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In a recent interview Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt let slip news that the company plans to escalate its ongoing war for market supremacy with Apple, releasing its own-brand Android tablet.

Android users visit Facebook on their smartphones more often than iPhone users, with 68.2 percent returning to the application every single day.

British Telecom has sued Google's Android mobile operating system, as it believes that the software infringes six patents in its Maps, Music and Android Market applications.

With the Christmas season now upon us and the question of which smartphone to get re-opened, the International Business Times UK's dynamic tech duo take the time to sum up the strengths and weaknesses of this year's top-contenders, the Galaxy Nexus and iPhone 4S.

A new alleged leak has emerged claiming the exact tech spec of Sony Ericsson's fabled Xperia Arc HD, or 'Nozomi' as it is sometimes referred.

Facebook announced today that Timeline, a radical overhaul of users' profile pages that documents their lives, is now available to everyone.

Free Windows Phones will be given away to five Android users who share the worst malware horror stories, Ben Rudolph has said.

It is believed that Google Android will launch its own rival to Siri, the voice-activated personal assistant featured on the iPhone 4S.

Press shots of the high-anticipated handset has surfaced online ahead of the official launch

A new study by security firm ViaForensics suggests Google Wallet doesn't protect users' personal data, storing it in an unencrypted format.

Having overcome its opening volume bug, the Galaxy Nexus is finally at full-health and we here at the International Business Times UK couldn't be happier, as despite not feeling as expensive in your hand as Apple's iPhone 4S, the new Nexus is an awesome piece of kit.

Apple has shifted more than 100 million applications from its Mac AppStore since it was introduced less than a year ago, and the store now boasts thousands of free and paid-for apps.

The stupendously popular bird-flinging, pig-killing game Angry Birds celebrated its second birthday on Sunday, and to mark the occasion developer Rovio is giving away free gifts.

Apple has ramped up production of the iPhone 4S due to unprecedented demand running up to Christmas, according to city analysts.

Adding to the growing cacophony of analysts praising the Kindle Fire, a fresh report has emerged claiming Amazon's new wallet-friendly device will become a key player in the market, hedging out Samsung as the world's number two tablet maker.

Google has announced Currents, its much-anticipated rival to the hugely popular personalised magazine application, Flipboard and it's available now for Android, iPhone and iPad.

Twitter has launched an entirely new update to its website, as well as the iPhone, Android and TweetDeck applications. We've had a play with the new TweetDeck for Mac, and here's what we think.

Despite its previously tepid performance, Panasonic has revealed the flagship device in its new armada of anti-Apple Android smartphones.

Twitter has launched a comprehensive overhaul to the social networking site, including updates to the website interface, as well as the iPhone, Android and Tweetdeck applications.

With 2011 drawing to a close we at the International Business Times UK aren't just looking forward to the tech 2012 has to bring, but we're most excited for the technology we'll all be buying in 2021.

Eric Schmidt, the executive chairman and former CEO of Google believes that the Android smartphone operating system is beating the iPhone and iOS.

For the non-Apple-fanatic, the International Business Times UK offers a complete buyer's guide to 2011's five best top-end, not-an-iPhone, handsets on the market this holiday season.

The Motorola Defy+ describes itself as 'lifeproof' - an Android smartphone that is scratch-, dust- and even waterproof, while still packing a 3.7-inch touchscreen display and a five megapixel camera.

A news study has emerged suggesting while Amazon's new Kindle Fire tablet will dominate the Android ecosystem, sales of Apple's iPad will remain unaffected.

Nearly two years after Apple Inc. rolled out the iPad, a competitor has finally developed an alternative which looks like it might have enough of Apple's secret sauce to succeed," said IHS analyst Rhoda Alexander.

Despite tripling sales of its iPhone 4S this October, a new study suggests that Apple is failing to attract new smartphone users to its devices.

With the holidays soon upon us and the inevitable family chin-wag in-tow, the International Business Times UK offers you five affordable Android smartphones sure to keep you and your family in touch no matter how many miles there are between you.

New research has discovered as many as 2,000 rogue applications currently being used by hackers to illegally access smartphone customers' personal data.

New research has emerged suggesting Microsoft's forthcoming series of Windows 8 tablets will be too late to the party to break Apple's current hold on the market.

More than 40 per cent of smartphones sold in the UK in October were iPhones, thanks mainly to iPhone 4S, which went on sale on October 14.