Picture the scene: you lose your iPhone on New Year’s Eve, only to see someone using it the next day on an online dating service. What would you do? If you’re a 27-year-old New York trombonist named Nadav Nirenberg, you pose online as a busty female to ensnare the thief into a date with destiny. …

Is this the Samsung Galaxy S4 — and has Samsung ditched the home button? We may have to wait until May to find out, as Samsung apparently confirms a release date for the next generation of Android powerhouse. That’s if we believe Samsung Lebanon, which told a Facebook fan that the S4 “won’t be released before May 2013”. Meanwhile a purported …

Have you ever snapped what you thought was an award-winning photo, only to find you’ve focussed on the wrong part? Annoying, isn’t it. Well Toshiba could have the answer. The company has unveiled a camera sensor that lets you change focus after you’ve taken the picture, Engadget reports. So in the image above, you can see the focus shifts from …

Good news for anyone still using an original Samsung Galaxy Note. The big blower is about to get the same software update as the Galaxy Note 2 and Galaxy S3 — namely Android 4.1 Jelly Bean, as well as the Premium Suite upgrade. That should bring a host of new features to the handset. It’s good to see Samsung still …

Fujitsu will release an Android phone for older people here in the UK. The Raku-Raku phone is designed for those getting on in years, with larger fonts and a simplified interface. It’s so far only been available in Japan, but will soon make it to the US and Europe, Asahi Shimbun reports, via The Verge. Those lucky pensioners will get …

CES is just over a week away, and Samsung has given us a taste of what it’ll be bringing to the world’s biggest tech fair. It promises to show off its new smart TV platform, known as Smart Hub. As well as TV shows and films, it’ll bring together all your apps, social networks, music and more. According to the …

This could be quite damaging to your bank balance. A new Apple Store app is due Thursday, according to BGR, and it’ll let you order a product and then pick it up from an Apple Store just 12 minutes later. Better keep tabs on those impulse purchases. A “trusted source” has given an incredibly detailed breakdown of exactly what happens …

Crime is on the rise in New York, and the mayor blames Apple. Mayor Michael Bloomberg said the slight increase in the city’s crime index was down to more iPads and iPhones being half-inched, NYTimes.com reports, via 9to5Mac. The Police Department recorded 3,484 more major crimes in 2012 than in 2011. This stat includes felonies as serious as murder and …

2012 was a great year for Samsung (despite the odd blip), with the Korean company overtaking Nokia to become the world’s biggest mobile maker. And next year it’ll ship out even more phones, according to a report. Samsung expects to up the number of phones it ships to over 500 million units, according to the Korea Times. That’s a 20 …

Google TV hasn’t really taken off on these shores, but LG is getting behind the technology for next year. It’s just announced more G-powered TV sets are on the way, Engadget reports. So what can we expect? A greater range of sizes, sleeker designs, and more features. Could 2013 be the year Google TV finally breaks through? LG’s Google TVs will come …