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BlackBerry to soon roll out Messenger on Gingerbread Android

BlackBerry lost its smartphone market share owing to tough competition from rivals like Google, Apple and Samsung

FakeOff app to detect bogus Facebook accounts

Statistics show that at least 10% of about 1.35 billion Facebook users are not authentic

YahooXtra email accounts compromised following security breach

The report said that Telecom had outsourced its email service to Yahoo in 2007 and had considered dumping Yahoo as its email provider

Google announces $2.7mn bounty for hacking Chrome OS

Last year Google put $3.14159 million in the contest, but paid out just $40,000 to a prolific hacker who goes by "Pinkie Pie," the contest's sole participant

Ready for Assassin's Creed? Aye, aye, captain

Learning on the go with Duolingo

Smartphones sans big tags

We look at some smartphones that are loaded with useful features and give some punch, and at the same time go easy on your pocket

Gmail, Google+ services restored after brief worldwide outage

The widespread outage affected users in Europe, the US, Canada and India

App revenue in Asia increased by 162% in 2013

Google Play is said to have played a major role in increasing the revenue manifold in 2013

Google tops ten US tech firms in lobbying Washington

Google's lobbying costs looked to be trending upwards at the end of 2013, after a decrease in relative third quarter spending

Facebook rubbishes Princeton's Study claiming it will lose 80% users

Calling the report utter nonsense, a Facebook spokesperson said that report that Princeton put out is flawed throughout

Facebook could fade out like a disease: researchers

Facebook is expected to undergo rapid decline in the upcoming years, shrinking to 20% of its maximum size by Dec 2014

Motorola's Jha seeks to defy history

Google's budget smartphone Moto G may hit Indian shores in Feb

Moto G features a 4.5-inch HD display, quad-core speed and Android 4.3 Jellybean with a guaranteed upgrade

Mobile apps to generate over $77 bn in revenue by 2017: Gartner

Mobile apps have become the official channel to drive content and services to consumers

Sony launches VAIO Flip 'laptab'

It has a full high-definition (1080 pixels) touchscreen which comes with an onscreen keyboard

WhatsApp CEO says focus on messaging, not ad gimmicks

The app, which used to be paid, is now free to download and costs $0.99 every year to use after the first year

Windows XP's death to impact 95% of world's ATMs

Microsoft's 12-year-old Windows XP operating system is responsible for background powering of the software that facilitates money withdrawal

Nokia takes the phablet route

The Lumia 1520 has features to die for, but to be a proud possessor of the smartphone would mean burning a hole in your pocket

New Chinese OS to compete with Android, iOS

COS includes applicability to a wide range of computer-based hardware and not just smartphones