Apple CEO Tim Cook met with a government official to discuss security during a four-day trip to China. James Martin/CNET Apple CEO Tim Cook said talks with a Chinese official about online security were “very open,” just days after a Web monitoring site claimed Apple’s iCloud service was hacked by people with ties to the …

The iPad Mini 3 got the teardown treatment. Not much has changed compared to the iPad Mini 2, according to iFixit. iFixit Apple’s iPad Mini 3, which hit store shelves this week, is so close in design and internal components to its predecessor that not much has changed in the eyes of gadget-repair site iFixit. Apple announced the iPad Mini …

Workers at a Foxconn factory assembling Apple products. Apple Foxconn, the major manufacturer that assembles computing devices for companies like Apple and Microsoft, is considering investing in a new factory, a report claims. Foxconn and Zhengzhou government officials in north central China are in preliminary talks over the possibility of investing in a major factory that would focus solely on …

The Huawei Ascend P7 is helping the company’s smartphone business grow. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Mobile-telecommunications company Huawei saw smartphone shipments jump considerably in the last quarter. Huawei’s worldwide smartphone shipments rose 26 percent year-over-year in the third quarter to land at 16.8 million units, the company confirmed to Reuters on Thursday. Huawei says that roughly 4 million of those smartphones were …

The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook is now available at Barnes & Noble stores. Barnes & Noble/Samsung The Samsung Galaxy Tab 4 Nook now has a larger screen size to go with the grand expanse of its name. The co-branded Android tablet now comes with a 10.1-inch screen option, following on from the 7-inch tablet that kicked off the collaboration …

Sony’s Xperia Z3 has won critical praise, but it ostensibly hasn’t helped boost Sony’s total sales. CNET Sony’s smartphone business has failed to live up to the company’s expectations, and now there’s speculation the situation could get even worse. The company will announce a cut to its annual smartphone shipment forecast on October 31 when it releases fiscal second-quarter earnings, …

Samsung is donating 3,000 of its Galaxy S3 Neo phones to the fight against Ebola. Samsung Samsung has offered hundreds of smartphones to some of the hardest-hit areas in West Africa to aid the fight against Ebola. The company announced Tuesday that it will donate 3,000 Galaxy S3 Neo smartphones. The devices will be channeled through the United Nations Office …

Android’s Google Play store. Google Google has launched a website called Switch that has one goal in mind: educate Apple iPhone and iPad users on how they can easily move their data to Android-based devices. Essentially a manual, it describes how owners of Apple devices, which run the iOS mobile operating system, can take photos and music and bring them …

Beats Music, now coming to you courtesy of Apple. Screenshot by CNET Apple’s Beats Music could be substantially cheaper, if Apple gets its way. The iPhone maker is sounding out the music labels on the possibility of offering its Beats Music streaming service for $5 per month, Recode is reporting, citing people who claim to have knowledge of its plans. …

Imports of Chinese telecom equipment into the EU are worth over 1 billion euros a year, according to the EU. JOHANNES EISELE/AFP/Getty Images The European Union and the Chinese government have settled a year-long dispute over the possibility of Chinese telecommunications companies receiving illegal subsidies to compete more effectively in Europe. The EU and China met at a regular Joint …