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The Facebook App Center is now officially released in Australia, a month after the Facebook App Center was launched in the U.S.

The announcement of Nokia 808 Pureview was a shock for many people because of its 41-megapixel camera. The usual MP for a smartphone tends to be around 5-8MP but this figure is certainly the first for any type of smartphones.

Apple's newest Mac OS X called Mountain Lion is now at "Golden Master" status which means that the official release of this OS is drawing near.

According to various news reports, Amazon is now working on a new Amazon Kindle Fire tablet aptly called Amazon Kindle Fire 2. This new tablet from Amazon would supposedly rivals Google's new 7-inch tablet called Google Nexus 7.

Darrel Lea, Australia’s largest comfort food retailer, was placed Monday in voluntary administration, putting 700 jobs at risk in the process.

European Finance Ministers have this morning agreed on a new bailout deal for Spain, which will see the country receive €30 billion in aid by the end of the month. The deal is expected to bring great relief for investors and comes after Spanish debts, or borrowing costs, climbed to dangerous highs overnight. At lunchtime in the East, the All Ordinaries Index (XAO) is up 6.4pts or 0.2pct to 4166.2.

Australian workers are blaming their jobs for their weight problems. A study by Weight Watchers released on Tuesday said the employees particularly cited the job monotony and culture of drinking as the main culprits for their expanding girths.

Boeing said on Monday that it is poised to eat up on the seven-year lead of its European rival, Airbus, with the full unleash of two premier offerings - the fuel efficient 737-MAX and the elegant 787 Dreamliner.

A British court was far from convinced that Samsung's Galaxy product lines derived too much of their looks from the iPad and iPhone, as claimed by tech titan Apple, rejecting the latter's arguments that the South Korean company was deliberately capitalising on Apple's incredible success with its products.

Western Australia opened its first 24/7 post office in Perth on Tuesday in response to the growing demand for parcel delivery services from items ordered online.

FNArena has added another video to its Investors Education section on the website. This week, ATW's Jerry Simmons takes a new look at the EUR/USD, noting it has completed a five wave move, taking out a pivot low in the process.

A healthcare crisis looms over Australia in the next 10 years since a new survey released on Tuesday warned that half of nurses in the country plan to quit their jobs in that period.

HTC has just unveiled its HTC Desire C smartphone which is the company's entry-level smartphone with Android 4.0 ICS (Ice Cream Sandwich). In order to find out if HTC Desire C is one of the best Android-based smartphones in the market, it would be best to compare it with the latest offering from Samsung which is Samsung Galaxy S3.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao has warned that China faces serious "downward pressures" and added that China will have to adopt aggressive stimulus measures to achieve its 2012 growth target.

Rio Tinto (ASX: RIO) investors have joined the growing global trend against excessive executive bonuses and compensation. A new Rio director has started a comprehensive review of the miner's executive pay system and is likely targeting the firm's performance share plan (PSP).

News about Samsung and HP's plans of releasing Windows RT tablets are circulating the web. If this plan would push through, this would certainly have a great effect in the tablet market that is currently dominated by Apple and Google's Android.

Hundreds of Coles warehouse employees in Somerton, Melbourne went on strike on Monday over work conditions. The striking workers, who initially numbered 300, are protesting the unequal treatment compared to other Coles warehouse facilities from the firm that manages the warehouse.

By Greg PeelThe Dow closed down 36 points or 0.3% while the S&P lost 0.2% to 1352 and the Nasdaq fell 0.

In Tallinn, the capital of Estonia, the average price of dwellings was up 10.4% on the year ending in Q2 2011, to €1,033 per square metre (sq. m.) (up 4.9% inflation-adjusted), according to the Statistical Office of Estonia.

Canada's housing market remains strong, despite moderate economic growth in the first quarter of 2012. But the housing market is expected to slow during the rest of 2012.

Rumors about the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 is growing rapidly as reports are stating that it will be unveiled in August and would also get the latest Android update which is Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Apple has supposedly made new adjustments in the new iPad in order to address the growing overheating issue in their latest iPad model.

Samsung and Google got some legal breaks over the weekend following decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals in Washington to allow the temporary sales of the Galaxy Nexus smartphone.

LG Electronics believes that its edge on flat panel TV technology could soon make it the biggest global player and dominate a market that has been witnessing flagging sales over the past two years.

By Jeremy Wagner, Lead Trading Instructor, FXCMThe fact is that most traders, regardless of how intelligent and knowledgeable they may be about the markets, lose money.

It seems it takes a lot to excite investors in this current climate. Despite rate cuts overnight from both the European Central Bank and the People's Bank of China, investors sold out of equities today fearing the stimulus wouldn't be enough. There was also some trepidation and profit taking ahead of a key jobs report coming out of the US tonight.

The news about Apple launching an iPad Mini has intensified as other competitors in the tablet market have already unveiled their own tablet devices. Google Nexus 7 is the latest tablet offering from Google which can be a big competitor for Apple.

A new study revealed by NDP reveals that tablets would overtake PCs as the most popular mobile PC by the year 2016. In the research, NDP identify tablets as the "growth driver" for the mobile computer market.

Apple Inc. has recently been plagued with issues in their app store as Apple users are complaining that they have problems in updating their apps which causes most of the apps to crash.