Android’s security will be stronger, if researchers have anything to do about it. CNET UK Security researchers who want to make some extra cash off the bugs and flaws built into Android now have a way to do just that. Google on Tuesday launched the Android Security Awards program, offering researchers who seek out bugs …

LG has become the first company to license Nokia’s mobile portfolio since the Microsoft sale. Nokia is still making money on smartphones — just not its own. Nokia Technologies and LG have agreed to a smartphone patent licensing agreement, the companies announced on Tuesday. Under the terms of the deal, LG will pay royalties to Nokia for use of its …

The Fitbit Surge smartwatch is one of many wearables the company has developed. Sarah Tew As it gets closer to becoming the first wearable-tech focused company to go public, Fitbit looks to raise even more cash. The wearable technology maker issued an amendment to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing on Tuesday, saying that it has upped its proposed initial …

Rumors of an Apple tablet with a larger screen have been swirling for well over a year, but a hint in iOS 9 suggests that could be changing. App developer Steve Troughton-Smith said he found a feature built into the virtual keyboard in iOS 9, the newest version of Apple’s mobile operating system, that adds new keys and allows it …

HTC CEO Cher Wang apparently has no interest in seeing her company bought by Asus. Andrew Hoyle/CNET Taiwan-based handset maker HTC has one thing to say to device-maker Asus: Get away and stay away. In a statement to investors on Monday, HTC said that it not only has no interest in being acquired by Asus, but it wouldn’t even consider …

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick addresses a crowd during the ride-hailing service’s fifth anniversary celebration. James Martin/CNET As ride-hailing service Uber looks to the future, one thing is clear: it’s all about China. In a letter to investors obtained by The Financial Times on Thursday, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said his company will invest over $1 billion in 2015 to expand …

What might have been: The Nokia (or Microsoft) Moonraker. Evan Blass Once upon a time, another company was dreaming up smartwatch ideas, only to have Microsoft dash its plans, according to a new report. Images of an unannounced smartwatch were discovered on Friday by tech-leak-finder and technology journalist Evan Blass. The images, which were on a Tumblr blog operated by …

Zuckerberg talks up Messenger, which, he says, now has 700 million users. James Martin/CNET Facebook’s instant-messaging empire continues to grow, CEO Mark Zuckerberg revealed this week. Facebook Messenger, the instant-messaging application that complements the company’s social-network platform, has grown to 700 million monthly users, or people who send at least one message a month, Zuckerberg said at his company’s annual …

Amazon’s e-book contracts are now the subject of an investigation in the EU. Screenshot by David Carnoy/CNET E-book contracts are under investigation again, but this time, it’s Amazon on the receiving end of the inquiries. The European Union’s competition watchdog, the European Commission, has launched a formal investigation into Amazon’s deals with e-book publishers. The EC is particularly interested in …

PayPal might soon be calling you with robocalls, but the New York attorney general wants to know more. PayPal The soon-to-be-split eBay and PayPal need to answer for changes they’re making to their user agreements, according to the New York state attorney general’s office. The office of New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has issued a letter to eBay and …