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The University of Technology, Sydney (UTS) entered a deal agreeing to commercialise their intelligent robots to clean around Sydney

Windows-based PC sales continue to decline but Chromebooks are experiencing otherwise. For the last couple of months, shipments for Chromebooks have been increasing. Analysts expect the shipments to increase by as much as 200% to 300%. This trend now shifts the focus of companies. As Lenovo, HP, Acer and Samsung capitalize on launching Chromebooks, can Windows 8 devices survive?

The Amazon Kindle Fire is one of the tablets that reportedly will have a next-generation model, which is why tech experts recommend for people who are on tighter budget and want to take advantage of price cuts on 2012 models to consider this gadget.

It seems Android will be taking the market by storm. Several devices running on the Android OS will hit stores this week and the coming months. Namely, Sony just introduced the Sony Xperia Z LTE, LG will be unleashing the G@ and HTC One will be featuring pure Android or Sense.

U.S. carrier Verizon has scheduled an event on July 23, Tuesday, and hinted it would be the release date for three Motorola DROID phones.

The market previously only offered a limited number of tablet-sized smartphones. Gone are those days as companies like Asus and Sony reveal their plans about releasing phablets some time soon. Specifically, Sony will introduce Xperia Z Ultra whereas Asus will release the Fonepad Note FHD 6.

Sony refuses to play safe in the smartphone market. The Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, and the new Xperia Z Ultra boosted Sony’s position in the market emphasizing that the company is a formidable competition for leading phone manufacturers. With already three devices out, Sony is not stopping. The company wants to release another smartphone called the Sony i1.

The PC market has been in a slump for quite some time now and chipmakers especially Intel (INTC) is losing sales. Analysts expect Intel to post another declining sales record for the fourth consecutive quarter.

Sony's Xperia Z waterproof smartphone will soon hit stores through T-Mobile. As reviews for the Xperia Z offers positive response from the market, the question now is whether Sony’s Xperia Z waterproof line can compete with the likes of Samsung Galaxy S4?

Steve Jobs was a genius and the brain behind many breakthrough technologies, thus it's no surprise that the trailer of his biopic 'Jobs' is the world's first Instagram trailer. The 15-second trailer has scenes of Ashton Kutcher, who is playing the role of Steve Jobs, and Josh Gad as Steve Wozniak, the co-founder of Apple.

Consumers shouldn't assume that "baked" means freshly baked, according to Coles. The supermarket chain has defended the allegations made by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission that they have been misleading the public with "baked" bread labels.

Samsung is popular for releasing several variants of any smartphone offering they have. From the looks it, the company will continue to uphold this tradition. A recent leak indicates that the Korean tech giant is working on dual-SIM version of the Galaxy Mega 6.3.

Start-up companies and small businesses in Australia and New Zealand will have the opportunity to enter Facebook's small business accelerator program.

Since Google's coup with Woolworth's, the tech giant has added thousands of enterprise users in Australia. Among the companies that recently signed up for Google's corporate solutions are Woolworths majority-owned Australian Hospitality & Leisure and top women's fashion retailer Specialty Fashion Group.

Apple and Samsung relationship has been on the news for quite some time. Both companies claim the other violated legal provisions. As the tension continue to intensify, Apple started sourcing out to other parties for the components of their upcoming iPad mini 2 and iPad 5. Can Apple really ditch Samsung and produce their upcoming mobile devices successfully?

Apple promised they will probe into the death of a woman who supposedly died because of her iPhone 5. The woman died while she was charging her phone at home. Initial reports indicate death was due to electric shock.

Tech manufacturers like Acer are gearing up for the release of Google’s Nexus 7.2. The hype around the device reveals the increasing demand and shifting interest over tablets on the market. Acer is planning to take advantage of this increasing demand – the company plans to release a tablet running on Tegra 4 chipset.

Expect sales of the Ford Focus to zoom because the model just got a poster boy who has 1.2 billion followers. Pope Francis arrived on Monday at the papal summer residence Castel Gandolfo aboard a Ford Focus, which costs $16,000.

Is technology giant mending fences with its competitors after filing lawsuits against them left and right? It appears so based on two news reports that came out on Monday.

The phablet war is expected to further intensify in September amid reports that Taiwanese tech firm HTC will launch the One Max on the last month of the third quarter of 2013. The rumour came from Mobile Geeks, a German mobile site.

Asiana Airlines is thinking of suing a San Francisco-based television network over irresponsible racist report

Asus and Google team proved to be successful with the Nexus 7. The market is anticipating their next collaboration as Google is set to release the second Nexus 7. Reports say, it will be called Nexus 7.2.

Samsung seems intent on crushing every competitor out there. Apart from the company’s ongoing rivalry with Apple, it also now appears to be going out to challenge ASUS. Recent sighting of Samsung’s patent reveal the company is working on something similar to Asus Padfone.

That's the word from SRT president and CEO Ralph Gilles, who took to social media on the weekend to deny rumours that the 99-year-old car maker's days are numbered.

Razer Blade has been leading the pack for gaming computers. Their range of laptops has gained an excellent part of the market. The release of the latest 2013 Razer Blade signals another venture for the company. Their latest draws comparison to Apple’s Macbook Pro with Retina display. With the features almost similar to one another, will Razer Blade give Apple a run for its money?

Apple announced last month at the 2013 Worldwide Developers Conference its plans on releasing another Macbook Air. The popular thin and light notebook will be running on Intel Haswell offering people the promise that the latest Macbook Air will have a great internal upgrade.

Apple fans would have to wait for sometime before the Retina Display arrives on the iPad Mini 2. Several reports indicated the Retina would likely have a full launch by 2014, at the earliest.

Despite weak sales, Canadian phone maker BlackBerry is determined to regain its number one position in the mobile phone market by planning the release of a new flagship device by the second half of 2013. The A10, featuring a 5-inch Super AMOLED display, dual-core processor and a separate graphic processor, will roll out by fall.

David Jones is parting ways with ModelCo after over ten years of union. The high-end department store chain and the cosmetics company are cutting off their once lucrative relationship, with each claiming they dumped the other one.