Apple stops Samsung Tab 10.1 in Europe, now goes after Motorola's XOOM

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

After managing to stop the sale of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 in Australia early this month, Apple has put a kibosh on the Tab's sale in Europe when a European court has blocked the sale of Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 10.1 across the European Union, in every member state except the Netherlands. Now, Apple has sued Motorola Mobility for various alleged patent infringements present in their Motorola XOOM tablet.

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HP TouchPad now priced at $399 for 16GB/ $499 for 32GB

Those who have been pining for a chance to own HP's new webOS TouchPad can now get the 16GB variant of the device for $399 while the 32GB version sells for $499. If you're feeling lucky and a little bit patient, check out our contest for a chance to win a 16GB version of the TouchPad.

BlackBerry Bold 9900 on Rogers available today

Early reports tell us that the new OS 7 powered BlackBerry Bold 9900 smartphone on Rogers will start selling today in Canada. A few units appreared in stores as early as yesterday and some were sold already yesterday and unboxing videos have made it to the web.

Pricing is as follows No contract: $549.99, one-year contract: $499.99 two-year contract: $449.99,three-year contract: $249.99. What we're hearing is that Rogers isn't selling the devices for the no contract price (yet). TELUS, on the other hand, will make available the new Bold 9900 on August 12, Friday together with the Torch 9810. 

Breaking News: Apple is now World's Most Valuable Company

By Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

Apple Inc. has just surpassed Exxon Mobil Corp. to become the world's most valuable company. A result of the recent tumult in the financial markets with the value of oil fluctuating in the wake of the current economic tailspin.

The Cupertino Califronia based maker of Mac computers and iOS devices blazed past long standing oil behemoth by 1 billion dollars as of Tuesday afternoon.

Apple Inc.’s stock gained 3.2 per cent to $364.60 on Tuesday afternoon, Apple's market capitalization to about $338.0 billion, we learned from a report on the Toronto Star.

The Star explained that, Exxon Mobil Corp. shares, meanwhile, were trading at $69.45, down nearly 1 per cent. That gives the oil company a market cap of $337.7 billion.

Apple has enjoyed profit from strong sales of its iPhone and iPad devices as well as from its Mac notebooks and desktops.

Expected to release an updated version of the successful iPhone in September, this month also saw Apple release OS X Lion, the latest operating system and also become the world's number one smartphone vendor as it ousted long-time leader Nokia from the top spot.

Sources: TechCrunch

             Toronto Star

Update on Wednesday, August 10, 2011 at 7:58AM by Gadjo Cardenas Sevilla

That didn't last long, big oil took back the top spot a few hours later.