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From the late '80s through 2010, Nintendo (OTC: NTDOY) all but owned the handheld video game market. Sony (NYSE: SNE) emerged as a second-place contender when it introduced the PlayStation Portable in 2005. Meanwhile, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is the new kid on the block -- the threat that no one saw...

Roughly 16 years after the format was introduced, smartphones are now being used by more than one billion individuals worldwide. First popularized by Research In Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM), which created the BlackBerry line of devices, smartphones attracted worldwide attention after Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL...

Despite the media hoopla surrounding the faulty Maps app, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has still been successful at convincing 60 percent of its iPhone users to upgrade to iOS 6. According to Chitika, an online ad network and data analytics firm, 45 percent of iPad users have also upgraded. An additional...

New research shows that as many as 22 percent of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) Android users will dump their existing handsets for Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 5 when it is released this month. This and other findings come from TechBargains, which conducted a study asking users about their desire to...

Reuters announced that Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has partnered with Nokia (NYSE: NOK) instead of Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) for its mapping function on the new Kindle Fire. Details include integrated mapping on the device, aversion to Google Maps and new location capabilities. The partnership rose from a...

Samsung is getting a lot of buzz for being the first company to unveil a Windows Phone 8 device, beating the mobile OS' flagship manufacturer, Nokia (NYSE: NOK), by roughly one week. Is this a sign of things to come for Samsung? Or will the company stand by Google's (NASDAQ: GOOG) beloved operating...

Social game service provider Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) lost yet another piece of its management on Thursday, as Chief Creative Officer (CCO) Mike Verdu resigned to start his own new gaming company. It is a dreadful sign for Zynga that its CCO would rather step down and start all over again than remain...

Since Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released its iPad in 2010, tablets have exploded onto the scene as one of the fastest growing segments of the personal computing space. Just over two and a half years later, the iPad remains the dominant device, maintaining a near monopoly over the 10-inch sector. The...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is rumored to be interested in acquiring Glu Mobile (NASDAQ: GLUU) for as much as $8 a share. Is this too good to be true for Glu investors, or is the Windows maker genuinely interested in acquiring a mobile game developer? This is not the first time that Microsoft has...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) shocked the world earlier in 2012 when it unveiled the "Surface" tablet. The 10-inch tablet will come loaded with Microsoft's new Windows 8 operating system and is likely to compete directly with Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad. While it is yet unknown how much Microsoft will...

New data shows that Nokia (NYSE: NOK) dominates the worldwide Windows Phone segment with a 59 percent share of the market. According to The Next Web, HTC leads the United States market with a 36 percent share. This achievement is no small feat. Nokia's nearest competitor is Samsung, the same...

Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA) and Nokia (NYSE: NOK) are teaming up to bring two hit games to a new range of devices. Unveiled on Nokia's official blog this morning, the wireless phone manufacturer announced that Draw Something and Zynga Poker will be coming to the Asha Touch later this year. Zynga, which...

Nokia (NYSE: NOK) has reaffirmed its support for Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) upcoming mobile operating system. In an interview with Reuters UK (via CNET) and other reporters, Nokia CEO Stephen Elop said that he does not "think about rewinding the clock and thinking about competing elsewhere." "In...

Lenovo announced Thursday that it expects to release the ThinkPad Tablet 2 when Microsoft (NYSE: MSFT) releases Windows 8 in October. "Customers want a versatile device that fits their lifestyle and the many ways they use technology," Dilip Bhatia, ThinkPad vice president and general manager, said...

AT&T (NYSE: T) has a new strategy for Nokia's (NYSE: NOK) latest and most popular phones: it has decided to carry and promote Android and iOS models instead. While there have been reports that AT&T, Verizon (NYSE: VZ) and other carriers dislike the iPhone, Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) flagship...