AT&T is rolling out a new rollover plan for data, as it once did for minutes. Wireless carriers in the US are on a roll — or more precisely, a rollover. In December, T-Mobile unveiled a program called Data Stash that lets customers carry unused mobile data from one month into the following months. And …

HTC’s One M8 handset. CNET Mobile handset maker HTC had a strong end to 2014, helping the company post its first year-over-year gain since 2011. During the fourth quarter of the year, HTC’s revenue hit NT$47.9 billion (about $1.5 billion), topping the NT$42.9 billion the company posted during the same period last year, HTC announced on Tuesday. The year-over-year revenue …

China Premier Li Keqiang celebrates with the WeBank team on Monday. China government photo China’s Internet holding company Tencent has launched China’s first private bank — and it happens to be an entirely online operation. Dubbed WeBank, the Internet-based bank officially opened its digital doors on Monday in a ceremony attended by Premier Li Keqiang. WeBank is notable for being …

Uber has been warned to slam on the brakes in Korea. Uber The city government in South Korea’s capital is reportedly willing to give hundreds of dollars to anyone who will give up Uber drivers operating illegally within the city limits. The Seoul government will give anyone who reports a case of an unlicensed driver carrying paying customers up to …

A look at the Firefox OS-based KDDI Fx0, built by LG. KDDI Firefox OS, Mozilla’s mobile operating system that runs Web-based apps, is headed to Japan. Mozilla, best known for its Firefox Web browser, has partnered with Japanese carrier KDDI to launch the Firefox OS-based Fx0 phone in Japan, the companies announced on Tuesday. The handset will go on sale …

Alibaba Group is working hard at removing counterfeit goods from its e-commerce sites. SingPost/Alibaba Over the last two years, China-based e-commerce giant Alibaba Group has spent well over $100 million ridding its listings of counterfeit items. Between January 2013 and November 2014, Alibaba spent 1 billion yuan (about $161 million) removing counterfeit items from the company’s e-commerce listings, the China-based …

The Confide app in action. Confide A startup is eyeing Hollywood in the wake of the Sony Pictures hack by offering a messaging app that never reveals the full text and then automatically destroys the conversation after it’s read. The app maker, Confide, launched an ad campaign on Tuesday, offering the business version of its self-destruct tool to entertainment studios, …

Android One smartphones will start showing up in Nepal, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh soon. Google Android One, the Google-developed platform designed to bring its mobile operating system to developing countries around the world, is expanding outside of India, the company announced Monday. At some point in the next several weeks — Google didn’t provide an exact date — Android One …

As Uber’s popularity has grown, so have its legal issues. Uber Ride-hailing service Uber can’t seem to catch a break, as more new complaints against the company have cropped up. Authorities in Taiwan and in the China mega-city Chongqing have taken aim at Uber this week, arguing that the company is operating its service illegally. Taiwan’s Transport Ministry said Monday …

Many celebrities have fewer followers today on Instagram. Instagram A purge of fake users of photo-sharing service Instagram has shed light on which celebrities were really popular on the site. Earlier this week, Instagram started removing what it called spam and fake accounts from its service, leaving some of the most popular people on the service — including big-time celebrities …