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Apple, Facebook and other tech heavyweights have looked toward encryption in their fight against surveillance.

The phablet war has been taken a notch higher with the release of Mi Note, which has a larger screen and lighter handset than iPhone 6 Plus.

The next iPhone could be in for a big camera upgrade.

Looks like some people still have Blackberry devices. Samsung may be interested in buying the brand, according to inside sources.

Squeezed by Apple at the high-end and low-cost Chinese upstarts at the other, the Android market leader is hoping a product refresh will halt market-share losses sustained in 2014.

Xiaomi is expected to launch the new smartphone at a Jan. 15 event in Beijing.

Apple has alleged that Ericsson was demanding excessive royalties for its LTE wireless technology patents.

Samsung offers Android L, Google's latest operating system, with a touch of its own user interface.

After Facebook and Yahoo, India's attraction as an Internet and mobile phone market has caught Twitter's attention as well.

The new device is expected to help Samsung compete with local as well as Chinese rivals in India's booming smartphone market.

The iPhone-maker’s first smartwatch is customized with a companion iPhone app.

With the Samsung Galaxy S5 now updating to Android 5.0 Lollipop in the U.K., other major markets, including the U.S., may also soon receive the software.

Pure Android On the Samsung Galaxy S6? A source tells Business Korea that big changes to the Galaxy OS are in the works.

Cupertino is changing its refund policy for EU users that abuse the 14-day return process.

Jack Ma’s e-commerce giant is reportedly in talks to acquire a stake in Indian startup One97.

The domestic player is set to battle foreign rivals like Apple and Xiaomi for mobile dominance on the subcontinent.

Officials estimate the value of the 94 iPhones seized at the crossing from Hong Kong at more than $48,000.

The Samsung Galaxy S6 may include two models after all, one with a curved display.

Google's translation service is getting an upgrade to take on Skype's translation capabilities.

From fast-charging devices to software fixes, the smartphone industry is working on multiple ways to give you more juice.

The transport ministry cited passenger safety as the reason behind the ban, but some experts believe the taxi industry influenced the move.

Phones are some of the most germ-infested things we touch -- yet we don’t sanitize them like other dirty objects.

Already dominating much of the smartphone market, the chipmaker is now eyeing wearables, connected cars and other parts of the IOT.

The Chinese smartphone maker is using a range of buzzy marketing tactics, like flash sales and crowdsourcing, to get the jump on Chinese and Western rivals.

The record-breaking numbers are said to be fueled by the sale of the new iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus models in the holiday shopping season.

Some of the latest technology from Samsung, which recently teamed up with Marvel, will be featured in the upcoming "Avengers: Age of Ultron."

The manufacturer says it can offer all the bells and whistles of premium phones at about a third of the price.

Trouble in the brave new world of the smart home: It could be hacked.

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