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Google may have to fend of Canadian firm Research In Motion Ltd (RIM) when it comes to snapping up Nortel Networks Corp.’s patent portfolio, according to Bloomberg news, which says the BlackBerry maker could beat Google Inc.’s $900 million offer.

The launch of RIM’s first foray into the tablet world – the Playbook – has been decidedly mixed. Luke-warm reviews coupled with company CEO Mike Lazaridis’ now-infamous walk-out during a BBC interview has meant the press coverage has been slightly off-message.

I’ve never been an Apple fan. But I only recently became an Apple non-fan, after a series of visits to the fruit firm’s retail outlets left me more than a little cold.

Economic Times | April 18, 2011 NEW DELHI: Telecom major Bharti airtel today said it has partnered with photo service firm Zoomin.com to allow its broadband customers to store unlimited number …

Reuters | April 18, 2011 | Joseph Radford (Reuters) – Troubled Tokyo Electric Power Co. (9501.T) said on Monday it is mulling the sale of stock holdings and real estate, but …

Google Maps is one of the few things that is universally loved by internet users. Find a person who doesn’t like Google Maps and I can guarantee you they’re either insane, a moron, or both. That said, the ubiquitous cartography service isn’t without its little quirks.

Digby, a homegrown Austin company and developer of mobile commerce software announced yesterday that it had raised $8 million in a recent round of Series C funding in the wake …

2011 marks my 7th year of developing content in the Wild West that is the mobile device ecosystem. The experience has sometimes been like building sand castles – where tides of disruptive technologies come along and wipe out what you’ve worked so hard to build.

A few months ago it was reported that social media software conglomerate UberMedia were in talks to buy UK-based Tweetdeck for $30 million. This would be a significant move by the group, as it would mean the combined reach of all their clients would be over a third of all Twitter users.

Walmart may be trying to get into your pocket – through social media that is – after purchasing silicon valley based Kosmix for an undisclosed sum, according to Reuters. The …

The chips are certainly not down for the semiconductor industry, with market research firm Gartner announcing the total market was up 30% ($70.7 billion) in 2010, totaling almost $300 billion. Santa …

Telecommunications and infrastructure service solutions provider GENBAND is pushing efforts to attract third-party developers by providing cash awards for the top entries in the company’s 2011 GENFuzion Developers Challenge. The …

The scarce supplies and huge demand worldwide for the iPad 2 are creating a new market in places like New York City, where large groups of “investors” are camping out, …

As excitement in anticipation of the royal wedding reaches fever pitch, T-Mobile seems to also be finding it hard to restrain itself, releasing an advert showcasing its vision for the special day.

Google are historically quite prolific buyers of other companies (94 and counting, according to Wikipedia), and don’t seem to be showing any signs of slowing down. Although most of their acquisitions are small companies, they also swallow up some reasonably sized fish, most recently air fare aggregator ITA Software for a cool $700 million.