Retailer Best Buy has recently launched a pre-order system for Google's new updated Nexus 7 tablet. According to a report in The Verge, the Best Buy pre-orders for the new Nexus 7 were already in place even before the device's details could be officially disclosed by Google at a July 24 event.

Software giant and device maker Microsoft has recently launched a new ad to promote the $150 discount which it is offering on it 32GB entry-level Surface RT hybrid tablet/laptop that originally came with a price-tag of $499.

Confirming the rumors that LG Electronics is planning to strip away the `Optimus' moniker from the successor to its Optimus G handset, LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company's President and CEO Dr. Jong-seok Park has revealed that `Optimus' is being ditched from the company's premium branding, with the result that the eventual series of "premium" handsets will fall under the `G' branding.

In an official blog post published on Tuesday, software giant Microsoft urged the US attorney general, Eric Holder, to "personally take action" towards approving the sharing of more information on how the company handles customer data requests that it receives from the national security agencies.