If you’re a Comcast customer, you can finally sign up for its wireless service. The company’s website now allows people who subscribe to its broadband service to sign up for its mobile service, called Xfinity Mobile. It launched the signups and the service in all of its markets in the US on Tuesday. A spokeswoman …

If you’re a big fan of Estelle, you better run to the Apple Store in New York on Saturday. Apple will kick off its new “Today at Apple” sessions this weekend with tons of free classes and concerts in Apple Stores around the world. That includes Estelle at Apple’s SoHo store, Christopher Martin in Brooklyn’s Williamsburg neighborhood; Charlie Puth, Lil …

And so continues the battle over Qualcomm’s licensing practices. The US Federal Trade Commission on Friday defended its antitrust lawsuit from January, saying in a legal filing with the US District Court in San Jose, California, that the court shouldn’t dismiss its complaint against Qualcomm. The group has accused Qualcomm, the world’s biggest mobile chipmaker, of forcing Apple into an …

Xiaomi‘s got its eyes on expanding in the Latin American market. The Chinese smartphone maker on Tuesday said it would start selling two of its phones, the Redmi Note 4 and the Redmi 4X, in Mexico. The Redmi Note 4 will start at 5,499 Mexican pesos (approximately $296, £221 or AU$390), while the Redmi 4X will start at 3,999 Mexican …

This isn’t the kind of surprise Apple watchers want to see. Apple on Tuesday reported a slight drop in quarterly iPhone unit sales to 50.8 million units, from 51.2 million units a year earlier. Analysts, on average, had expected it to sell 52.2 million in the fiscal second quarter that ended April 1. Even though Apple sold fewer iPhones, it …

A year ago, Apple’s iPhone sales dropped for the first time and everyone freaked out. This year, no matter what, people will likely shrug as they await the debut of the next iPhone. For the record, Wall Street is looking for a slight rebound when Apple reports its fiscal second-quarter results Tuesday. Estimates call for iPhone sales to rise a …

The buck apparently stops with Apple. The iPhone maker has stopped paying royalties to contract manufacturers for phone patents owned by Qualcomm, starting with devices sold during the March quarter. Those manufacturers, like Foxconn, then pay Qualcomm for the intellectual property that’s essential for connecting phones to a wireless network. The move, the latest in a heated licensing battle between …

Qualcomm’s put on the boxing gloves in a patent spat with Apple. The chipmaker on Monday, in a 134-page redacted filing, responded to an Apple lawsuit about patent licensing and made some counterclaims of its own, including breach of contract. It also asked for an unspecified amount in damages. “Over the last 10 years, Apple has played a significant role …

Samsung’s ready to claw its way back from the Galaxy Note 7 disaster. The company on Thursday estimated its operating profit for the first quarter should jump nearly 50 percent from the same period a year ago, while its revenue should be about flat but better than analysts expected. See also Samsung’s chips make up for Galaxy Note 7 financial …

The battery inside the clear glass case starts to smoke and then turns red hot. All of a sudden, it bursts into flames. When the fire has died down, all that’s left is the charred husk of a battery — specifically, a battery meant for Samsung’s new Galaxy S8. No, this isn’t deja vu, and Samsung’s new phone isn’t experiencing …