Another smartphone just landed at the TechSpot labs: Samsung's mid-range Galaxy A5. The device is similar to the Galaxy Alpha we looked at last year but comes with a 64-bit capable Snapdragon 410 SoC inside the part-metal body. It's also super…

The Federal Communications Commission has revealed the winners of its latest wireless spectrum auction and as expected, AT&T was the biggest spender. Interestingly enough, it was Dish Network – not Verizon – that finished in second place in terms of money…

The discovery of Verizon’s “permacookies” caused an uproar among privacy advocates and average consumers alike that the company has simply been unable to ignore. As a result, Verizon will soon allow its customers to opt out of its controversial identifier-based tracking…

Last year saw over a billion Android-powered smartphones being shipped worldwide, up from nearly 800 million units in 2013, making Google's smartphone OS the first ever to cross the milestone in a single year, according to a report from market…

The Federal Communications Commission’s wireless spectrum auction has come to a close following 341 rounds of bidding. The FCC had hoped to raise $10.5 billion but the cost of supporting Americans’ smartphone habit drove bids far higher than anyone anticipated. …

In the fast-paced world of technology, things can change at the drop of a hat. Such appears to be the case with Qualcomm, a company that was cruising along in the smartphone industry until word got out that there might…

Led by blockbuster sales of the iPhone 6 and its larger sibling the iPhone 6 Plus, Apple tied with Samsung to become the world's largest smartphone vendor based on global shipments during the fourth quarter of 2014, according to the latest report…

A recently patched vulnerability in Blackphone allowed hackers to circumvent its security measures, more or less giving them free roam of the device. If you can’t trust a device whose sole purpose of existence is to be secure, what can…

Dell is using the Sundance Film Festival as the setting to unveil its latest creation, a refresh of its Precision M3800 notebook that Dell claims is the world’s thinnest and lightest true 15-inch mobile workstation. It’s also better than Apple’s…

Sony is planning to cut another 1,000 jobs in its money-losing smartphone division, which would mainly affect its workforce in China and Europe. The move is expected to be announced in the company's April-December earnings report, scheduled for February 4, according…

Apple has released iOS 8.1.3 which, among other things, addresses an issue related to the amount of free space needed on a device to install over-the-air updates.

Twitter has announced a pair of new features that’ll give the microblogging platform some much-needed core functionality in the face of stiff competition.

AT&T has agreed to buy Nextel Mexico for $1.875 billion from NII Holdings. The deal, which excludes Nextel Mexico’s outstanding debt (NII Holdings filed for bankruptcy in September), represents AT&T’s second such acquisition in three months. …

After last week's reports that Google had entered into an agreement with T-Mobile and Sprint to sell wireless service directly to consumers, it wasn't exactly clear why the company would strike deals with both carriers.The Wall Street Journal is now reporting that…

T-Mobile, the disruptive wireless carrier that famously did away with subsidies, is now bringing them back… sort of. On Monday, T-Mobile unveiled a new program called Score that promises members will never pay full price for a phone again. Here’s…

Qualcomm is expected to provide Samsung with an updated version of its Snapdragon 810 SoC in March, according to the Wall Street Journal. The news comes in the wake of a report that Samsung had decided not to use the chipset…

A report from Bloomberg a few days ago revealed that Samsung has allegedly decided to ditch Qualcomm's Snapdragon 810 processor for the Galaxy S6 due to overheating issues while testing it. According to their information, the Galaxy S6 will instead…

The issue most people have with the current crop of wearables is the fact that they aren’t perceived as being all that useful. Outside of a few niche exceptions, I think most would agree that today’s wearables don’t really meet a…

One of Microsoft's biggest flops over the past few years has been Windows RT, a specific version of Windows that was designed to run on ARM hardware, rather than the usual x86 hardware Windows had previously been built for. It…

For all of the information that Apple disclosed regarding Apple Watch last September, the company – outside of saying the device needs to be charged nightly – failed to delve into exactly what sort of battery life one can expect…

Earlier this week, the head of Deutsche Telekom – T-Mobile’s parent company – conceded that the disruptive provider’s Uncarrier strategy isn’t sustainable over the long run. Seemingly unfazed by the admission, T-Mobile’s outspoken chief John Legere on Thursday forged ahead,…

At a time when virtually everyone from the U.S. President to the general public are debating the issue of net neutrality, Canada-based Blackberry's CEO John Chen has come out calling for app neutrality -- making it mandatory for app developers to offer apps…

Twitter has launched a new feature that lets you catch up with tweets that you might have missed. Appropriately dubbed While you were away, the feature is currently rolling out to iOS users, and is expected to arrive on Android…

Last April, rumors surfaced that Google was interested in offering its own wireless service to customers living in areas serviced by Google Fiber. The search giant has since expanded and acted on those plans as it’s reportedly hammering out a…

FreedomPop has launched a new Wi-Fi plan that’ll offer subscribers unlimited access to nearly 10 million Wi-Fi hotspots across the country for just $5 per month. Getting people to pay for a service that can often be found free of…