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Samsung, the Korean smartphone giant, on Friday announced on one of its promotional blogs that it had dropped the idea of porting Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade to its Galaxy S smartphone or the 7-inch Galaxy Tablet. Since then, widespread arguments and heated debates on the issue have been escalating amongst the Android user community.

Since the public expectations have been so overwhelming with the debut of Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade for smartphones, it is no surprise that leading smartphone manufacturers are capitalizing on the demand.

Britain's high streets swamped with bargain-hunting shoppers determined to beat economic gloom.

According to macdailynews.com, Steve Jobs, the late co- founder and Chief Executive Officer of Apple Inc., not only developed and grew his company's interests while he was alive but has also left blueprints for future Apple products.

The controversies surrounding the release of iPhone 5 gains momentum, as the iPhone fans get restless amidst the long wait for the elusive phone.

Reports suggest Google Inc. is in hot water over an Android patents war, with fellow corporate giants like Oracle, Microsoft and Apple.

The hype surrounding the iPhone 5 and its delayed release has been considerable for some time now. Rumors aside, the death of Steve Jobs (a day after the iPhone 4S was released) and the seemingly endless war of patent disputes with rivals Samsung may have threatened the device's release.

A detailed feature story depicting the essence of navigators and NFC in our daily lives, and their impact on our rapidly evolving life styles.

Applications from China's patent office have gone up by an average of 16.7 per cent annually; from 171,000 in 2006 to nearly 314,000 in 2010.

Take a quick look at the respective position and market share of the top selling smartphones here.

Hidden credit and debit card surcharges face axe as Treasury plans crackdown to help consumers.

Last full day of shopping before holiday expects £2 billion to pass through the tills in just over 12 hours of trading.

iPhone is doing good business in the UK pushing the sales to 30.9% in past 12 weeks. In operating system however Google's Android continues to be the market leader.

A first look on the advent of Ice Cream Sandwich on a platter of Samsung smartphones and Tablets. Get a closer look with interface pictures on Ice Cream Sandwich.

iOS was the first mobile operating system launched, on Oct. 12, 2000. Back then, it was known as the iPhone OS, named as it was after Apple's flagship smartphone series. A year later, the Android OS made its debut, with the launch of HTC Dream (T-Mobile G1). Windows, a late entrant to the sphere, introduced their software in 2012.

One in every 100 person in the UK is related to a pirate according to a genealogical research company.

A union is pushing to meet with bosses at International Airlines Group in a desperate bid to save jobs as it takes over loss-making BMI.

Squeezed budgets will cause as many as three in five people in the UK to wait until the January sales to do their Christmas shopping, a survey claims.

The much-talked about $20 million custom-made massive mansion of supermodel Gisele Bundchen and Tom Brady in California is almost complete and the couple is all set to move into their lush house as per recent reports.

London's first cable car tower has been completed and the transport link made its debut on the London Underground Tube map.

Facebook must make widespread changes to improve privacy, the Irish Data Protection Commissioner has said, including making its terms and conditions clearer.

The Chancellor of the Exchequer, George Osborne, received welcome news ahead of the Christmas break as growth figures for the UK were better than expected between July and September.

A bronze statue of Steve Jobs, believed to be the world's first, has been unveiled at a Hungarian software company that the Apple co-founder helped financially.

Facebook has released a video and guide to help explain how the social network makes money from advertising, and confirms that the site does not sell users' information.

The charges were related to the incidents happened during Kexue’s term in Dow Agrosciences and Cargill Inc. Kexue worked with Dow Agrosciences during 2003- 2008 and in Cargill Inc. during the period of 2008 to 2009.

The first prize of “El Gordo” or the “Fat One” would be 4 million euros which is the highest amount ever and the second prize would be worth 1.25 million euros.

You'll have to shout, Mrs Merkel, because either the Markets didn't hear you or they have totally ignored your message.

Virgin boss Richard Branson gave his daughter away on the family island that was hit but fire this year

The UK beer market has seen its total market value drop by £2.2 billion over six years, a report concludes.