Today, RIM announced that it would be laying off 2000 workers, about 11% of its entire work force. Its latest products have been disasters and its stock is near its 52 week low.

Samsung may have beaten Apple in terms of smartphone sales last quarter according to a research report by Strategy Analytics. It sold up to 21 million smartphones compared to Apple’s 20.3 million iPhone sales.

Nokia for many years had been the world’s leading smartphone manufacture, but now Apple has surpassed them.

T-Mobile revealed a month ago that it had over one million iPhones running on its network.

Samsung is planning to launch the Galaxy S2 in the US market next month. It will likely be launched on all major carriers, just like the Samsung Galaxy S.

The variety of iPhone GPS apps normally confuses users about which apps to go for, because some of them might be useful and some are just crap. Here are my top 3 picks.

Let us take a quick look at Photovine, Google’s new photo sharing app for smartphones. The idea is to share photos with other people allowing them to add their own photos reflecting the same mood.

Have you just brought your shiny new iPhone and plugged it into your computer for the first time? Here is the list of top 5 apps which you should install first on your iPhone.

TiPB has discovered that in the third beta of iOS 5 a new featured has been activated

The Blackberry App World has hit the 1 billion app downloads milestone, but it isn’t time to rejoice. Apple and Google are way ahead with the App Store and Android Market boasting of 15 billion and 5 billion downloads respectively.

Apple still has the highest smartphone OEM marketshare in the US with the iPhone (26.6%). RIM comes a close second with 24.7%, while the Android trio – HTC, Motorola and Samsung – come next with close to a 30% combined share.

Today, Apple has released two new iPhone 4 commercials. One of the ads advertises AirPlay and the other FaceTime.

Apple is apparently working on a 3G version of the iPod Touch. It will be launched in September, according to rumors. It will be similar to the iPhone but won’t offer voice calling.

MyDrivers.com has published an image of an iPhone running on China Mobile’s 3G network. The English translation of their article can be read here

Today morning, space shuttle Atlantis took off from Kennedy Space Center in Florida on the final shuttle mission, STS-135. The launch marks the end of more than a 30-year Shuttle program to explore and learn more about our universe and the solar system.