October 4 is the date set for Apple’s next media event, reports AllThingsD. New chief executive Tim Cook is expected to announce the product, iPhone 5. Steve Jobs resigned last month as he continues to battle health issue, leading to the promotion of Cook, who had been the company’s COO and Jobs’ right-hand man. Internet rumours have suggested that...

Evidently, in an attempt to beat Google+ Circles and stay on top of everything in the social network market, Facebook debuted Smart Lists. This is an improved friend lists with which users can customize their lists of friends, define privacy settings and filter the news feed. The unveiling came the same day the company’s representatives met with D.C. lawmakers to...

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...

Apple TV too… Yes. A prominent tech industry analyst says that the California-based company known for blockbuster consumer electronics products including the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad may sell the Apple TV as early as 2012. Munster said the iCloud the company recently unveiled sets the stage for Apple’s high-def television set. The move is significant not...

Google Inc is set to launch an online music locker service called Music Beta to allow users to store and access their songs wherever they are. Users of the service are expected to be able to listen to songs they have uploaded to the service in a so-called streaming mode but won’t be able to download the files themselves. This is similar to one launched by Amazon.com...

Microsoft has acquired Internet phone service Skype for $8.5 billion with 170 million active users from an investor group led by Silver Lake. Skype is Microsoft’s latest bid to diversify its business. The acquisition is Microsoft’s largest, surpassing the purchase of AQuantive Inc. for about $6 billion in 2007. During a news conference in San Francisco, Microsoft...

YouTube, the video site owned by Google officially began the initial roll out of YouTube Live, the new live streaming service that will offer live video capabilities on the site. Consumers will access YouTube Live on its own Web page, and can subscribe to YouTube live-streaming partners to be notified of upcoming live streams on a customized homepage. YouTube partners...

Google has entered into the publishing market with the launch of its own magazine in the UK, a publication called ‘Think Quarterly’. Name says it all. It will come out four times a year. “At Google, we often think that speed is the forgotten ‘killer application’ – the ingredient that can differentiate winners from the rest. We know that the faster we...

According to a Bloomberg report, in the next four months, Google will be testing its Near Field Communications (NFC) payment systems, in the New York and San Francisco areas.  Google plans to pay VeriFone Systems Inc. to install thousands of cash register systems made specifically for the use of NFC technology. Google’s new service may group a user’s financial...