Amazon could be planning to acquire a mobile processor business, a new report claims. Texas Instruments and Amazon are currently engaged in “advanced talks” over the possibility of the Kindle maker acquiring Texas Instruments’ mobile chip business, Israel-based news outlet Calcalist is reporting today (translate), citing sources. The news outlet didn’t say how much Amazon …

LG’s Nexus 4 might just be the worst-kept secret in the technology world. Jason Parks, a Texas-based software engineer who works for Google, published photos on his Google+ page over the weekend of his son sleeping. Although that might seem innocuous enough, after users clicked the “Photo details” link to the side of the images, EXIF data contained in that …

Last update: 8:20 a.m. PT Sprint Nextel has confirmed that it’s holding discussions with Softbank regarding a “substantial investment” by the Japanese mobile carrier. The confirmation came several hours after a report in the Wall Street Journal said, citing sources, that Softbank is in advanced talks to acquire the U.S.-based carrier for $12.8 billion. Beyond that, details are slim, and …

A Web site in Belarus has posted images of what it claims is the upcoming LG Nexus 4. The site, Onliner (translate), today said it has obtained an LG Nexus 4 unit and released several pictures to prove it. The image appears to show a device that looks similar to the LG Optimus G, but not exactly the same. According …

Apple’s iPad is now home to a Groupon application designed for restaurants. Dubbed Breadcrumb, the application is meant to include everything a restaurant would need to handle transactions. The application includes menus, allowing servers to input a person’s order and send it off to the kitchen. In addition, restaurant owners will be able to manage their tables to see what’s …

Now playing: Watch this: Lawmakers telling US companies not to buy from Huawei… 5:26 Huawei and ZTE, two of China’s largest and most successful mobile companies, are once again under fire in the U.S. Over the last couple of days, the U.S. House of Representatives Intelligence Committee has received “dozens and dozens” of calls complaining about Huawei and ZTE, Reuters …

A new mobile application centering on President Barack Obama and his daily activities has launched. But it hasn’t launched where you might expect. The U.S. Government Printing Office and the National Archives’ Office of the Federal Register announced today that they have launched the Presidential Documents app (PDF). The program comes with access to all of the president’s executive orders, …

Vringo, a company that offers ringtones, but has increasingly relied on licensing its patent portfolio, is the latest to take aim at ZTE. The company announced today that it has filed a lawsuit against the Chinese telecommunications equipment company, saying that it has violated three of its patents. According to the lawsuit, which was filed in the U.K. High Court …

Sprint customers will now be able to have their own vanity numbers. The mobile carrier has announced a partnership with Zoove that will now allow its customers to have their own StarStar numbers. According to Sprint, customers can choose their names, personal handles, or other tags, and set them as their StarStar Me numbers. StarStar is run by Zoove, which …

Huawei, the embattled Chinese mobile company looking to expand its footprint internationally, is now eyeing an initial public offering, according to a new report. Huawei has contacted investment banks to learn more about the process that would eventually take its shares public, The Wall Street Journal is reporting today, citing sources. The company isn’t sure yet where it might list …