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.

Hit or Miss? Brands celebrate arrival of Royal Baby with, er, unique designs

Below are a collection of designs, quickly unveiled over the last 24 hours, from a selection of well-known brands. Some possess understated wit, charm and panache. Others are toe-curlingly bad. Pick your way through this creative celebration of royal cuteness as brands piggyback and bandwagon their way through social media.

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

"Motorola - a Google company" new logo revealed

Google have at last unveiled the redesign of the Motorola brand following their $12.5bn acquisition in May last year.

The Pembury Tavern: Britain's first Bitcoin bar

A pub in Hackney has become a UK-first with the acceptance of virtual currency Bitcoin.

Logo Design and Copywriting: Mad Men debut new Sterling Cooper and Partners logo

In a fictional press release, American network AMC have unveiled the design for popular TV series Mad Men's newly-re-branded advertising agency.

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.

Tumblr's first designer resigns 11 days after Yahoo! buy-out

Tumblr's creative director and first-ever designer Jacob Bijani has announced his resignation less than two weeks after Yahoo's $1.1bn takeover.

Samsung Galaxy S4 design is 'like nothing you've ever seen before'

In the hyper-competitive arena of modern smartphones, design is everything. Samsung, who have positioned themselves nicely between Apple and HTC in the market, claim their Galaxy S4 model is a unique piece of innovation.

Elance 'Women in Technology' report reveals growth and success in US freelancing

American freelance network Elance has released a detailed report of it's female users and how they perceive their careers in the technology sector. Nearly 3,000 designers, programmers, analysts and more digital professionals responded to surveys on their working lives, geographic locations of placements and the benefits of digital freelancing. 

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.