Move over, Kindle Fire - the world has a new cheapest tablet computer. India’s government has announced a new Android-powered tablet called Aakash priced at between $35 and $60 that could set a light under the booming country’s digital content market.

There’s no question that apps have become a global phenomenon in the mobile world—and who doesn’t want to catapult a cute red bird onto some logs to kill a pig? But not all apps are as wildly successful as Angry Birds. So just as importantly, when it comes to what…

Rumours persist that Google’s upcoming music play will be a $25-a-month locker offering streamed access to owned tracks including via Android. In the meantime, Google (NSDQ: GOOG) is taking its less ambitious, music search-and-access service - announced 12 months ago - to India.

The Federal Trade Commission is expected to make a decision as early as this week on whether to allow Google’s $750 million acquisition of AdMob, a source told mocoNews. And, according to All Things D, the two companies expect the FTC to block the acquisition because of antitrust concerns. The…

Google (NSDQ: GOOG) has agreed to acquire AdMob, a mobile ad network, for $750 million in stock. Release. At that jaw-dropping price, it marks Google’s third-largest acquisition after DoubleClick and YouTube and is a very solid exit for AdMob and its investors, which have pumped in $47 million into the…

Motorola’s biggest success to date was when it released the thinnest and sexiest device the world had seen. Since then, the handset-maker has struggled to produce anything like it. Yesterday, everyone was prepared to see Motorola’s latest form factor that would bring it back from the brink. Instead, what we…