar with the negotiations.

Nortel sells its 6,000 patents to a consortium of companies, none of which include Google.

A consortium consisting of Apple Inc. (AAPL), EMC Corp. (EMC), Ericsson, Microsoft Corp. (MSFT), Research In Motion (RIM) and Sony Corp. (SNE) paid $4.5 billion for the patent portfolio of Bankrupt Canadian telecom group Nortel Networks Corp.

Walt Disney (NYSE:DIS), which owns 30 percent of Hulu, may be having second thoughts in selling its stake in the video streaming website.

HTC Eternity has surfaced with mammoth specifications to claim the crown of the biggest smartphone in the market.

Google Inc. launched its most aggressive social network effort Google+, which looks remarkably similar to Facebook in terms of aesthetics and could pose as a threat to Facebook's dominance. Will Facebook counter this with 'Facebook+' next week?

HTC is releasing another phone, the HTC Eternity, which adds Windows flavor to the growing list of super-phones vying to upset the iPhone's dominance in the market.

Skype launches its new version for Android users. Initially the software will be supported in selective Android phones.

A Senior RIM exec has lost confidence in the company and posted a litany of complaints against the company.