Samsung announced the release of the Galaxy S II smartphone to three carriers in the United States. The phone will be available on AT&T, T-Mobile, and Sprint. The phones are shipped with Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) in addition to the new version of Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface. Samsung has also made it possible to create iOS-style folders in the app list, letting...

Samsung is all set to launch a new mobile messaging service called ChatON. The service is scheduled to debut at the IFA consumer electronics trade show in Berlin, Germany, the first week of September. The app is essentially a group chat app that combines texts, images and video messaging from Samsung’s Bada OS,  iOS, Android and BlackBerry. So, through this move Samsung...

Research in Motion (RIM) announced BBM Music, a BlackBerry Messenger-based music service. According to RIM, BBM Music is a cloud-based music service that enables BlackBerry Messenger users to discover and share music through a community-based music library. Research in Motion, (RIM) Blackberry’s parent company, is hoping the social aspects of the service will appeal...

Skype announced about its plan to acquire GroupMe, a group messaging smartphone app for Android, iPhone, Blackberry, and Windows Phone 7 that lets you create group texts, make conference calls, and share photos and your location. GroupMe is just about a year old, started by Steve Martocci and Jared Hecht. While Skype did not say how much it is going to pay. But the...

Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced AWS GovCloud, a new AWS Region designed to allow U.S. government agencies and contractors to move more sensitive workloads into the cloud by addressing their specific regulatory and compliance requirements. According to Amazon, the new offering, Amazon Web Services GovCloud, will meet a host of strict regulatory requirements specific...

Sprint’s first sub-$100 4G smartphone, the Samsung Conquer 4G, is all set for sale. Sprint and Samsung called the device an “affordable 4G smartphone.” The Conquer 4G runs Android 2.3 Gingerbread and is powered by a 1-GHz Snapdragon processor. It features a 3.5-inch 320-by-480 touch screen, 3.2-megapixel rear-facing camera with flash and zoom, and 1.3-megapixel...

Sony Computer Entertainment has acquired Sucker Punch, the studio, which previously worked on inFamous and the Sly Cooper series. Sucker Punch is now part of the Sony Computer Entertainment Worldwide Studios family. Sucker Punch has achieved combined franchise sales of more than seven million units worldwide. Sucker Punch, in turn, gets the resources to build bigger, more...

Microsoft made the latest version of its mobile phone software available to handset partners as it seeks to claw back market share from Apple and Google. The Redmond, Washington-based personal computer software powerhouse said the update to its Windows Phone operating system, code-named “Mango,” features over 500 new features and faster browsing with Internet...

Sony has revealed its latest Cyber-shot digital cameras, the 12.2mm-thick TX55 – billed as the world’s thinnest with Full HD video recording support. It have 16.2-megapixel Exmor R CMOS sensor, a touchscreen display – 3.3-inch OLED on the TX55, and 3-inch wide-aspect LCD on the WX30 – and Sony’s Intelligent Sweep Panorama mode which can capture 42.9-megapixel...