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Brandon Watson, the head of the Windows Phone Developer Experience at Microsoft, has announced he is leaving the company to join Amazon’s Kindle development team. Read more… . Read the rest at neowin.net. ...

Apple has removed a number of apps from its iOS app store that have names that are similar to well known apps such as Tiny Bird, Cut the Birds and Temple Jump. Read more… . Read the rest at neowin.net. ...

Apple has resumed selling iPhone 4S smartphones in China online, about a month after sales were halted in that country in part because of scalpers that rioted in one city. Read more… . Read the rest at neowin.net. ...

The Windows 8 Consumer Preview is not too far away and the retail release is expected later this year; this weekend we ask you what you think is a good price for Windows 8 when the time comes Read more… ...

According to data from research firm Net Applications, Google Chrome lost market share for the first time in two years, likely due to Google penalizing Chrome after a linking scandal last month. Read more… . Read the rest at neowin.net. ...

Here’s an excuse to get those photos on your cameras and phones to your computer: Dropbox is offering up to an extra 5 GB of storage by testing their new camera upload feature. Read more… . Read the rest at...

An Oshkosh, Wisconsin woman has been arrested and is now facing 31 felony charges. The woman allegedly sold fake stock options in Facebook to at least five different people. Read more… . Read the rest at neowin.net. ...

Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console is now officially the best selling game console worldwide in 2011, selling a total of 14.9 million units last year compared to PS3’s 14.1 million and Wii’s 10.33 million. Read more… . Read the rest at...

Microsoft has announced that it has added five more countries (Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Peru, and the Philippines) where apps can be sold via the Windows Phone Marketplace. Read more… . Read the rest at neowin.net. ...

Sony’s newly named CEO Kazuo Hirai admits in an interview that the company could get “in some serious trouble” if things don’t turn around for Sony and its operations Read more… . Read the rest at neowin.net. ...