TECHNOLOGY

In between refining Yahoo!'s vision and turning around the firm, new company Chief Executive Officer Marissa Mayer would also need to take a maternity leave a few weeks in October,

The new rumour surrounding Apple’s iPhone 5 is it will be the thinnest iPhone yet.

The latest Android version from Google which is Android 4.1 Jelly Bean was first revealed during the Google I/O conference. This new Android version is said to be a "step up" from Android ICS and would bring about new and improved features.

A new report done by World Bank and infoDev revealed that 75 per cent of the world's population are using mobile phones and have mobile access. This means that mobile communications is now entering a new and bigger level.

Google has just unveiled the latest Android version which is Android 4.1 Jelly Bean which would bring about new and improved features. Aside from improved features, Googel also assures users that the Android Jelly Bean is the most secure version of Android they ever released.

More than 3,000 languages currently in use around the world are projected to vanish before the turn of the century, a spectre that Google said its aims to prevent from happening by launching its new culture-protection project.

Microsoft has just released the beta version of MS Office 2013 and the new version has incorporated new features which makes it using it as a "brand new experience". The new features for MS Office 15 goes hand-in-hand with the newest OS from Microsoft which is Windows 8.

Korean top tech companies Samsung and LG will expect to battle head on with their rumored smartphones Samsung Galaxy Note 2 and LG Optimus Vu 2.

Shell is about to begin exploratory operations in its first offshore drilling in the Arctic in two decades. The oil company, which has drawn a lot of flak for its drilling pursuits, has been spoofed by Greenpeace. But Shell has decided against taking a legal action against the environmentalist group.

Yahoo recently appointed Marissa Mayer, a former key employee of Google, as its new Chief Executive. This appointment for Marissa Mayer would be a big challenge for Mayer-both professionally and personally.

Global tech retailers sell their products in Australia with unjustifiable higher price tags when compared to other key markets, according to consumer advocate group Choice.

Recently, Apple removed its products from the EPEAT rating system (Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool), a move which baffled consumers and 'tech industry' insiders alike. A total of 39 products were removed from the listing which included already certified desktop computers, monitors and laptops, MacBooks Air and Pro - and then Apple made a U-turn.

Qantas Airways is set to become an Apple world, in large part, as the national carrier disclosed plans to replace the mobile handsets that were being used by company employees with iPhones, which emerged as the preferred smartphone in a recent Qantas internal survey.

People who are always experiencing a "no reception" problem when riding the Sydney train could now rejoice as network companies are now providing full high-speed 3G mobile broadband reception.

The beta version of the newest MS Office which is MS Office 15 has been released today. In this new version, additional and more improved features has been incorporated in order to make MS Office updated with today's growing market.

Good news for people who are tired of the usual black and white staple colors of smartphones. Samsung Galaxy S3 is rumored to release a wide array of colors of the handset that consumers can choose from

Billabong, a popular Australian clothing retailer, was a recent victim of online hacking wherein 35,000 of Billabong username and passwords were exposed online. Despite the hacking being exposed last week, the hacked usernames and passwords are still visibile online.

Samsung widened the gap against its rival company Apple on the second quarter of the fiscal year due to the release of Samsung Galaxy S3. However, Apple is not affected by the lead.

Online job trends now favor what the technology landscape dictates, according to the latest Freelancer.com data collating some 190,000 jobs posted on its site creating some 2.3 million projects in the first six months of 2012.

They're selling like hotcakes, media reports said, as U.S. retailers, both online and physical stores, reported running out of stocks for the newly-shipped Google Nexus 7, indicating a rousing reception for the mini-tablet.

Skype, the popular online calling service recently identified a "message privacy bug" in their system thus causing Skype users to raise privacy and security issues with its services.

Yahoo is betting its fortunes on the proven talent of a former Google executive, Marissa Mayer, who for more than a decade has steered the internet giant's search division into the most successful web-based business in the world.

Microsoft Office is finally getting a much needed upgrade with its newest version which is MS Office 15.

Apple's iPhone has been one of the top selling Apple devices in the world. The latest iPhone model which is iPhone 4S is one of the top-selling smartphones in the world. Recently, there are numerous reports stating that Apple is slated to release a new iPhone model which iPhone 5.

Google has just revealed their newest Android OS which is Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Samsung Galaxy Note wowed many fashion editors, bloggers and stylists naming the device as “the ultimate fashion tool.”

Microsoft has just unveiled its latest OS which is Windows 8. Windows 8 is set to officially arrive in the market by October, 2012 and experts are predicting that this would help the growth of the PC industry.

Chinese tech firms are on the roll as Lenovo is set to take the top spot in the personal computer market by the year-end, reports said, likely toppling perennial leader Hewlett-Packard (HP).

The newest OS version from Apple which is iOS 6 is set to bring about new and additional features for different Apple devices. A preview of these new features were already showcased during the WWDC 2012.