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Korean-based Samsung, vying with Apple for leadership in the smartphone market, grew its brand value by +51% (compared to a weighted average of +7% growth in the Top 100 overall) to $21 billion. It moved up 25 places to no.30 in the eighth annual Millward Brown Optimor BrandZ Top 100 Most Valuable Global Brands ranking despite the value growth of technology brands remaining flat.

Read more: Samsung Gains on Apple in BrandZ top 100 ranking

ASUS has announced that the new Zenbook Infinity Ultrabook will debut at Computex 2013. Zenbook Infinity features a new design that fuses glass and aluminum for a slimer profile with improved resilience. 

Read more: ASUS Zenbook Infinity to Debut at Computex

DICE, a studio of EA has announced that the highly-anticipated action blockbuster Battlefield 4 will be available later this year for early-adopters of the next-generation hardware systems: Xbox One and the PS4. 

Read more: EA Announces Battlefield 4 For XBOX One & PS4

skobbler has marked a major milestone in digital mapping by bringing together hybrid online and offline worldwide maps and full turn-by-turn navigation in a single low-priced app for the first time, with the launch of GPS Navigation & Maps for Android.

Read more: skobbler launches GPS Navigation & Maps for Android

A new global report from McAfee reveals the price that Brits place on their digital assets, demonstrating the value that society now places in these intangible items.

Read more: McAfee reveals that Brits value their digital assets at nearly £15,000

Baidu, China’s largest search engine, has been confirmed to be working on their own form of smart glasses designed to “leverage Baidu’s strengths in image search and facial recognition.” Baidu’s smart glasses, or the ‘Baidu Eye’ as they are called internally, would consist of a small LCD screen tacked over one eye with a front facing camera, which will be attached to a slim headset. 

Read more: China's Search Engine Baidu is Making Smart Glasses

MSI is rolling out the AG2712 which is the world's first 27" Gaming All-in-One PC. The AG2712 features the Intel Core i7 quad core mobile processor and NVIDIA's top-of-the-line GeForce GTX 670MX discrete graphics card with up to 3GB GDDR5 in graphics memory. 

Read more: MSI launches world's first 27" Gaming All-in-One PC

Edifier, a designer and manufacturer of audio systems, has introduced the Predator. Predator is a 2.1 speaker system, uniquely designed with a sci-fi inspired appearance. 

Read more: Edifier Unveils Predator! Edgy 2.1 Speaker System

Motherboard and graphics card maker MSI has announced the new GTX 650 Ti BOOST Twin Frozr (MKT Name: N650 Ti TF 2GDC5/OC BE & N650 Ti TF 2GD5 BE) graphics card which is equipped with NVIDIA's latest GeForce GTX 650 Ti BOOST graphics, 2GB of GDDR5 high-speed memory and PCI Express Gen 3. 

Read more: New GTX 650 Ti BOOST Gaming Graphics Card from MSI

A new Monitoring system has been designed for parents and carers with hearing loss. The V120 from amplicomms will allow parents and carers to remove their hearing aids at night and know they will still be woken by noises during the night too.

Read more: New Baby Monitor for Deaf: The Watch & Care V120

ZTE’s UK value added distributor, Touchline Video has announced two new room based full HD video conferencing systems. The ZTE T700S 8MX-M and ZTE T800 12MX video conferencing systems provide high definition (HD) quality solutions for all levels of enterprise and small to medium sized businesses and both are available immediately.

Read more: Touchline Video Announces Two New ZTE HD Video Conferencing Systems

CADScan (http://cad-scan.co.uk) has announced that its new desktop 3D scanner, the CADScan 3D will be launched following a funding round on Kickstarter.

Read more: CADScan Launches Affordable Precision Desktop 3D Scanner

Buffalo Technology, a manufacturer of storage and wirelessnetworking solutions, has announced the launch of the world’s thinnest storage device, the MiniStation Slim. At just 8.8mm thick, 11.5cm long and 7.9cm wide, the MiniStation Slim is an ideal solution for on-the-go portable storage.

Read more: Buffalo launches world's thinnest portable storage device

We just wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from all the team at Crowdedbrain.co.uk. Touch wood Santa will bring you all the tech you want and you don't get too fat on all the mince pies :-)

Read more: Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year from Crowdedbrain.co.uk!

Another 20 London Underground stations have come online thanks to Virgin Media’s WiFi service on London Underground. The new stations, including Camden Town, Clapham Common Notting Hill Gate and Russell Square, bring the total number of WiFi enabled stations to 92 with a further 28 stations due to come online in early 2013*.

Read more: Virgin Media WiFi arrives at 20 more London Underground stations

Edifier, a designer and manufacturer of audio systems, has introduced the e10 Exclaim. A set of speakers designed to complement a computer system, television or mobile device.

Read more: Edifier Unveils Exclaim!