• Samsung's next big thing - born in the USA?

  By Martyn Williams | 14 June, 2013 22:44

  Could Samsung's "next big thing" come from the heart of the Big Apple or Silicon Valley?

• Local developer aims to bring mobile apps to Myanmar

  By Michael Kan | 14 June, 2013 13:46

  How do you build a blockbuster app in Myanmar, one of Asia's poorest countries? You go and ask a fortune teller for help, according to 25-year-old Htoo Myint Naung, a local developer.

• It's official: Google buys Waze with an eye toward enhancing Maps

  By Zach Miners | 11 June, 2013 16:38

  Google is buying the crowdsourced mapping app developer Waze, in a move geared toward adding more real-time navigation tools to its own Maps software, the company announced Tuesday.

• Waze could drive better social tools at Google, experts say

  By Zach Miners | 10 June, 2013 21:27

  Waze's crowdsourced traffic and navigation app is attractive to Google, which is said to be a serious suitor for the app, because of the wealth of mapping data it offers. But Waze's biggest draw may be social, some experts say.

• Google said to be close to buying Waze, developer of crowdsourced map app

  By Elizabeth Heichler | 09 June, 2013 22:29

  Google is close to a deal to acquire Waze, maker of the eponymous crowdsourced mapping app, for at least $1 billion, according to the Wall Street Journal and others.

• Control your TV with your smartphone, tablet

  By Nick Barber | 22 January, 2013 18:49

  Using your smartphone or tablet to control your Tivo box is easy and offers a lot of flexibility in recording shows and channel surfing.

• Google woos developers as software becomes more important

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 17 May, 2013 15:43

  Google did its best to court developers at this year's I/O conference with a much-needed integrated developer environment, API for better games and the ability to more easily translate apps. Their allegiance will become increasingly important as smartphone and tablet hardware sees fewer dramatic improvements.

• ARM's big.LITTLE processors and 1080p screens await smartphone buyers in 2013

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 10 December, 2012 20:51

  Smartphone vendors will rely on upgrades such as full-HD screens and more powerful yet more frugal processors to entice customers to buy new phones in 2013.

• RIM still has fans among developers and administrators

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 October, 2012 17:38

  Research In Motion continues to struggle as it works to finish the BlackBerry 10 operating system, but the audience at the London edition of the BlackBerry 10 Jam World Tour developer event still thinks the company can play an important role in the enterprise.

• Stupid mobile tricks: 7 stories of smartphone horror

  By JR Raphael | 06 August, 2010 07:52

  For a device with "smart" in its name, a smartphone sure can help you do a lot of stupid things. Whether it's racking up thousands of dollars in international roaming fees or encouraging dozens of eye rolls with your misrouted voice dialing -- I'm looking at you, guy who calls Ben O'Lynn in accounting every time he means to call Bennigan's for lunch -- our modern-day mobile devices provide plenty of opportunities for tech-tinged embarrassment.

• BlackBerry (Finally) Gets 'Official' Craigslist Mobile App

  By Al Sacco | 10 February, 2010 06:52

  BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has finally decided to give its blessing to the "official" craigslist mobile app for BlackBerry smartphones.

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