If tiered data pricing is stopping you from downloading to your heart’s content, AT&T says there may be a solution. AT&T CEO Randall Stephenson said content providers want to pay for consumer access, which means “toll free” data plans are a likely development in the next 12 months, FierceWireless reported today. Stephenson said the plans …

As tablet popularity rises, display makers LG and Samsung are losing some ground in the fast-growing market for tablet screens. The two South Korean companies still dominated the tablet display-panel market in 2011, accounting for more than 80 percent of all shipments. That figure, though, is down from 98 percent in 2010, according to an IHS iSuppli market report. That …

Research in Motion may need to write off more than $1 billion in inventory, Bloomberg reports, in another sign that the company continues to lose ground to Apple’s iPhone and Google’s Android operating system. That staggering inventory value is up from up from $618 million a year earlier, illustrating the difficulties that the company has had in selling its products. …

Climbers on Mount Everest have been documenting the harrowing journey to the peak using their iPhones and Instagram. Over the last month, the climbers on National Geographic’s commemorative climb to the top of the of the world’s tallest peak have captured moments filled with steep terrain and friendly locals, according to the Instagram blog . The expedition is expected to …