Nokia Lumia 1520 Josh Miller/CNET Nokia will end production at its last remaining smartphone plant on November 1, the company has confirmed. The Chennai, India, plant will officially halt operations next month after Microsoft informed Nokia that it will no longer use the facility for its smartphone production, the Finland-based company said Wednesday. “Microsoft has …

Nokia Here Nokia Nokia’s Here maps and navigation app is now available on Samsung devices. Nokia announced the expansion Wednesday, saying that, for now, the app is in beta and exclusively for Samsung devices — not all Android-based device. It can be found in Samsung’s application marketplace. Nokia Here was once part of the broader Nokia. However, when Microsoft acquired …

Approximately 1,600 AT&T customers were affected by the data breach. AT&T/CNET AT&T has fallen victim to a data breach after an employee allegedly broke the company’s privacy policy, AT&T confirmed to CNET. AT&T has started to send out letters to Vermont-based customers informing them of the data breach, a letter posted to the Vermont government’s website indicates. The letter claims …

Google and HTC will go bigger than this with the Nexus 9. CNET HTC’s long-rumored Nexus 9 has allegedly been pictured in a Twitter leak. Upleaks, a relatively new entrant into the mobile-image-leaking niche, has posted photos of what is apparently the upcoming Nexus 9. The rear of the device is featured in the image and includes both an HTC …

Redbox Instant failed to live up to expectations since its launch in 2013. Redbox Redbox Instant, the streaming-video service developed in partnership with Verizon to take on Netflix, is closing its doors on Tuesday. Customers who head to the Redbox Instant page on Monday find a “shutdown notice,” saying that Redbox Instant by Verizon will end its operation on Tuesday …

The HTC One M8 has failed to lure in customers, as Apple and Samsung continue to dominate the smartphone market. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Taiwanese smartphone maker HTC had a better-than-expected third quarter, but it had more to do with effective cost cutting than actual sales. HTC posted a net profit of NT$640 million ($21 million), or NT 78 cents per share, …

Google is next in line to face the wrath of celebrities that were victims of last month’s nude-image hacking scandal. In a broad indictment of the search giant, Martin Singer, an attorney at Lavely & Singer in Los Angeles, said that Google’s conduct was “despicable [and] reprehensible” when, his clients believe, the company did not “act expeditiously and responsibly to …

The LG F60 LG LG is releasing another entrant in its line of 4G LTE smartphones. The LG F60 will go on sale starting this week in Europe, the company announced on Wednesday. Availability in Asia and the Americas will follow, though pricing and carrier availability will not be revealed until the actual launch. The LG F60 is a midrange …

Samsung Samsung Electronics is expanding its production operations in Vietnam, the company confirmed Wednesday. The South Korea electronics company will spend $560 million to build a massive consumer appliances production facility in Vietnam, according to Reuters. The 700,000-square-meter complex will focus its efforts on television production, said Reuters, though it will build other products for the conglomerate. “We look forward …

The gold iPhone 6 Plus James Martin/CNET Apple is expected to unveil a new iPad this month — and it may come in a new color this time around. Apple plans to launch a gold version of its 9.7-inch iPad, Bloomberg reported Wednesday, citing people who claim to have knowledge of the company’s plans. The gold version, which would come …