Mobile & Wireless

Android is on course to break one billion users across all devices this year, up 26 percent on 2013, according to a report from research firm Gartner. The Google-owned platform passed one billion activations in September, but Gartner says it will surpass the milestone based on active device owners over the next 12 months. A Continue Reading →

Apple has announced that customers of its App Store spent more than $1 billion in December alone, and more than $10 billion across the whole of 2013. The company announced the mammoth figures today, noting that it means iOS developers have now earned more than $15 billion through the App Store. These figures were obviously Continue Reading →

Samsung on Monday announced a number of new tablets from its CES 2014 press conference that leaked earlier in the day, and the Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 was among them. While the world waits to see what Apple has in store with its rumored gigantic 12- or 13-inch iPad that will supposedly debut later this Continue Reading →

Smartwatch pioneer Pebble is introducing something everyone has been waiting for at CES this year: new hardware. But the hardware isn’t so new that it throws the baby out with the bath water – any software developed for the current Pebble will work with the new one, and vice versa. And there’s something new for Continue Reading →

Intel has its own digital assistant, and it lives right inside of an earpiece. On stage at CES on Monday, Intel unveiled Jarvis, an oddly shaped Bluetooth headset that wraps around the back of its wearer’s ear. By pairing it with an Android smartphone app, Jarvis is able to remotely interact with the phone, getting Continue Reading →

On Friday, Twitter’s Vine has announced full web profiles for all of its users, something it has lacked until this point. It has also introduced a new TV Mode that lets you watch videos in full screen on your computer. You can view videos, browse users’ back catalogue and interact with them on the web. Continue Reading →

It’s official: T-Mobile has gotten under AT&T’s skin. AT&T announced on Friday that it will offer T-Mobile customers up to $450 per line when they switch to AT&T, a stunning preemptive strike that’s being done in response to a rumor that T-Mobile plans to pay off subscribers’ early termination fees when they switch from another Continue Reading →

Verizon’s NFL Mobile customers will be able to stream every playoff game this year for the first time ever, via the NFL Mobile app. NBC, FOX, and CBS games will all be available for live streaming, which includes all Wild Card Playoff games (January 4-5), Divisional Playoff games (January 11-12), Conference Championship games (January 19), the Continue Reading →

A six-year old girl named Sophia Liu was tragically killed Wednesday night when an SUV driver confirmed to be an Uber-contracted driver struck her in a San Francisco crosswalk. Uber has essentially denied liability, noting in a statement that “this tragedy did not involve a vehicle or provider doing a trip on the Uber system”. Continue Reading →

BlackBerry on Friday announced it has filed a lawsuit in the Northern District of California against Typo, the maker of an iPhone keyboard case designed to slip onto Apple’s phones. The Canadian company argues the accessory violates its intellectual property rights, which it will protect from copying and infringement. “This is a blatant infringement against Continue Reading →