According to a Google research, Canada's smartphone market increased. Canadians have been bitten by the smartphone bug, according to Google's latest report on smartphone ownership in the country.

HTC was considered as the "biggest victim" by an industry analysis from Citi. It is close to impossible for HTC to perform a comeback after losing horribly in the global smartphone race, according to analysts in the industry.

According to research, almost 64% of Australians owned a smartphone. According to new research on the Australian smartphone market, almost two thirds of the entire population of the continent owned a smartphone.

IBM cooperated on the SEC probe of its cloud revenue. IBM Corp. stated Wednesday that it was cooperating with US regulators on a probe of its cloud revenue.

Spotify's revenues in 2012 grew more than twice as much after expansion. Spotify's revenues in 2013 more than doubled to Eur435 million or US$577 million from last year.

Gimme Credit's analyst Dave Novosel downgrades Motorola's rating from "buy" to "sell."

Siemens will gain EUR400 million from selling stakes in Nokia Siemens Networks. Siemens's recent exit from its Nokia Siemens Networks stake will net the engineering group a total of EUR400 million or US$530 million, according to the company's chief executive Joe Kaeser.

The company's latest smartphone release failed in the market despite good reviews. Nokia recently released its latest offering with the Lumia 1020.

Microsoft and Steve Sinofsky's entered into a "non-disparage" agreement. Steeve Sinofsky, a former chief of Windows, entered into a "non-disparage" agreement with Microsoft.

Google's search results were scrutinized by EU antitrust regulators. Google's search result was scrutinized by EU antitrust regulators. A European Commission questionnaire asked Google's rivals if lower rankings had any effect with regard to the number of visitors to their sites.