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Social networking giant Facebook is a company that has its fair number of offices considering the size to which it has grown over the years, and this time around, we have received news that it will be picking up an Israeli mobile technology startup – in addition to opening up its first office in Israel. Now, that would definitely be one of the more natural things for them to do instead of relocating the Israeli mobile technology startup elsewhere, right? In a statement that was issued today, Facebook claimed that they picked up Israeli mobile utility application developer Onavo in order to assist the social media giant in coming up with superior mobile products as well as to help connect more people worldwide to the Internet (and of course, to jump aboard the Facebook bandwagon).

The firm in question is Onavo, and to think that it was founded a mere three years back only to have it picked up by Facebook is definitely something to mull over in terms of its progress and capability. Onavo rolls out technology which compresses content in order for mobile users to be able to use more data. Interestingly enough, Onavo also has an office in California. Just how much did Facebook pay to take over Onavo? Israeli media reported a figure in the sum of more than $100 million, but Facebook declined to comment on the matter.

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According to unnamed sources, rumors are that Apple is not done with new product releases for the year. According to AllThngsD Apple is planning an invitation-only event, location still undisclosed, to unveil an 5th generation iPad on October 22nd.

Allegedly the new release will be an updated iPad mini with a slimmer design, improved camera and a faster chip with the 64-bit A7. It also would have retina display like its bigger sibling and rumors of the Touch ID fingerprint sensor which is not on any iPad but was introduced recently on the iPhone 5s.

Coinciding with this news Apple shares are up by 1%, or over $4 a share. Even though the iPad remains the top competitor in tablet market Apple has seen some hefty competition from Google and more recently Amazon with the Kindle Fire. The Apple stock is still far from the $702 peak in September, 2012.

ZTE, one of the smartphone manufacturers from China who are now starting to make its presence felt worldwide, has mentioned that they have plans to introduce a new flagship device for the masses later this November. This particular flagship smartphone will run on the Snapdragon 800 processor, and will obviously target the high end market. If the name Nubia sounds familiar to you, that is because right now, the ZTE Nubia Z5 and Nubia Z5 Mini have been released already, so it is not surprising to see them concentrate on the Nubia name to introduce a new flagship this November at best, and early December at worst.

Not only that, it does seem that the new flagship will continue from where the Nubia Z5 left off. So far, hints of the hardware specifications of this alleged upcoming Nubia flagship device include a Snapdragon 800 quad-core processor that will in all probability be the MSM8974AB model, in addition to improvements made to the camera as well as other user interface features. Will the upcoming flagship be able to take the title of the thinnest 5” Full HD smartphone when it arrives? Perhaps, considering how its predecessor did so in the past. Pricing details obviously remain to be known.

ZTE Nubia Flagship To Come With Snapdragon 800 Chipset In November original content from Ubergizmo.

Plenty has been said about GTA 5, the recently released title on current generation consoles that look set to sell like hot cakes and in the process, perhaps break some sales records or two? Well, one thing is for sure – the GTA game series is not a title that you would use to nanny younger children, which is good since I believe they would much rather want to catch ‘em all in Pokemon, too. Well, having said that, a trio of teenagers were arrested on suspicion of robbery, where the robbery saw the following items stolen – a watch, a mobile phone, and a copy of Grand Theft Auto 5.

These three males, aged 15, 16, and 18, happen to be in custody at a north London police station at the moment after a rather violent attack on Tuesday. The Metropolitan Police did mention in a statement that a 23-year-old man who was on his way home happened to be hit with a brick followed by by stabbed, before he was robbed and relieved of his possessions, the GTA 5 copy included. Is this a case of life imitating life? There is just something about GTA 5 that drives people to do some nutty stuff, including masquerading as cops to pick up a copy of GTA 5 early.

Violent GTA 5 Robbery Committed By 3 Young Men original content from Ubergizmo.

If you are still rocking out to your old faithful, the Sony PS3 after all these years, and have no intention of giving up on it anytime soon, then you would be pleased to hear that Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix has now arrived on the PS3. In order to “celebrate” the launch of the latest Kingdom Hearts game, there is a new launch trailer to accompany this “event” as you can see above.

What makes Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix so special? Well, this is the first time there is a Kingdom Hearts game that has arrived on the PS3 platform, and even better yet, this is a PS3 exclusive, which means you will not be able to find it anywhere else. Apart from that, another milestone that has been marked is the fact that a Kingdom Hearts PS3 dynamic theme has been created, and for those of you out there who have had the foresight to place a pre-order of the game would have been more than happy to be on the receiving end of this exclusive incentive.

Other than that, there are also a couple of two layered pre-order items, and they are the art book as well as the aforementioned PS3 dynamic theme! [Press Release]

Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5 Remix Hits The Sony PS3 Today original content from Ubergizmo.