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As guests show up equipped with iPhones, iPads and other devices, hotels are learning that they want to do anything but pay for in-room technology.

It started with one store at Tysons Corner Center in Virginia, just outside of Washington. Ten years and more than 300 stores later, it's become a retailing venture unique in the world of consumer electronics.

Apple has overtaken Google to become the world's most valuable brand with an estimated brand value of more than $153bn, according to new rankings published on Monday.

The first numbers are in, and it looks like the Galaxy S II is a sales success. Sammy has sold nothing less than 120,000 units the first three days!

A prototype flexible smart phone made of electronic paper has been created by Canadian researchers.

Microsoft said its Bing search engine and mapping service will be the default options for Research In Motion's BlackBerry devices.

Research In Motion shares were sharply lower Friday, after the company issued a steep first-quarter earnings warning late Thursday, heightening fears that the BlackBerry maker is buckling amid competition from Apple and Google.

Motorola Mobility this afternoon posted better-than-expected Q1 results. For the quarter, the company reported revenue of $3 billion and a non-GAAP loss of 8 cents a share; the Street had expected $2.84 billion and a loss of 12 cents a share. The company said it sold 9.3 million mobile devices in the quarter, including 4.1 million smart phones, and more than 250,000 tablets. Revenues were up 22% from a year ago.

Apparently, the iPad isn't the only tablet in town capable of selling out. While the Asus Eee Pad Transformer might not have the big-name appeal of its Apple rival, the $399 16GB Honeycomb tablet managed to sell out online at Best Buy's website in its first day on sale.

After a week of silence, Apple on Wednesday responded to widespread complaints about iPhones and iPads tracking their users' whereabouts by saying "the iPhone is not logging your location" and announcing an upcoming mobile software update.