Firefox OS will be making a more “global” debut quite soon. Mozilla and ZTE announced today that the ZTE Open running Firefox OS will be available “soon” on eBay. The companies didn’t specify exactly when the handset will hit the e-commerce site, but did say that it’ll come in the color orange and will be …

A new video has popped up on the Web showing what appears to be a new BlackBerry handset. Vietnam-based site S Forum posted a video and images last Thursday of what the site says is the BlackBerry Z30. The device comes with a large, 5-inch AMOLED display, according to the site, as well as a dual-core processor, an 8-megapixel camera, …

Asus has a new smartphone in the works, it seems. The company recently presented its smartphone strategy, and in a leaked slide obtained by Engadget, a previously unknown device, the MemoFone HD 5 was unveiled. Asus didn’t provide any details on the handset or when it might launch. However, the company did note that the smartphone will be available to …

Uber, the on-demand car service that made a name for itself in major cities across the U.S., is now available in its fifth continent. The company on Wednesday announced that it has launched its car-hailing service in Johannesburg. According to the company, South African football player and African Cup of Nations winner Mark Fish was the first to use the …

Amazon is making it a bit easier for Web developers to bring their applications to mobile devices. The company on Wednesday announced that its Appstore now supports HTML5 Web apps. According to Amazon, Web developers can port their Web apps directly to Amazon’s Appstore without any additional coding. From there, the application is made available to Kindle Fire and Android …

AT&T continues to roll out LTE across the U.S. The company on Wednesday announced that it has deployed 28 new and expanded 4G LTE networks across the United States, bringing its grand total to 359. AT&T’s high-speed service is on pace to cover 270 million people by the end of the year. AT&T will have approximately 400 markets by year’s …

Google has won a patent on a new way to unlock a device and access applications. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Tuesday awarded Google a patent on “Alternative Unlocking Patterns.” The technology describes a method by which users would create several different unlocking patterns that would pertain to a particular action. Upon completing that pattern input, the device …

Sprint has one less foe in its ongoing battle over New York sales taxes. The company on Monday released a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filing confirming that the SEC has dropped its investigation into the carrier’s collection of sales taxes without attempting to enforce any action. The SEC dropped the investigation last month, according to Sprint, after a nearly …

Android is marching its way toward outright dominance in the smartphone operating system market. During the second quarter of 2013, Android captured a record 80 percent of the worldwide smartphone market, research firm Strategy Analytics reported Thursday. Out of the 229.6 million smartphones that shipped during the period, 182.6 million of those were Android-based handsets. Apple’s iOS came in second …

Samsung is working on what appears to be a hybrid between a flip phone and smartphone. Japanese tech site RBMen on Thursday discovered a manual (PDF) on Samsung’s Web site showcasing a device it’s calling the “Galaxy Folder.” The device looks like a standard flip phone from the front, but actually comes with a dual-sided touch screen, allowing for control …