Tajik Muslims to Ban Text Message Divorces

"Tajik religious authorities say divorce by text message will soon be banned, as they seek to stamp out the practice in the mainly Muslim Central Asian nation."

Lost in Translation? Comparing Smartphone Language Apps

"Thanks to advances in speech-recognition technology, several apps let you skip typing and instead dictate a sentence to have the translation spoken back to you immediately — or to the person you're talking to — in a natural human voice. And best of all, many are free."

Gartner: Apple to Top Tablet Market Through 2015

"Apple's iOS -- the operating system behind the iPad -- will remain the top platform in the tablet market through 2015, says tech analysts at Gartner."

More Pupils Are Learning Online, Fueling Debate on Quality

"Nationwide, an estimated 1.03 million students at the K-12 level took an online course in 2007-8, up 47 percent from two years earlier, according to the Sloan Consortium, an advocacy group for online education. About 200,000 students attend online schools full time, often charter schools that appeal to home-schooling families, according to another report."

Cameraphone Sales Seen Topping 1 Billion in 2011

"Sales of cameraphones will grow to more than 1 billion handsets this year, helped by fast growth at the high end of the market, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Thursday."

Study: Android Will Rule Half of Smartphone Market By Next Year

"Gartner predicts worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011 and Android will command 38.5% of the smartphone market. By 2012, that rate will increase to 49.9%, but it will drop slightly to 48.8% by 2015."

Why Cloud Storage is the Future of Music

"Amazon this week became the first big internet company to offer something called 'cloud music.' To the unfamiliar, that term may seem off-putting, like a new soft-rock genre that leans heavily on harp solos. But it's possible many of us will be using cloud music systems in the not-far-off future."