iPhone 5S and 5C. Apple Apple will make a push to sell more iPhones just weeks before its Worldwide Developers Conference, a new report says. Starting May 8, Apple will contact customers around the globe via e-mail to inform them that they’re eligible to upgrade their iPhones to the iPhone 5C or iPhone 5S, 9to5Mac …

Nokia Nokia’s Here, the company’s lineup of mapping and navigation applications, could be expanding for iOS and Android. Nokia posted job listings on LinkedIn last week seeking software engineers with specialties in Android and iOS. The job postings say that the employees will “design and build advanced location-based services applications for the Android and iOS platforms.” Here apps have resided …

Google Android 4.4, or KitKat, is having a tough time catching up to its predecessor, new data from the Android Developers page shows. During the seven-day period ended May 1, Android 4.1 – 4.3 (Jelly Bean) owned a combined 60.8 percent market share around the world, easily besting KitKat’s 8.5 percent share. Google’s Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) is still …

An invite for LG’s May 27 event. LG LG’s successor to the G2 will be officially unveiled later this month, but that hasn’t stopped some folks from leaking photos of the phone. Korea-based site Seeko on Thursday published two images of what it claims is the LG G3. The images show the back of a handset featuring a camera, dual-LED …

Twitter might soon allow users to stealthily unfollow those they don’t want to listen to any longer, according to a new report. Some Twitter users on mobile devices have reported seeing a “mute” feature that allows them to nix all tweets or retweets from a certain person from their timelines. After hitting the mute button, the users are still following …

The world’s most famous selfie? Bradley Cooper Apple is taking a page out of Samsung’s book to boost interest in its products through celebrity appeal. Apple posted on Thursday a position in New York City, called “buzz marketing manager.” The full-time employee would be charged with “constant and compelling exposure of Apple products with high-profile users, especially those in film …

Sarah Tew/CNET The Adidas MiCoach Smart Run , a fitness tracker with an assortment of sensors for your workout as well as space to store music, may be getting a new feature to keep you pumped for your run. Adidas and streaming music service Spotify recently teamed to create music playlists and suggested running routes that match the distance and …

Snapchat just got chattier. When users update the picture-sharing app, they’ll find an ability to chat and to make video calls. Snapchat has become a wildly popular application for sending snapshots to others. Once opened, an image disappears from Snapchat in 10 seconds or less — never to be seen again unless someone has taken a screenshot. According to Snapchat, …

Apple FreedomPop, one of a growing number of mobile service providers that deliver services atop a traditional provider’s network, is enabling its customers to use iPhones at no charge. The company is now selling a refurbished iPhone 5 for $349. After picking up the device, customers can use the handset for free, thanks to FreedomPop’s no-charge plan, offering 200 voice …

Secret Secret, an app developed by a former Google employee and part of a broader trend in social media allowing people to share their thoughts, rumors, ideas, and just about anything else anonymously, is already thinking about international expansion, according to a new report. Secret, which recently secured $10 million in funding, plans to expand outside of the US into …