According to a Wall Street Journal report, Apple has written a letter to the European Telecommunications Standards Institute asking it to lay down some specific guidelines that would govern the manner in which patents are licensed by member companies.

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According to the latest statistics released by research firm Canalys, the 2011 fourth quarter witnessed Apple surpassing Hewlett-Packard (HP) to emerge at the top-notch position among the PC makers. However, the research firm's counting of PCs also included tablet computers.

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In an earlier this week announcement, Verizon had said that it will make the much-hyped Motorola Droid Razr Maxx available for purchase, both online as well as in Verizon stores, on January 26.

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On Thursday, popular social network Facebook commenced the rollout of its new “Listen With Friends” feature, which will give a notable boost to the Facebook users’ social experience of listening to music online.

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In an attempt to bring on increased consistency to its Android platform in order to enhance its overall usability, Google has introduced a new set of design and style guidelines for the latest Android OS iteration – the Android Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) version.

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In a Thursday statement, the world’s biggest contract electronics manufacturer Foxconn Technology said that its pay dispute with its employees at one of its central China plants has been resolved successfully and peacefully.

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Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) has requested the Japanese government to grant extra aid of 690 billion yen ($8.8 billion) so that it could cover compensation payments to victims of the Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster.

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Tokyo Electric Power Co. (Tepco) has said that increase in electricity bills has become indispensable to cover costs of switching to other sources of power.

Tepco, the leading power utility in Japan, faces huge compensation payments and clean up costs at Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, which was wrecked in March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

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The wireless patent scuffle between Motorola and Apple in Germany took a notable turn recently when a German court ruling went in favor of the Android smartphone manufacturer Motorola Mobility, which had claimed in its lawsuit that Apple had failed to license one of its wireless intellectual properties.

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As many as two hundred laid-off workers on Friday massed outside a Shanghai factory of a Singaporean electronics firm Hi-P International to protest the management's plan relocation and for mass layoffs.

Wearing blue-jackets, the workers were holding banners demanding management explanations and chanting slogans against the relocation plan.

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In a development that might prove to be a serious setback for electric vehicles, the Chevrolet Volt plug-in hybrid vehicle from General Motors Co. (GM) is being subject to a formal safety defect investigation because of two fire incidents resulting during crash tests.

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According to a new report in The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), Apple is making an investment, of an unspecified amount, at Sharp's manufacturing facilities in order that the Japanese company may ramp up the production of LCD panels for the next iPad iteration --- the iPad 3.

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With the rising Singapore dollar having resulted in lower contributions from the overseas associates, SingTel - the biggest telecom firm in South-east Asia - recently reported its sixth straight plunge in year-over-year quarterly profit.

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In a decision that marks a fresh rescue plan for Saab Automobile AB, two Chinese automakers - Pang Da Automobile Trade Co and Zhejiang Youngman Lotus Automobile Co - have agreed to purchase all the shares of the troubled Swedish group.

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A regulatory filing by Groupon on Friday showed that 30 million shares of Class A common stock of the `daily deals' website is being offered at between $16 and $18 each; with the company now looking at raising $540 million in its initial public offering (IPO) in the US.

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