The findings of a study carried out by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), to survey the cellphone and texting habits of motorists, have revealed that even though the use of mobile phones while driving has been banned by many US jurisdictions, over two-thirds of the US motorists still follow the practice.

During the course of a recent interview with French magazine Les Echos, Chinese device-maker Lenovo's CEO Yang Yuanqing revived the speculations about his company's possible acquisition of Canada-based smartphone giant BlackBerry.

According to reports, Google Australia head Nick Leeder is will soon depart Google's Australian and New Zealand operations; and will move to France to run the Internet search giant's operations in that country.

According to a recent revelation by the French National Commission for Computing and Civil Liberties (CNIL), European data protection officials will summon Internet search giant's representatives over concerns about the company's controversial user data-collection mechanism.