Firefox focuses on new smartphone users in Latin America, Eastern Europe

May 28, 2013
Mozilla plans to offer its own operating system for smartphones, but not in Western Europe, the U.S, or China. Instead, the company will focus on countries in Latin America and Eastern Europe.

A new Xbox, and the future of unbreakable screens

May 21, 2013
The company LG says it's going to show off a flexible 5-inch screen this week which could soon be a normal part of our phones and tablets. And Microsoft is revealing its latest Xbox gaming console today.

Smartphone wars: Two is company, but Microsoft, Apple, and Google is a crowd

May 20, 2013
Windows phone beats out BlackBerry, iPhones shipments fall, while Android nearly doubles. Who will be the winners and losers in the new smartphone world order?

Pour la culture: France mulls taxing the tablet

May 14, 2013
France's newest contribution to culture? A proposed tax on mobile phones.

Samsung says it's made a 5G breakthrough

May 13, 2013
The mobile giant says a 5G network could be available by the end of the decade.

Intel CTO Justin Rattner on the future of tech

May 9, 2013
Consumers should expect wearable computers among other new products from the world's largest chip maker.

Media's mobile future makes room for long-form journalism

May 8, 2013
The media landscape is rapidly changing. Kara Swisher, co-exectuive editor AllThingsD, says any news outlet that wants a future must go mobile in every way.

For public good, not for profit.

Microsoft stock is up, but Windows is 'Blue'

May 7, 2013
Is Windows Blue an admission of failure or just an evolution for the new Windows 8 operating system?

Emergencies? There's an app for that

Apr 30, 2013
A new market is emerging for apps that can connect people to emergency services and family members during a crisis.
East Village residents sit on corner of Avenue C that gets cellphone reception and make calls November 1, 2012 as New Yorkers cope with the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy.
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Chat apps overtake traditional SMS texting

Apr 29, 2013
Chat apps -- like WhatsApp and Apple’s iMessage -- are now more popular than SMS, a service that has been around for decades.