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"Steve Jobs famously vowed to spend his dying breath and all of Apple's cash to destroy Google's Android operating system. In an interview with Bloomberg Businessweek, Google CEO Larry Page said that despite Jobs's rather public hatred, "the Android differences were actually for show." Page claimed that, "For a lot of companies, it's useful for them to feel like they have an obvious competitor and to rally around that. I personally believe that it's better to shoot higher. You don't want to be looking at your competitors. You want to be looking at what's possible and how to make the world better." The CEO shot down rumors that the two were bitter rivals, instead noting that "I had a relationship with Steve." Despite Jobs's ailing health at the time, Apple's co-founder reached out to Page for a casual talk. "He was quite sick. I took it as an honor that he wanted to spend some time with me," Page said. "I figured he wanted to spend time with his family at that point. He had a lot of interesting insights about how to run a company and that was pretty much what we discussed.""

Nvidia's CEO, Jen-Hsun Huang informed investors during Nvidia's earnings calls on Wednesday that the Tegra 3 quad-core powered smartphones will make presence in the Q1 of 2012

"Here's some good news for owners of new Android phones, it looks like you're not going to have to worry about another version of the operating system not making it to your phone just yet, as Google is rumoured to have delayed the launch of Jelly Bean, the next version of the platform."

"Acer has announced a new Android tablet for the UK, and it's set for release in early 2012 with a lovely, sweet surprise onboard. Yep, that's right, the Acer Iconia Tab A200 will come with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich freshly installed, making it one of the very first big-screen devices to use the new OS."

Huawei, the leading Chinese IT component manufacturer, has officially released Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 update for its latest U8860 Honor smartphone. This makes the company of economical smartphones the primary producer to launch the newest version of the Google operating system to a non-Nexus smartphone.

Zynga, the world's leading social game making company has just announced its latest game called ForestVille for Apple iOS devices, including iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch.

Lenovo Group and Qualcomm Incorporated announces the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet will now offer Qualcomm's Gobi™ 3000 technology, making it the first Android tablet that gives enterprise customers a single mobile platform for use throughout the world.

Apple, the Cupertino-based digital technology making company, is planning to sell more iPhones and wants to set around 30 million iPhones sales record by the end of 2011, a report from UBS.

"After Samsung made its Android Ice Cream Sandwich update plans public, many Galaxy S owners complained about the absence of their device on the list. After all, it could hardly be described as 'past it', and the new version of the OS had been seen running on rooted phones (making it clear the hardware could support it)."

"Technology giant Apple could be about to make a move into the world of the Barclays Premier League, as reports are surfacing that the company want to purchase Premier League football content for its Apple TV service."

"Nokia has confirmed that it will be exhibiting at Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona next month, ending a three-year exile, according to a report by Mobile News."

"The internet is buzzing with speculation suggesting that Amazon could put in a bid for Canadian smartphone manufacturer Research In Motion. The Blackberry makers have had a rough year, with product delays, network outages and declining profits and share value, making it the perfect target for Amazon's ruthless acquisition strategy."

"It's been a bad year for Research in Motion (RIM), makers of the BlackBerry series of smartphones, and it's just been compounded by the news that a truckload of 5,200 BlackBerry PlayBook tablets have literally been stolen off the back of a lorry - You just couldn't make it up."

"Thinking of buying a new TV in the sales? You might want to put your wallet away and start saving up, because Apple has thrown its hat into the TV ring. Whatever that means."

"Rumours are circulating to suggest that the next iteration of Microsoft's Windows Phone platform, codenamed Tango, will make its bow at as Vegas-based consumer electronics show CES early next year."

This nonsensical circle of littering is making Facebook unbearable for some users - the annoyance at having to look filter their feeds, to sift through hundreds of friends to find a particular name, and to be spammed with crappy invites and requests all the time is turning some people away from Facebook

A new report arrives from Apple is suggesting that iPad 3 making is being ramped up in expectation on February 24, 2012, Steve Jobs' birthday, a report suggested. We have already noticed reports concerning the iPad 3 launching.

"The world's biggest tech extravaganza is nearly done for another year, but just because things are winding down out there in Nevada and teams of sweaty men are hurriedly packing away expensively produced exhibition stands doesn't mean there's nowt left worth bringing to your attention. No Siree. In fact, whilst the saying 'they saved the best until last' might not be strictly true, there's been tones of stuff making itself known, so come with us as we dress as '68 Comeback Elvis, put everything on red and [insert own Vegas-based cliché here] and see what the amazing cavalcade of tech has thrown up in the last 24 hours …"

" Cellphones Prada phone by LG 3.0 gets VIP treatment from Phones 4u, launches in UK tomorrow By Mat Smith posted Jan 26th 2012 9:26AM Prada phone by LG 3.0 gets VIP treatment from Phones 4u, launches in UK tomorrow Ready to make heads turn with its monochromatic stylings, LG and Prada's latest baby is presumably putting on a night-mask, ready to be unleashed on well-heeled types in the UK on Friday."

"As everyone in this crazy thing we call mobile knows, there's a little something called Mobile World Congress just around the corner in February, and it's here where many assumed that Samsung's much-vaunted Galaxy S III would finally make it out into the big wide world."