This week in the Tech News Round-up: Samsung eyeballs Apple's place as king of the smartphone OEMs, whilst Qualcomm makes gesture recognition part and partial of its chips. FULL STORY >

Android and iOS could be faced with a competitor to their mobile operating system dominance. FULL STORY >

A new financing and leasing service aims to enable businesses to upgrade their IT infrastructure and keep pace with current technologies. FULL STORY >

A new incubator for entrepreneurs and innovators, focusing on mobile technology, has opened for membership. FULL STORY >

Kaspersky Lab delivers its latest spam report, analysing spamming trends for the month of June. FULL STORY >

Canadian smartphone maker Research In Motion (RIM) introduces the latest version of its ultra popular BlackBerry Messenger application, which sports some new abilities. FULL STORY >

IT security firm Kaspersky Lab releases the latest editions of its Internet Security and Anti-Virus software. FULL STORY >

Local airliner 1time is looking to add a new member to its cabin crew, Apple's iPad 2 tablet. FULL STORY >

Mozilla is tinkering away on its own web-based operating system for tablets and smartphones. FULL STORY >

A leaked and confidential roadmap of AMDs 2012 desktop plans hints at support for up to a tantalising ten cores in 2012. FULL STORY >