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Aaron Johnson, a co-inventor of the Circuit Cutting Machine is launching Shotbox on Kickstarter. Shotbox is a handy tabletop photo studio that comes in the form of a box which lit its inside surface by the use of LED lights to achieve perfect shots with any type of cameras including smart phones and tablets.

Apple Inc (AAPL.O) forecast a strong holiday quarter after a better-than-expected 16 percent jump in iPhone sales, and the strongest growth in Mac computer shipments in years helped the company surpass Wall Street's targets.

Kuddle, a Norwegian picture sharing app designed for children, plans to launch a child safe tablet with Microsoft on Dec 1, and expects to sign funding deals with several venture capital firms within weeks, its chief executive said on Monday.

Airline passengers will be able to use smartphones and tablet computers throughout their entire flight, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) said on Friday, which could also pave the way for airlines to offer wireless communication services.

Microsoft would be introducing its second generation Surface tablets in a New York event on Monday, according to a report.

Android is king of the tablet market, according to data from Strategy Analytics.

The mobile device frontrunners are designing more devices with larger touchscreens.

E la Carte announced that it had raised US$13.5 million for the development of expansion of E la Carte's Presto.