HTC enlist Robert Downey Jr. to take on Samsung and Apple

Taiwanese smartphone manufacturer HTC have enlisted the help of Hollywood A-lister and Iron Man actor Robert Downey Jr. to help advertise their latest campaign.

Apple lose another patent in Samsung battle

American tech giant Apple has lost another key patent battle with Korean Samsung as the row over smartphone technology rights continues.

Mozilla launch Firefox mobile OS to break Apple and Google stranglehold and entice coders

Not-for-profit group Mozilla are attempting to break the smartphone duopoly held by Apple's iOS and Google's Android with today's release of their own Firefox operating system

Myspace relaunches as a creative hub

Despite being sold by News Corp for a paltry $35m two years ago, (to Justin Timberlake and Specific Media) the original social networking phenomenon Myspace has relaunched.

Apple unveils iOS 7 in software overhaul

Tech giant Apple yesterday unveiled its latest operating system to much fanfare from more than 6,000 Apple developers at their Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco.

Apple and Yahoo teaming up against Google?

According to the Wall Street Journal, uber-tech giant Apple and flailing dot-com boom relic Yahoo are in talks to increase their current level of partnership in an effort to gain independence from joint rival Google.

Apple join Britain's growing list of US tax-avoiders

Software giant Apple is among several American multinational companies pinpointed by the Guardian newspaper as avoiding paying the full amount of tax. Despite generating more than $36 billion in overseas profit in 2012, Apple paid less than 2% tax on that figure.