China-based telecommunications company Huawei will spend a serious amount of cash this year trying to improve its brand image. Speaking to Reuters in an interview published Wednesday, Huawei marketing vice president Shao Yang said his company “will spend $300 million on marketing” this year. That followed comments made last month by Eric Xu, Huawei’s acting …

HTC might buy Nokia’s manufacturing plant Chennai, India — if the opportunity presents itself. Speaking to the Economic Times in an interview published Monday, HTC CFO Chialin Chang said he would “look into” the possibility of acquiring Nokia’s Chennai plant. Ultimately, however, the decision will rely on how well the plant would “serve consumers,” he said. Nokia’s Chennai plant has …

Nike’s FuelBand Sarah Tew/CNET Apple and Nike may be secretly working on a new smartband, a new report claims. The two companies have been working together on a wearable device that will launch toward the end of this year, Geektime is reporting, citing sources familiar with their plans. However, Apple and Nike aren’t working on the long-rumored iWatch, the sources …

At least China Mobile is selling the iPhone. Screenshot by Lance Whitney/CNET China Mobile may be growing in leaps and bounds, but the company announced on Tuesday its lowest quarterly profit in five years, due in large part to declining revenue per user. China Mobile’s revenue hit 154.8 billion yuan ($24.8 billion) during the first quarter of the year (PDF), …

Square Square, the mobile-payment startup started by Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey, may sell itself to a much larger company, a new report claims. Over the last several months, Square has been secretly holding meetings with major technology companies, including Google, Apple, and eBay’s PayPal, to explore the possibility of a sale that could extend well into the billions of dollars, …

Apple’s iPad Air Apple Here’s something you don’t hear often: Apple’s year-over-year iPad sales may have dipped during the first three months of 2014, according to analysts. A bevy of analysts chimed in on iPad sales expectations in the first quarter, and they collectively peg Apple’s sales at 19.3 million units, representing a 0.7 percent decline compared with the same …

Here are the iPhone 5S and 5C. What’s next? Apple Apple’s iPhone 6 might be vaporware at this point, but that hasn’t stopped one artist from taking a stab at what the device might look like, based on rumors. Designer Martin Hajek developed a vision of what the iPhone 6, based on rumors of the handset coming with a 4.7-inch …

Screenshot by Don Reisinger/CNET Samsung’s Milk Music streaming service will soon feature ads, according to a new infographic posted Friday to the company’s global blog. Nestled towards the end of the infographic, Samsung makes mention of two options for Milk Music users — a Basic Service that’s “free to users with ads” and a Premium Service that’s “ad-free and [comes …

Apple Apple mobile device owners who have yet to switch to iOS 7 are reporting issues with FaceTime. Several people have gone to Apple’s support forums, as well as other Apple-related forums around the Web, reporting that they’ve been unable to connect to the FaceTime video chat service from iOS 6-based devices. A smattering of iOS 7 users reported the …

What would optical zooms on smartphones mean for the likes of the Canon EOS-1D? Canon USA Could smartphone cameras go toe-to-toe with the top digital cameras on the market within the next two years? HTC believes so. Speaking to Vodafone in blog post published Friday, HTC’s Symon Whitehorn said that optical zoom is the wall that stands between smartphone cameras …