Anyone in the market for a smartphone these days will likely see the term 4G shoved in their face by the major carriers.

Facebook updated its status to “public company” on Friday.

The organizing committee for the 2012 Olympics in London have announced the release of two free applications for following the event, available for iOS and Android. One, released this past week, concerns organizing one’s arrival and stay in London and sharing the experience with friends. The second, which will allow fans to get sports events results live, should be available within the coming months

President Barack Obama said in an interview broadcast Tuesday that daughters Malia and Sasha can use their cell phones only on weekends, are banned from Facebook, can’t watch TV and are only allowed on the computer during the week when they have to do their homework. He also said he was “too long-winded” to use Twitter and that he likes to “tape” things on “this—what’s it called, DVR.”It’s almost enough for a national newsweekly to dub him “America’s First Amish President

From the moment that I found out my wife was pregnant with our first child, a son, I’ve thought of his development in terms of tech. When pregnancy sites described our six-week-old fetus as the size of a “lentil,” I referred to him as the length of an RFID chip. When the doctor said he had reached 1.3 pounds, I told all my friends that my son was the size of an iPad.

As expected, Flipboard for Android has been pulled off of the Samsung Galaxy S III and is now available for all to download. The popular social news magazine app was going to be an exclusive on Samsung’s flagship smartphone for an unspecified amount of time, however an XDA-Developers forum member was able to extract the APK file from the unreleased device. The app runs perfectly on the Galaxy Nexus, and reportedly works on older devices like the original Galaxy S and various Android tablets as well

Following the announcement of its next-generation flagship Galaxy S III smartphone, Samsung’s mobile boss JK Shin has revealed that the South Korea-based consumer electronics giant has its sights set sky high in 2012. According to Shin, Samsung is looking to sell 200 million smartphones this year, increasing its share of the global market to between 23% and 24%, up from 21.1% in 2011, MarketWatch reports. According to the latest numbers from market research firm Strategy Analytics, Samsung is well on its way to achieving the lofty goal; the firm estimates that Samsung sold 44.5 million smartphones into sales channels during the first quarter, pushing the company past Apple to become the No.1 vendor in the world. Shin also noted that the

The smartphone giant’s latest Android offering makes a splashy debut in London, boasting facial-recognition technology and Siri-like voice controls

Market research firm Ovum estimates that smartphone shipments will continue to grow and reach 1.7 billion units in 2017. The company cites increased demand from emerging markets, alongside the growth of Android, which will fuel ballooning handset shipments.

despite rumours to the contrary.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – Jurors began deliberating on Monday about whether Google Inc violated Oracle Corp’s copyright on parts of the Java programming language, part of a high stakes trial over smartphone technology with more than $1 billion in play. Oracle is suing Google in federal court, claiming the search engine giant’s Android mobile platform violated its patents and copyright to Java, and is seeking roughly $1 billion in copyright damages. Two years ago Oracle paid about $7

Samsung managed to top its pre-announced earnings when it reported results for the first calendar quarter of 2012 on Friday morning.

Morning Business Memo: Move over Apple.

Just in case wireless companies such as Verizon and Sprint forgot they were supposed to help customers avoid bill shock for going over their monthly plans, the the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) just gave them a big reminder.

Microsoft reported record revenues of $17.41 billion for the past quarter, but profits slipped 2.4% from the same period a year earlier, down from $5.23 billion to $5.11 billion.

JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Seven young men appeared in a South African court on Thursday to face charges of gang-raping a mentally handicapped teenage girl and recording the act on a cell-phone video that then went viral. The case touched a raw nerve in a country where an average of 181 people a day are raped or sexually assaulted.

TORONTO – A report out of New York says Research In Motion Ltd. (TSX:RIM) is seeking to hire a financial adviser to help the troubled BlackBerry-maker weigh its strategic options.

The HTC Titan II is HTC’s first LTE Windows Phone, and one of just two LTE Windows Phones currently on the market.