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Mobile handset sales to grow 8.5%: Gartner

Mobile handset sales in India, the world’s second-biggest wireless services market, are expected to grow an annual 8.5 per cent and reach 231 million units in 2012, technology researcher Gartner said. There are more than 870 million mobile users in [...]

Apple wins patent ruling against HTC

HTC Corp’s loss in a patent infringement case against Apple Inc casts doubt on its decision to spend $300 million buying S3 Graphics Co. to boost the chances of a licensing deal to end the dispute. The US International Trade [...]

Micromax Mobile pulls bai ad

Micromax Mobile has withdrawn its controversial ‘Bai commercial’, which poked fun at Shiney Ahuja, after the actor initiated legal action against the company, said his publicist here. The advertisement attempted to take a humorous dig at Shiney, who was convicted [...]

Apple’s free iPhone hurting Android market in US

Apple Inc’s iPhone 3GS model is more than two years old and shunned by gadget snobs, and yet it’s turning into one of the company’s bigger weapons against devices running Google Inc’s Android software this holiday season. When Apple rolled [...]

iPad encrusted with T-rex bone

An iPad worth five million pounds has been customised by a specialist designer with gold, diamonds and shavings of a Tyrannosaurus Rex bone. Believed to be the world’s most expensive gadget, the device was created by a Briton, Stuart Hughes, [...]