Smartphones surging, Nokia to tumble: analysts

Growing demand for phones running on Google's Android platform will help the smartphone market grow in 2011, boosting companies like HTC and Samsung Electronics who are betting on the platform.

Camera phone sales seen topping 1 billion in 2011

Cameraphone

Sales of camera phones will grow to more than 1 billion handsets this year, helped by fast growth at the high end of the market, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Thursday.

Google intros Maps 5.3 for Android, displays your life in pie charts

Google intros Maps 5.3 for Android

Just as Google Maps 5.2 was getting used to life on your Android phone, it will soon find version 5.3 moving in to take its place -- now enabling Google Latitude fans to visualize their social habits in scrutinizing statistical form. Those who enjoy digging through Google's services might recognize this feature, noting visual data have been available on the Latitude website for some time.

Sony Ericsson launches New Xperia

Sony Ericsson Xperia

Sony Ericsson has announced the launch of its latest Xperia portfolio for India priced between Rs 32,000 and Rs 35,000. The new range includes Xperia arc, and the PlayStation certified gaming smartphone Xperia PLAY. The device integrates Android 2.3 Gingerbread platform, the camera technologies of Sony, and its own capabilities.

Beck Hansen

Beck Hansen

Beck Hansen (born Bek David Campbell; July 8, 1970) is an American musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist, known by the stage name Beck. With a pop art collage of musical styles, oblique and ironic lyrics, and postmodern arrangements incorporating samples, drum machines, live instrumentation and sound effects, Beck has been hailed by critics and the public throughout his musical career as being amongst the most creative and idiosyncratic musicians of 1990s and 2000s alternative rock.

Kelly Clarkson, the original American Idol, performs on 'The Ellen DeGeneres Show'

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson rocked out on stage Wednesday from Universal Studios Orlando in Florida for "The Ellen DeGeneres Show."
Clarkson, 28, performed a medley of some of her greatest hits, “Miss Independent,” “Walk Away,” and “Since U Been Gone.”
Kelly took advantage of being at Universal Studios and spent the whole day enjoying the attractions.
“We spent all day yesterday at Universal Studios in Orlando and had the time of our lives! Loved the rides, LOVED all the Harry Potter stuff (especially butterbeer:), loved being on the Ellen show, and our guides were fantastic! Seriously, can’t wait to go back!” Kelly wrote on Facebook.

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson's 'All I Ever Wanted' leaks early. Thanks, Apple?

Kelly Clarkson

Kelly Clarkson's "All I Ever Wanted" has hit the Web in advance of its March 10 release date, and the culprit? Apple's iTunes store, according to this report in Rolling Stone.

The website for the magazine notes that it was the Norway division of Apple's iTunes music service. An Apple spokesperson has yet to respond, but Rolling Stone provided this screen grab of the Norwegian iTunes store as proof, and reported that the file was encoded via iTunes.

Once serviced to retailers, keeping an album under wraps is a near impossibility. While "All I Ever Wanted" is not yet available to preview via any U.S. retailers or officially sanctioned sites, Rolling Stone notes that the Norwegian site was hosting 30-second audio clips when fans realized the album could be purchased.