A new report from mobile analyst firm Juniper Research has dished up more good news for Samsung, while taking a broad look at other smartphone manufacturers. FULL STORY >

A new report from Juniper Research has asserted that near field communication NFC mobile payments will exceed $180 billion worldwide by 2017, as the technology becomes standard. FULL STORY >

Growing familiarity with social networks is driving new forms of lending and borrowing money, which bypass banks altogether. FULL STORY >

Tablets are expected to surpass notebook shipments in 2016, according to a new report. FULL STORY >

Market research firm ABI Research says that Apple and Samsung are responsible for 50% of the smartphone market sales and snap up more than 90% of the profit in this sector. FULL STORY >

Seagate's GoFlex Satellite portable hard drive ably addresses tablets' largest shortcoming of invariably running out of space for all the media we have an urge to cram onto them. FULL STORY >

Research in Motion is about to undergo a major restructuring globally that will see it laying off at least 2000 employees. FULL STORY >

Market research firm Gartner analyses global smartphone and mobile phone sales during Q1 2012. FULL STORY >

AMD completes its acquisition of microserver manufacturer SeaMicro, which will now be assimilated into AMD's Data Centre Server Solutions division. FULL STORY >

Google is about to set in motion a change to its search functionality that is being called the largest in the search giant's history. FULL STORY >

Apple has apparently acquired app discovery company Chomp, in its bid to strengthen its iTunes app search functionality. FULL STORY >

The latest research from Strategy Analytics puts Finnish phone giant Nokia on top of the mobile phone world, with Samsung hot on its heels and Apple also making a strong showing. FULL STORY >

The latest report from analyst company Juniper Research forecasts that ultrabooks will grow at three times the rate of tablets over the next five years. FULL STORY >

Research in Motion's shares have risen just on a rumour that the company would be acquired by Samsung. FULL STORY >

Google's move this week to make search more personal has been lambasted by Twitter. FULL STORY >