Web analytics experts said Google outage for a few minutes resulted to a 40% slump in the global internet traffic and a loss of USD500,000.

Google was recently awarded the patent to utilize an eye-tracking technology that could establish a pay-per-gaze advertising system.

Reports said the recent changes to Gmail upset several retailers and marketers with already a 1% plunge in the number of opened emails.

Microsoft recently apologized for Outlook.com's outage which dragged on for around three days while Google's crashed services lasted for only a couple of minutes.

Samsung Electronics Co. would introduce a wristwatch-like gadget called Galaxy Gear on September 4, 2013.

Samsung’s smart wristwatch launch next month is expected to set off new battle following wrangles with Apple Inc over smartphones and tablets.

Shanghai Securities News said the Ministry of Public Security and a cabinet-level research center of China were preparing to investigate on EMC Corp, IBM Corp and Oracle Corp over security concerns.

Google blocked videos from playing on the Windows Phone YouTube app made by Microsoft. The videos from the YouTube app installed in every Windows Phone were blocked by Google for infringing the terms of use.

Gartner said during the second quarter, smartphones outsold feature phones for the first time. According to research firm Gartner, smartphones outsold feature phones during the second quarter for the first time.

A report from Digitimes said HTC would most likely "drift away" from Windows Phone so that it could focus on its Android smartphones.