Good news for Android users who’ve had to sit by the sidelines watching their iOS friends have all the Instagram fun. The company yesterday opened a sort of registration for Android users, giving them the chance to be “first in line” for the app made for Google’s platform. Related stories Instagram Phishing Scam Exploits Users’ …

Apple’s iPhone took center stage this week for its role in helping the company and its partner carriers attain strong quarterly earnings, but it was also the target of criticism for keeping a log of its users’ whereabouts, and is the focus of a new round of patent suits with Samsung. Privacy concerns surfaced earlier this week when researchers announced …

AT&T and T-Mobile stole the news spotlight early in the week by announcing their proposed megamerger just as the wireless world was readying to converge on Florida for the annual CTIA trade show. AT&T and T-Mobile, respectively the No. 2 and No. 4 U.S. wireless carriers, announced on Sunday a $39 billion merger deal that would create a company with …

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer was in New York to unveil the new Windows Phone 7 series. Click here for part 1 of CNET’s one-on-one interview with him.” credit=”Jason DeCrow” alt=”” creditUrl=”” targetUrl=”http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-20019259-56.html”/> Microsoft came calling this week with its official unveiling Monday of the highly anticipated Windows Phone 7 along with a bevy of devices built on the new mobile …

Kids, of course, come in all varieties, and their interests run the gamut. But when it comes to 10-year-old girls, I dare say, there are two ubiquitous desires: getting one’s ears pierced and getting a cell phone. And you may as well let go of that ol’ school stereotype of a preteen–phone glued to ear, gabbing on and on with …

Now playing: Watch this: Next iPhone days away? 6:40 AT&T this week overhauled smartphone pricing as we know it, while bigwigs at a prominent tech conference focused on phones, tablets, and everything in between. All this came amid buzz about the new iPhone Apple’s Steve Jobs is expected to unveil during a keynote speech Monday at the company’s Worldwide Developers …

As we close the book on 2009 and ready for 2010, a legal settlement takes us back to 2007 and 2008, when Comcast got into trouble with customers and the feds for throttling peer-to-peer traffic on its network. Comcast has agreed to pay $16 million to end to a class action lawsuit alleging the broadband provider promised and advertised certain …

For the second time in less than a week, BlackBerry smartphone users across the country and beyond are reporting problems accessing e-mail. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion confirmed Tuesday night that some users of the smartphone in the Americas are experiencing delays in message delivery. “Technical teams are actively working to resolve the issue for those impacted. RIM apologizes for …