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Few days into Christmas, Google remains grappling on how to solve its Nexus delivery problems and the best it can offer this week is an apology and admission that its supply chain for the hit devices is “erratic.”

By Greg Peel"Members noted that global currency markets had also been relatively quiet in November, with exchange rate volatility low, although the Japanese yen had depreciated by around 3 per cent against the US dollar.

The last firmware update for the Nokia Lumia 800 and related models is reportedly rolling out in Europe, with Dutch owners of the handset getting a taste of the Windows Phone 7 refresh, blog reports said.

Why pay if you can download apps for free? The answer to that question would probably be the similar to why people still buy smartphones if you already have a regular mobile phone.

Fortescue Metals is selling is 40 per cent stake in its rail and port infrastructure business in a bid to raise up to $4 billion. Reports said the company is negotiating with several potential buyers to cut Fortescue's debt burden which has reached $12 billion.

Business information analysts at IBISWorld reveal the industries can set to cash in - or lose out - on our good intentions for 2013. What do consumers wish as the the New Year approaches?

While much of the world is engrossed in the Mayan calendar prediction that the world could end on Friday, Dec 21, a forecast by ANZ Bank will bring a smile to Australian borrowers. The ANZ believes the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) would cut the current overnight cash rate of 3 per cent to 2 per cent.

Nokia is set to roll out software updates for the Lumia 920 this December, which mainly are configured to fix issues on the Windows-phone handset’s camera technology.

The Aussie was generally weaker on Monday in part because of its strong rise towards the end of last week and also because of the general market expectations for the release of the RBA minutes later today

By Andrew NelsonFrom July 2011 to July this year the uranium spot price range traded between US$55-US$50 per pound with no real signs of life.

By Greg PeelThe Dow rose 100 points or 0.8% while the S&P gained 1.1% to 1430 as the Nasdaq jumped 1.3%.

Sellers were able to impose their will on regional markets today in quiet trade. Most indices ended the session lower, although there was limited conviction on the part of buyers and sellers.

Bus commuters in Sydney may now have some luxury of time, so to speak, as the state government of New South Wales released on Monday new real time bus smartphone apps that would enable them to track just how far away their next bus is from the station.

Tourism business has become extraordinary brisk in a rather obscure Turkish town, fuelled largely by the frenzied talks of the end of days, renewed recently on the account of the Mayan Calendar cycle.

HTC’s Droid DNA now comes in the familiar red colour of its U.S. carrier – red. However, any plans to acquire this powerful handset in the screaming tone could prove circuitous for the average consumers.

Australia has approved for nationwide use a 30-minute test that will help immediately determine if a person is positive to the dreaded HIV virus infection, Federal Health Minister Tanya Plibersek announced on Monday.

The upcoming Galaxy S4 handset from Samsung will likely be anything but unbreakable, the screen that is, reports said, dousing speculations that the flagship Android smartphone will break new paths in terms of solid build mobile devices.

So the Fed is doing exactly as expected, but the anticipation was much more fun than the reality. After rallying for weeks on 'hopes' of ever greater QE, last night US markets turned down. Exactly the same thing happened back in September when traders and computer algorithms alike hung precipitously of Bernanke's words...only to lose their grip hours later.

Local stocks have started the trading week in the red, despite reports the US House of Representatives could be one step closer to averting the Fiscal Cliff.

One of the reasons why users loves Android OS platform is the prominent availability of applications. The Android Market or now Google Play Store has been supporting thousands of apps ranging from games to business, social to utilities. And of all these apps from Google Play have been downloaded by millions of users and possibly re-downloaded again for whatever reason.

More modification options for the Nexus 4 were recently unleashed by the generous people over at XDA Developers for maximum enjoyment of the Google-LG smartphone this holiday season.

Leaks for three Sony smartphones came out, following the ongoing trend of phone spec and photo leaks almost every day. The latest leaks are for the Huashan, Odin and Yuga models.

For Android Galaxy S2 users looking for 4.1.2 Jellybean stable firmware, an XXLSJ based 4.1 firmware version will soon be available for installation on the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 model.

- Mid companies return to record confidence- Transport most confident, mining not so- Investment plans remain mutedBy Greg PeelA fiscal cliff, a slower China, European uncertainty, government spending cuts, the strong Aussie dollar ? all are these are factors which one might expect to be weighing on...

Asus issued a companion dock for the Google signature tablet Nexus 7, which blog reports said will first hit the Japanese market within December, with the likelihood of a global rollout to follow shortly.

Europe saw demand for new cars drop for the fourteenth consecutive month in November. On the 14th of December, the European Automobile Manufacturers' Association released its survey which showed that European Union car sales decreased as much as 10 percent to almost 926,500 vehicles. PSA Peugeot Citroen, Renault SA and Fiat SpA noted the biggest slumps among other carmakers.

There's a fair chance the RBA will drop rates again when they next meet in February.

Qantas's loss is the gain of Middle Eastern air carrier Etihad Airways and Australia's second major airline, Virgin Australia, after the two aviation companies signed three-year marketing deals with Tourism Australia.

Global resource companies BHP Billiton and ExxonMobil will expand the Longford gas plant at the Gippsland region in Victoria at a cost of $1 billion.