Ericsson Ericsson is suing Apple over “critical functions” in its devices. The legal actions, announced Friday, relate to Ericsson-owned patents. The company has filed two complaints with the US International Trade Commission and filed seven lawsuits in the US District Court for the Eastern District of Texas against the iPad and iPhone maker, alleging that …

Google has reversed its decision to ban explicit sexual content on Blogger. The tech giant said it decided to reverse the ban in light of feedback and concern related to the “retroactive enforcement of the new policy” that would impact bloggers who have held accounts for over 10 years, according to an update Friday by social product support manager Jessica …

Samsung’s Galaxy Note Edge includes an OLED display. CNET Samsung is planning to invest $3.6 billion in the manufacturing of organic light-emitting diode (OLED) panels. The South Korean electronics giant will make mainly medium and small OLED displays, a Samsung spokesman told Reuters on Tuesday. The $3.6 billion investment in the new product line will be made this year through …

Huawei no longer sees a profitable future in cheap phones. Sarah Tew / CNET Huawei plans to start focusing on high-end smartphones as competition from local rivals such as Xiaomi increases. According to the Wall Street Journal, the Chinese smartphone manufacturer is no longer convinced it can turn a decent profit with low-end smartphones. The blame can be placed at …

Daenerys Targaryen will be gracing Roku boxes. HBO A dispute between Roku and Comcast has led to a deal that will allow Comcast subscribers to stream content from HBO and Showtime via a Roku box — after being denied such a service for years. Most owners of a Roku streaming device have been able to subscribe to HBO Go and …

Sales of Amazon’s Fire Phone cooled down quickly. James Martin/CNET David Limp, Amazon’s senior vice president of devices, has acknowledged that the Fire smartphone didn’t match Amazon’s lofty ideas and says the price of the device was “wrong.” Last week, the online retail giant released third-quarter financial results which fell far short of expectations. The Seattle-based firm reported a net …

Samsung is hoping the Galaxy Note 4 smartphone/tablet hybrid will give the company the boost it needs. CNET Samsung President D.J. Lee said Wednesday that the company’s mobile business will recover quickly due to “its strong fundamentals and technological prowess.” The Galaxy Note 4 smartphone-tablet hybrid is showing strong preorder sales, Lee said at a press conference, Reuters reported. He …

NFC’s logo NFC Forum Apple has been working with Dutch chipmaker NXP Semiconductors to include pay-by-touch technology in the next iPhone, according to a report. The tech giant is planning to add secure near-field communications (NFC) technology to the new iPhone, which will allow users to pay for items by touch, the Financial Times reported Friday. Citing people familiar with …

Samsung Galaxy S5 may soon have some internal competition. Josh Miller/CNET The rumor mill has been working overtime about the next Samsung smartphone, and now it appears that a supplier in the UK has accidentally leaked the specifications and name of the new device. As spotted by The Inquirer, smartphone retailer Mobilefun is letting consumers preorder the device, dubbed the …

Jay Greene/CNET Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn, plans to buy a stake in Taiwanese mobile telecoms operator Asia Pacific Telecom in order to strengthen its position within the 4G telecoms industry. The manufacturer, which supplies Apple with components for its iPhone and iPad mobile devices, is planning to shake hands on a deal with Asia Pacific worth …