How much of an update the next iPhone will be? Shall we see some noticeably new features in the new iPhone 5 as a result from the longer wait? The answer of those questions we will have tomorrow morning, when Apple holds its "Let's Talk iPhone" event. The iPhone 4 was a big step up from the 3GS, which itself was basically the iPhone 3G with a better camera and speedier insides. The iPhone 4 also did the camera and speed tricks, while adding a considerably sharper screen.

Tim Cook finally gets his chance to stride out from under Steve Jobs' shadow, and he could not have picked a better time or device to mark his unofficial debut as Apple Inc's CEO. The latest generation of the iPhone -- still the smartphone industry's gold standard after four years -- is expected to see the light of day this Tuesday, just in time for the holidays.

Google learned from some of the largest customers that they have some specific needs that the current version of Google Analytics can't meet in their entirety. They're addressing these needs by announcing a new option built for Google's largest customers: Google Analytics Premium. Google developed Google Analytics Premium around these pillars: more data, advanced tools, dedicated support and guarantees.

Amazon announced its new tablet, the Kindle Fire. The Kindle Fire’s OS is a heavily modified Android, so it makes sense that the browser is also heavily modified. Packed in the Amazon Fire is a whole new web browser dubbed Silk.

Google celebrated its 13th birthday with a simple and classy main-page “Doodle”: A homey, scrapbooked image of the colorful logo surrounded by an uber-traditional setting of cake, presents and balloons. A landmark worthy of Hallmark. The literal “Google Image.”

Windows Phone 7.5 is now officially ready to get pushed to existing devices, and in a big way. Taking lessons Microsoft learned from the update debacle that was NoDo, the company's eager to do a much more efficient job of rolling out its latest revamp.

Apple will unveil the next incarnation of the iPhone on its corporate campus in Cupertino, California, instead of in San Francisco. Apple will debut its iPhone 5 on October 4, with new Chief Executive Tim Cook leading the show.

Long gone are the days when Adobe Systems could take its Flash Player's position on the Web for granted. But Adobe, to counter a strong combination of opposition and alternatives to the browser plug-in, plans to ship Flash Player 11 in two weeks.

Google made a flurry of announcements regarding Google+. The social network is now available to the public after spending several months in beta. Those who have never used Google+ have more reasons to try the service today because Google has updated both the Android application and Google+ on the web. All the features we’ll go over here are expected to be available to everyone worldwide by Wednesday.

Google made a flurry of announcements regarding Google+. The social network is now available to the public after spending several months in beta. Those who have never used Google+ have more reasons to try the service today because Google has updated both the Android application and Google+ on the web. All the features we’ll go over here are expected to be available to everyone worldwide by Wednesday.

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced Adobe Photoshop Elements 10 & Adobe Premiere Elements 10 bundle for Windows and Mac, the newest version of Adobe’s award-winning, No. 1 selling consumer photo- and video-editing software. This milestone release celebrates 10 years of bringing powerful, easy-to-use technology to consumers.

Developer framework Sencha released a major update to its platform last week that further enhances its HTML5 capabilities and provides easy wrappers to package Web applications into native form for Android and iOS. It is a bulky update to Sencha and is representative of how the tools of the mobile developer industry need to keep pace with innovation.

Nine months ago, Google launched the Chrome Web Store in the United States. Since then, the store has gained a lot of momentum and is now home to an ever increasing selection of apps, extensions and themes. Google is expanding and making the store available in 24 more countries: Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Hong Kong, India, Israel, Italy, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom.

Taking a well-targeted jab at Apple’s draconian iOS App Store, Microsoft has confirmed that the Windows Store, which comes with Windows 8, will as sensible, steadfast, dependable, and transparent as possible. There will be absolutely no capriciousness on behalf of Microsoft — every app will be equally and fairly considered — and the process for getting an app certified and listed in the Windows Store will be as painless as possible.

Windows 8 will have two versions of Internet Explorer 10: a conventional browser that lives on the legacy desktop, and a new Metro-style, touch-friendly browser that lives in the Metro world. The second of these, the Metro browser, will not support any plugins. Whether Flash, Silverlight, or some custom business app, sites that need plugins will only be accessible in the non-touch, desktop-based browser.

Facebook has just rolled out new features that both take inspiration from rival social networks and improve on them. The biggest changes come from the way in which we organize friends on Facebook and how we choose to get updates from the pages and people we find most interesting.

At its Build conference in Anaheim, Calif., Microsoft gave developers a deep dive into Windows 8, the company's upcoming operating system designed to run on desktops, notebooks, and touch-screen tablets. The key takeaway is the software itself, which developers get their hands on this evening.

Google hasn’t even revealed specific details on what its next version of Android, tastily named Ice Cream Sandwich, will do differently from previous versions. A new rumor has now surfaced that suggests the next version of Android after Ice Cream Sandwich may be called Jelly Bean.

Microsoft is holding an event for the developer community called BUILD. This is a big week for the company. Microsoft is excited to talk with developers about the future of Windows and other products and tools they’re working on.

Chrome is fast becoming the preferred gateway to all Google products in the cloud. Offline access to Gmail returned (Chrome only) — and now, further streamlining your access to the cloud, Chrome has added an auto-login option to its experimental about:flags page.

Adobe Flash Player 11 for desktops and Adobe AIR 3, both release candidates, are now available for download. The Flash Player update provides added stability and Adobe Air introduces enhanced features that provide developers a consistent and flexible development environment for the delivery of out-of-browser applications across devices and platforms.

Adobe Systems Incorporated announced that publishers will be able to use Adobe Digital Publishing Suite to create magazine and newspaper applications that appear in the Apple Newsstand section of the iTunes App Store and the Newsstand folder on the iPad.

Apple still hasn’t said anything about the official release date for iOS 5 and iCloud, but it looks like that date will be coming relatively soon. Apple has already begun training it’s store employees about said products.

A belated Spring cleaning hit several projects at Google. The search giant announced the closure of ten ventures that have been replaced by newer products or simply remained stagnant since launch. Google CEO Larry Page announced the end of many projects at Google as well as the closure of Aardvark, a start-up that Google acquired in 2010 that was experimenting with social search.

Apple released yet another beta version of its iOS 5 software to developers, the seventh time it's done so since offering a test version of the software in June. The new version of iOS brings an overhaul of the notifications system, alongside a new messaging platform called iMessage that lets iOS users text and chat with one another free of charge.

Microsoft is currently pushing out new announcements like crazy on the Building Windows 8 blog. The company will improve file management features like copying in the new operating system. Windows Explorer will receive a complete redesign and will ship with many changes when the Windows 8 operating system comes out.

Mozilla is expanding development of Firefox for Android with new efforts to improve its performance, lower its power consumption, adapt it for tablets--and keep the browser maker relevant in the hottest area of computing.