Search giant Google buys German group buying site DailyDeal, to gain a group buying presence in Europe. FULL STORY >

Norwegian browser developer Opera Software acquires the American mobile app platform company Handster Inc, in order to strengthen its mobile store offering. FULL STORY >

A new regional lab for mobile technology entrepreneurs, application developers and innovators was recently inaugurated at The Innovation Hub, Pretoria. FULL STORY >

Research In Motion finally delivers a touch-and-type Bold smartphone with the Bold 9900. FULL STORY >

Canadian BlackBerry holding company Research In Motion delivers its fiscal results for its second quarter of 2012. FULL STORY >

Canon's lovely S95 gets even better, with a number of key improvements added on the new S100. FULL STORY >

This week in the Gaming News Round-up Activision unveils its plans for a special PlayStation Move bundle edition of its upcoming GoldenEye 007: Reloaded and the first official Max Payne 3 trailer is released. FULL STORY >

A new 1.5 GHz dual-core CPU-powered smartphone is added to HTC's smartphone line-up, offering longer battery life and Beats Audio to boot. FULL STORY >

Facebook has introduced a new Subscribe feature to further fine tune newsfeeds. FULL STORY >

Finnish phone firm Nokia reveals its Qt developed Nokia Car Mode app, with which it intends to bring the powerful and convenient capabilities of smartphones to cars. FULL STORY >

HTC brings excellent build quality and its sensible Android skin to the budget-level smartphone crowd with the Wildfire S. FULL STORY >

The world's first Bluetooth enabled, global, handheld satellite phone has been launched in South Africa. FULL STORY >

Norton by Symantec has announced two new developments, aimed at extending its online security offerings and delivering improved protection. FULL STORY >

Local gaming fans are all set to get easier access to peripherals linked to their favourite games, due to local distributor Esquire Technologies concluding a distribution deal with Razer USA. FULL STORY >

HP and Autonomy may be working on a super intelligent search engine that correlates and connects information from previously unsearchable sources. FULL STORY >