While Amazon’s 5.0.3 software update for the Kindle Touch may seem relatively minor on the …

A new book is set to take a bite out of Apple, exposing the practices at the core of the iPhone and iPad outfit. Inside Apple: The Secrets Behind the Past and Future Success of Steve Jobs’s Iconic Brand promises unprecedented access to the world’s biggest technology company. The officially-sanctioned exposé is written by Fortune editor Adam Lashinsky, who managed …

BlackBerry bosses Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis are out in a shake-up to revitalise the ailing brand. The two chiefs of Research in Motion, the Canadian outfit that makes BlackBerry smart phones, are making way for a new head honcho after a tough year for the company. Laziridis and Balsillie will be replaced by current Chief Operating Officer Thorsten Heins, …