China began requiring identification on Wednesday from anyone purchasing a new mobile phone number in what it says is a bid to stamp out rampant junk messages but that some say gives the government a new tool for monitoring its citizens. The rules ap ...

Most of the articles that show up in your newspaper or magazine are chosen by professional editors. What if they are picked out by a friend from college instead? Or a colleague from work? Or your mom? Anyone you know, really? That's the concept behin ...

There are a lot of uses for online geoservices. One of the most common is holiday planning. The first step is scoping out the planned vacation spot to check details, like whether the hotel is as close to the beach as promised in the catalog; or how f ...

Today saw the official announcement of the Samsung Galaxy Tab which is their 7 inch tablet device which many will compare to the Apple iPad and more so than ever thanks to the rather expensive price point the Tab has been set. Online retailer eXpans ...

Today Twitter launched the official Twitter client for the Apple iPad tablet computer. Twitter for iPad features novel multi-touch gestures and a sliding panel user interface. Read the full story here.

Today Chinese manufacturer Huawei launched what it believes to be the first mass market Android 2.2 (Froyo) smartphone, the new IDEOS. The IDEOS has a suggest retail price in the 99 to 129 EUR range and fetures HSDPA 7.2Mbps downloads, Wi-Fi with 3G ...

Vlingo today announced the integration of Vlingo's voice commands into the Android version of Foursquare. Foursquare users on Android will now be able to use voice commands to open the application and check into venues through Foursquare. Users will ...

Samsung just posted a YouTube video of the first television commercial for its new Galaxy Tab tablet smartphone. Read the full story here.

T-Mobile has posted a bit of additional information about the upcoming HSPA+ powered G2 Android smartphone on its Scoop site. The G2 promises to offer what the carrier is calling "4G speeds." Read the full story here.

Yesterday Apple took the wraps of its latest version of iTunes. After a few minor delays, iTunes 10 is now available to the masses and is expected to offer Ping, a new social music networking feature, AirPlay wireless media streaming, as well as refr ...