HTC’s new phone — the Omega — has turned up on website PocketNow flaunting what appears to be Windows Phone Mango and a front-facing camera for all kinds of Skype video calling fun. We heard earlier this week about the Omega and its massive 4.5-inch screen from a source at the company. The same source also gave word about HTC’s …

Steve Jobs has stepped down as CEO of Apple, but the results of our Facebook poll suggest there’s widespread confidence the company he founded 35 years ago will manage just fine without him. Yesterday we posed the question on our Facebook page, ‘Will Apple succeed without Steve Jobs at the helm?’ Of the 166 people who responded, 96 of you …

The Home Office has ditched plans to ban suspected rioters from social networks during times of unrest. Yesterday representatives from Facebook, Twitter and BlackBerry maker RIM met with the home secretary, Theresa May. The Guardian reports that the government wasn’t looking to restrict Internet services or close them down. The Home Office said: “The discussions looked at how law enforcement and the …