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No more Nexus 7, Google Nexus 8 coming in July with Android 4.5 OS   MORE: Google | Samsung Google  might put brakes on the Nexus 7 tablet from this year. The company is rumoured to be working on an 8-inch tablet as the successor to the successful Nexus 7 launched in 2013 and 2012. Now according to a report in the  Digitimes  which refer to sources in Taiwan, Google will team with Asus for the new Nexus tablet that will sport an 8-inch display screen (instead of 7 inch). The report based on sources related to supply chain makers says “Google has been developing an 8-inch tablet to avoid price competition in the 7-inch segment.” This tablet might come for a launch at the end of April with two million units for shipment in the initial phase. The report also lays out the reason for this move as not great sales performance of the Nexus 7 inch tablet in 29012 and 2013. The information can just be a rumour. We will however look at a...

Apple loses bid to ban Samsung devices in US: SAN JOSE:Samsung from selling 23 older-model smartphones and tablets that a jury found infringed on patents held by the maker of iPhones and iPads. A US judge has denied Apple's request to permanently ban Judge Lucy Koh said Apple Inc failed to prove that the South Korean company's patent infringement caused irreparable harm to Apple sales. The ruling came as the world's two biggest smartphone makers prepare to go to court again later this month - this time over Apple's allegations that Samsung's newest devices, such as its Galaxy S III, also copied Apple technology. The ruling stemmed from a 2012 verdict in which a jury agreed with Apple that Samsung had infringed touchscreen features. However, Koh on Thursday denied Apple's request for a permanent injunction to stop Samsung from selling the products, saying she was not convinced those features drove consumer demand. Apple has argued in courts, gov...