Kindle Fire to outsell iPad?

It looks like Apple's iPad finally has some serious competition on its hands, reveals Digital Trends.

According to the results of a recent survey by consumer electronics shopping and review site Retrevo, shoppers in the US interested in buying an iPad this holiday season are outnumbered by more than three times by those interested in Amazon's Kindle Fire - and it's not even on the shelves yet.

Of those considering purchasing a tablet, 44% said they would take a look at Amazon's Kindle Fire, while only 12% said they would definitely get an iPad.

Ahead of its original estimate, Apple released iOS 5.0.1 to users yesterday, writes Cnet.

It's the first update to the latest version of its mobile operating system, and one that promises to fix bugs that gave users poor battery life on their devices.

The update comes a little more than a week after Apple first acknowledged that some users were, in fact, running into problems with battery life after upgrading to the newer version of iOS.

Prime minister David Cameron has pledged support for Tech City as the East London project celebrates its first anniversary, says ZDNet.

Cameron said the government was “looking at new ways [to] protect intellectual property” as part of efforts to promote entrepreneurs. Cameron spoke at an event at Tech City yesterday that was closed to the press.

“One year ago, we made a major commitment to helping the tech cluster in East London grow,” Cameron said in a statement.

Zynga CEO Mark Pincus is pushing some of the online game company's early employees to give back stock they own ahead of the company's initial public offering of stock, according to a published report yesterday, reveals the Associated Press.

The Wall Street Journal said Pincus, who gave out stock freely to keep top talent early on, developed “giver's remorse”.

That's because some of the early employees didn't contribute as much to the company as those hired later. But because they got in early, they got more shares.