Philippines allows phone use on planesThe Philippines' civil aviation authority said Tuesday it would allow passengers to use mobile phones and laptops to make calls and access the Internet during flights.
Apple poised to ship iPhones to China Mobile: report China's biggest mobile carrier looks set to sell Apple's iPhone, hugely increasing the California-based company's distribution in the world's largest smartphone market.
Facebook to buy firm specializing in voice translation Facebook has agreed to acquire Mobile Technologies, a firm specializing in voice translation software, the two companies said Monday, without providing financial details of the transaction.
Mobile chip giant sees smartphone surprises ahead Leading mobile phone chip maker Qualcomm said Thursday that the next generation of smartphones will take another stride forward as the company reported robust quarterly earnings.
26 July 2013
Scientists power mobile phone using urine British scientists on Tuesday reported they had harnessed the power of urine and were able to charge a mobile phone with enough electricity to send texts and surf the internet.
17 July 2013
AT&T to buy carrier Leap Wireless AT&T announced plans Friday to buy mobile carrier Leap Wireless in a deal worth at least $4 billion, giving the telecom giant more spectrum and the Cricket prepaid phone franchise.
'Facebook phone' may ring true April 4 Facebook fueled fresh talk Friday about its own mobile phone after the leading social network scheduled a press announcement for next week.
31 March 2013
Mobile shines in exploding world of games The booming popularity of play on smartphones or tablet computers in a realm once dominated by videogame consoles was a hot theme at the major Game Developers Conference that ended here Friday.
US teens go mobile for Internet: survey Most American teenagers use their phones to access the Internet, with one-fourth of them going online mostly on their mobile device.
13 March 2013
Tablet advertising leaves smartphones in the dustMobile advertising is soaring and growing in sophistication, industry analysts say, but the money is pouring into tablets at a much faster rate than their smaller smartphone rivals.
Lightning-fast mobile hits speed bump in Europe Lightning-fast fourth generation mobile networks are spreading rapidly worldwide, led by the United States, Japan and South Korea, but Europe lags behind and its economic crisis could brake investment.
25 February 2013
Text messages help cholera fight in Mozambique As Mozambique struggles to recover from the worst flooding in more than a decade, aid agencies are pioneering the use of mobile phones to distribute aid and, they hope, cut the cost of logistics in disaster zones.