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Handsets based on Google's Android mobile operating system accounted for 32.9% of worldwide smartphone shipments in the fourth quarter, compared with Symbian's 30.6% market share, according to a new report from market researcher Canalys. Apple's iOS was a distant third, with 16%.

In a complaint to the U.S. International Trade Commission, Sony has accused rival LG Electronics of infringing on seven of its patents, including one for photo-based caller ID technology.

Apple's iPhone operating system software stumbled in the third quarter, losing year-over-year quarterly market share for the first time, as Google's Android mobile operating system pulled further ahead, according to a Gartner Research report released Wednesday.

If you're looking for deals on major appliances this fall, don't bother to wait until Black Friday: retailers started offering huge discounts this month, with 30% off, or more. According to Chuck Ewing, CEO of the Appliance Factory Outlet, major appliance manufacturers offered retailers what they...

Motorola is snapping up location-based software maker Aloqa as part of its strategy to differentiate its smartphones with the help of software. Aloqa's technology pushes information to smartphone users about events or special offers from merchants near their locations.

KT Corp. (KT), South Korea's largest fixed-line phone operator and second-largest mobile carrier, launched a new tablet computer with the Google (GOOG) Android operating system. The tablet, called the Identity Tab, will sell for KRW300, 000, or $253, each, MarketWatch reported. The tablet will...

The poor performance of a recall of Goldstar and Comfort-Aire brand dehumidifiers has prompted an alert to be issued by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission after they were implicated in four more fires since the December recall. A total of 15 fires have been linked to the dehumidifiers,...

Panasonic debuted a 3D consumer camcorder Tuesday, tying its latest device to its growing product line of 3D electronics.The move couldn't come soon enough, as the marketplace for 3D electronics is rapidly growing.

Sony Ericsson, the "lost" handset company, which has been bleeding market share for the past several years, said its unit sales dropped another 28% in the first quarter, but net income hit $29 million, quite a turnaround from the same quarter last year, when it lost $398 million.

Thanks to the power of the Internet, it's getting harder for companies to control how we communicate and entertain ourselves. Google's new phone runs an app that enables users to make international calls far cheaper than with any wireless carrier. That's just one sign of growing consumer influence through the Net.