Verizon and HTC unveiled a new device that the two hope will appeal to customers during the holiday season, while helping to reverse HTC’s floundering fortunes. The phone, the Droid DNA, sports a 5-inch screen, putting it more in the “phablet” category with Samsung’s Galaxy Note. It runs on Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean and includes …

In case the market needs more evidence of the strength of mobile versus PCs, all it has to do is look at Qualcomm. The wireless-chip maker, which helped popularize the CDMA technology used in cell phones, today reported quarterly financial results that were better than it had anticipated, and it provided bullish projections for the current period and year. Related …

Whoever said there’s no such thing as a free ride hasn’t seen Uber’s latest promotion. The car-service booking app, which came under fire last week for boosting prices in New York in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, says today that it’s going to give free rides to voters tomorrow. It’s pairing up with Rock the Vote to offer the promotion, …

Acer may only be hurting itself by criticizing Microsoft. The Taiwanese company, best known for its low-cost Netbooks from several years ago, has been one of the most outspoken opponents of Microsoft’s new hardware push since the software giant first revealed its plans in June. Comments have ranged from pleas for Microsoft to change its plans to predictions Surface will …

Samsung and the Android operating system continued to dominate the U.S. mobile market in the third quarter, according to a study by ComScore, but Apple posted the biggest quarter-over-quarter gains. ComScore, which surveyed more than 30,000 U.S. mobile subscribers, found Samsung to be the top handset maker (both smartphones and non-smartphones) with 26 percent market share in the September period, …

New Yorkers already are having a tough time getting around in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, but Uber just made it a little harder, at least on the wallet. The company, which provides an app for locating and booking car service, says today that it has reinstated “Surge Pricing” in the city. Basically what that means is car drivers can …

Nokia says it’s not preventing Google from rolling out multiuser features for phones despite a report suggesting it was playing spoiler for the latest version of Android. Earlier this week, TechCrunch speculated that Google isn’t including multiple account functionality on Android for phones because Nokia already owns the patent for that capability. Nokia has told CNET that wasn’t the case. …

Popular navigation app Waze rolled out an update with new social capabilities that makes it easer for users to find out where their friends are. Version 3.5 of the app boasts a new design throughout, and it adds capabilities such as being able to see friends driving in a user’s direction. It also makes it easy to share updates about …

U.S. Cellular is expanding its 4G LTE coverage area to more than 30 new markets on Monday, extending the carrier’s footprint for the high-speed network to more than half of its customers. The rollout will bring LTE to select cities in Iowa, Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Oklahoma, and brings new LTE coverage to some of U.S. Cellular’s markets in Illinois, …

Google has hit another milestone for Android apps, and this one is pretty big news for Apple too. The number of apps available for Android now totals about 700,000, a Google spokesman confirmed to CNET. That’s up from the 675,000the company said it had a month ago. And it equals the figure Apple most recently touted. The Cupertino, Calif., company …