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The first day in a new job is never going to be an easy one, but on 23 January Thorsten Heins walked into one of the least enviable positions in business, as he took over as chief executive officer at Research in Motion.

New research suggests that Google's Android mobile operating system will overtake Apple's iOS as developers' favourite by the end of 2012.

The shake-up comes in the wake of intense competition in the smartphone market.

Google's share price fell 10 percent following disappointing results in the fourth quarter that saw the search giant miss its revenue target for the first time in eight quarters.

As the long and eventful year 2011 ended, the expectations over the upcoming gadgets have hit the pinnacle, particularly after the grand display at the CES. It's time to look at the most anticipated gadgets for the year 2012.

Looking to reverse its ailing financial fortunes, LG has officially announced its Optimus Pad LTE tablet.

New research from the Nielsen Wire suggests that Apple's iPhone 4S has gained ground on Google's Android in the race for US smartphone sales supremacy.

The presence of a mysterious new smartphone in a Samsung promotional video has once again sent cyber tongues a'wagging about the company's, currently unconfirmed, Galaxy S3 smartphone.

Reports suggest that a number of Asian smartphone makers have taken an interest in buying ailing BlackBerry maker RIM.

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak says that he wishes the iPhone did as much as his Android smartphone, claiming that Google does voice commands better than iOS.

Is Nokia Lumia 900 Ready to Counter iPhone 4S and Android Phones?

Upcoming HTC Ville and Motorola Droid 4 Are Expected Rise the Bars in 2012

Motorola Droid 4 and HTC Ville will vie for top slot soon with rich specifications and features.

Lenovo is the first Android smartphone to incorporate Intel Atom processor and Imagine Technologies revolutionary Rogue GPU architecture to attain 20X faster processing speeds compared to the conventional GPU architectures of today.

As the technological gap between laptops and tablets narrows, the demand for budget Android tablets soars. Here are top 8 budget Android tablets that can give a bang for your buck.

Motorola has announced the Droid Razr Maxx, a smartphone with twice the battery life of the iPhone 4S, at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Seeking to wrestle away the Samsung Galaxy series' hold on the western Android smartphone market, Chinese tech firm Huawei has unveiled its latest top-end smartphone, the Ascend.

Building on the "success" of the the Lumia 800 and Titan, Nokia and HTC have unveiled two new Mango smartphones designed to combat the Android and Apple horde.

Mobile phone makers Nokia Corp, who found themselves unable to challenge their smartphone rivals without a good handset, has unveiled its first 4G LTE Windows phone, at the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show (CES).

It seems that 2012 will be the year of the smart TV, with Lenovo being the first manufacturer of clever televisions to break cover at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.

Netflix Inc, a provider of on-demand Internet streaming media in the United States, is now available in the UK and Ireland.

With Netflix just arriving on UK shores, analysts have come to question whether it will be able to compete with established streaming services such as Amazon's LoveFilm.

The popular Netflix film and TV streaming service has finally arrived in the UK, launching Monday onto a host of devices including the Xbox 360, PS3, iPhone, iPad and Apple TV.

OLPC's XO 3.0 tablets will hold the key to future innovations in the field of alternative sources of renewable energy.

Lenovo joins the band of innovative smart TVs from Apple and LG, with its own 55-inch TV running on the Ice Cream Sandwich operating system.

Tablet devices the world over are witnessing a rapid decline in sales with the exception of Apple. This has forced smaller tablet makers to cut prices and capture market shares.

The latter part of the year 2011 witnessed a fierce battle between Apple and Samsung to secure the lion's share of the smartphone market for their iPhone 4S and Galaxy S2 respectively. It looks like this year is not going to be any different for both, as Samsung is expected to extend their flagship version of Galaxy S2 to Galaxy S3 while Apple is expected to draw out iPhone 5 out of their weaponry.

The Consumer Electronics Show 2012 kicks off in Las Vegas on January 10; manufacturers and journalists the world over will flock to the U.S. for the biggest tech show in the world.

Samsung has unveiled the successor to Galaxy Plus - the Galaxy Ace Plus, which is touted to be the refreshed version of its predecessor. It is scheduled for an Indian release by end of March at Rs 15,000.

The Apple-dominated tablet marker could soon become a three horse race, with rumours emerging of a Google tablet set to take on the iPad and Amazon's hugely popular Kindle Fire.